Janelle Irwin TaylorJanuary 6, 2020
6min920
The bill would increase mental health crisis response training.
Tag: Baker Act
Janelle Irwin TaylorJanuary 6, 2020
Ryan NicolDecember 26, 2019
4min495
A report released this summer showed juveniles being Baker Acted in record numbers during fiscal year 2017-18.
Ryan NicolOctober 31, 2019
3min358
Commission will send report to Governor, legislative leaders by Monday.
Associated PressOctober 16, 2019
6min270
Florida’s mental health system is underfunded and needs to be overhauled
Guest AuthorJuly 23, 2018
5min282
In a health crisis, individuals turn to hospital emergency rooms across Florida to stabilize an escalating medical condition. Individuals impacted by mental illness require the same access to emergency care. People in crisis, their families, and law enforcement need a trusted resource to provide immediate care designed to assess and treat. The National Institute of […]
Washington PostFebruary 23, 2018
13min288
The governor is planning to roll out his legislative proposal Friday that, according to a spokesman, will be “aimed at keeping Florida schools safe and keeping firearms out of the hands of mentally ill people.” With Florida now at the epicenter of a fast-changing national gun debate, the state’s Republican governor is so far refusing […]
Danny McAuliffeFebruary 20, 2018
7min987
With just two weeks left in Session, Gov. Rick Scott will deliver to legislators a proposal on Friday that is expected to address a series of issues identified in the wake of the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland. The announcement came after Scott held a public roundtable discussion, where he was […]
Guest AuthorJuly 20, 2017
5min297
In September 2016, a 6-year-old child threw a temper tantrum at his elementary school in Jacksonville. Usually, the story would end with the child being sent to the principal’s office for discipline, but, sadly for Nicholas, the child from this story, his journey didn’t end there. Not knowing how to handle an unruly child, the […]
Staff ReportsJanuary 14, 2016
5min575
The Senate Committee on Children, Families and Elder Affairs, chaired by Hollywood Democratic Sen. Eleanor Sobel, on Thursday unanimously passed Senate Bill 12, Mental Health and Substance Abuse, sponsored by Hialeah Republican Sen. Rene Garcia to improve the delivery of mental health and substance abuse services. “Our current system of behavioral health services is fragmented […]
Melissa RossNovember 11, 2015
4min260
As headlines across the state continue to pile up, documenting the horror show that is Florida’s mental health system of care, state Reps. Janet Adkins and Charles McBurney listened somberly to a litany of problems – and proposed solutions – at a public forum Monday at Jacksonville City Hall looking at the issue. The Community […]