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The 2025 Florida Statutes
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F.S. 394.453394.453 Legislative intent.—(1) It is the intent of the Legislature:(a) To authorize and direct the Department of Children and Families to evaluate, research, plan, and recommend to the Governor and the Legislature programs designed to reduce the occurrence, severity, duration, and disabling aspects of mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders. (b) That treatment programs for such disorders include, but not be limited to, comprehensive health, social, educational, and rehabilitative services to persons requiring intensive short-term and continued treatment in order to encourage them to assume responsibility for their treatment and recovery. It is intended that:1. Such persons be provided with emergency service and temporary detention for evaluation when required; 2. Such persons be admitted to treatment facilities on a voluntary basis when extended or continuing care is needed and unavailable in the community; 3. Involuntary placement be provided only when expert evaluation determines it is necessary; 4. Any involuntary treatment or examination be accomplished in a setting that is clinically appropriate and most likely to facilitate the person’s return to the community as soon as possible; and 5. Individual dignity and human rights be guaranteed to all persons who are admitted to mental health facilities or who are being held under s. 394.463. (c) That services provided to persons in this state use the coordination-of-care principles characteristic of recovery-oriented services and include social support services, such as housing support, life skills and vocational training, and employment assistance, necessary for persons with mental health disorders and co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders to live successfully in their communities. (d) That licensed, qualified health professionals be authorized to practice to the fullest extent of their education and training in the performance of professional functions necessary to carry out the intent of this part. (2) It is the policy of this state that the use of restraint and seclusion on clients is justified only as an emergency safety measure to be used in response to imminent danger to the client or others. It is, therefore, the intent of the Legislature to achieve an ongoing reduction in the use of restraint and seclusion in programs and facilities serving persons with mental illness. (3) The Legislature further finds the need for additional psychiatrists to be of critical state concern and recommends the establishment of an additional psychiatry program to be offered by one of Florida’s schools of medicine currently not offering psychiatry. The program shall seek to integrate primary care and psychiatry and other evolving models of care for persons with mental health and substance use disorders. Additionally, the Legislature finds that the use of telemedicine for patient evaluation, case management, and ongoing care will improve management of patient care and reduce costs of transportation. History.—s. 2, ch. 71-131; s. 198, ch. 77-147; s. 1, ch. 79-298; s. 4, ch. 82-212; s. 2, ch. 84-285; s. 10, ch. 85-54; s. 1, ch. 91-249; s. 1, ch. 96-169; s. 96, ch. 99-8; s. 36, ch. 2006-227; s. 77, ch. 2014-19; s. 1, ch. 2016-231; s. 4, ch. 2016-241.
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Annotations, Discussions, Cases:
Cases Citing Statute 394.453
Total Results: 18
831 So. 2d 93, 2002 WL 31319386
Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Oct 17, 2002 | Docket: 1722942
Cited 151 times | Published
"to the community as soon as possible." See id. § 394.453.
We conclude that the specialized treatment needs
342 So. 2d 481, 97 A.L.R. 3d 767
Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Jan 27, 1977 | Docket: 58586
Cited 67 times | Published
and responsible family members and friends. Section 394.453, Florida Statutes (1973), provides that involuntary
70 So. 3d 503, 2011 WL 2472801
Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Jun 23, 2011 | Docket: 2352980
Cited 31 times | Published
State, 497 So.2d 1169 (Fla.1986).
A review of section 394.453, Florida Statutes (1995), reveals that the
522 So. 2d 410, 1988 WL 10830
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Feb 18, 1988 | Docket: 2516537
Cited 22 times | Published
intervention in the provision of mental health care. See § 394.453(1)(a), Fla. Stat. (1985).
[7] "Incidit in Scyllam
382 So. 2d 1280
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Apr 16, 1980 | Docket: 2538809
Cited 14 times | Published
authorized by that Chapter.
We next consider Section 394.453, Florida Statutes (1977), the "legislative
312 So. 2d 531
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: May 20, 1975 | Docket: 1412416
Cited 7 times | Published
part of the leglisative intent, as expressed in F.S. 394.453, `that individual dignity and human rights be
884 So. 2d 976, 2004 WL 2071196
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Sep 17, 2004 | Docket: 1683028
Cited 4 times | Published
mental, emotional and behavioral disorders. See § 394.453, Fla. Stat. (2003). The clinical records associated
433 So. 2d 661
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jun 28, 1983 | Docket: 1727551
Cited 4 times | Published
but also finds at the same time that under Section 394.453 the less restrictive means of outpatient care
566 So. 2d 1333, 1990 WL 126201
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Aug 29, 1990 | Docket: 547969
Cited 3 times | Published
avoid substantial injury to D.M.L. See Barron.
Section 394.453(1)(a), Florida Statutes (1987), provides in
210 So. 3d 154
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Sep 28, 2016 | Docket: 4426655
Published
mental health care, services, and treatment. § 394.453(l)(a), (b). As part of the process, individuals
992 So. 2d 383, 2008 WL 4525772
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Oct 10, 2008 | Docket: 1391387
Published
based on the individual needs of each person." § 394.453, Fla. Stat.
Where a person is committed to short-term
992 So. 2d 383, 2008 Fla. App. LEXIS 15416
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Oct 10, 2008 | Docket: 64855800
Published
based on the individual needs of each person.” § 394.453, Fla. Stat.
Where a person is committed to short-term
949 So. 2d 1059, 2007 Fla. App. LEXIS 51, 2007 WL 5784
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jan 3, 2007 | Docket: 64849489
Published
potentially harmful to themselves or others, see § 394.453, Fla. Stat. (1986)("It is intended that ... any
Florida Attorney General Reports | Filed: Nov 9, 1999 | Docket: 3257188
Published
mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders.4 Section 394.453, Florida Statutes, directs the Department of
Florida Attorney General Reports | Filed: Aug 2, 1993 | Docket: 3256179
Published
sources for reimbursement are not available.
Section 394.453, F.S., directs the Department of Health and
536 So. 2d 1098, 1988 WL 124700
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Nov 23, 1988 | Docket: 1754358
Published
in caring for patients, in accordance with section 394.453, Florida Statutes, and that its decisions with
433 So. 2d 661, 1983 Fla. App. LEXIS 19767
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jun 28, 1983 | Docket: 64597865
Published
but also finds at the same time that under Section 394.453 the less restrictive means of outpatient care
356 So. 2d 1311
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Mar 31, 1978 | Docket: 1478822
Published
the purpose of the Baker Act as stated in Section 394.453, Florida Statutes (1975), which is to treat
