Florida Statute 394.66 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XXIX
PUBLIC HEALTH

Chapter 394
MENTAL HEALTH

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F.S. 394.66

394.66 Legislative intent with respect to substance abuse and mental health services.—It is the intent of the Legislature to:

(1) Ensure that a recovery and resiliency-based substance abuse and mental health system is implemented by the department and its state-funded mental health providers.

(2) Recognize that mental illness and substance abuse impairment are diseases that are responsive to medical and psychological interventions and management that integrate treatment, rehabilitative, and support services to achieve recovery.

(3) Promote and improve the mental health of the citizens of the state by making substance abuse and mental health treatment and support services available to those persons who are most in need and least able to pay, through a community-based system of care.

(4) Involve local citizens in the planning of substance abuse and mental health services in their communities.

(5) Ensure that the department and the Agency for Health Care Administration work cooperatively in planning and designing comprehensive community-based substance abuse and mental health programs that focus on the individual needs of persons served.

(6) Ensure that all activities of the Department of Children and Families and the Agency for Health Care Administration, and their respective contract providers, involved in the delivery of substance abuse and mental health treatment and prevention services are coordinated and integrated with other local systems and groups, public and private, such as juvenile justice, criminal justice, child protection, and public health organizations; school districts; and local groups or organizations that focus on services to older adults.

(7) Provide access to crisis services to all residents of the state with priority of attention being given to individuals exhibiting symptoms of acute mental illness or substance abuse.

(8) Ensure that services provided to persons with co-occurring mental illness and substance abuse problems be integrated across treatment systems.

(9) Ensure continuity of care, consistent with minimum standards, for persons who are released from a state treatment facility into the community.

(10) Ensure continuity of care, consistent with minimum standards, for persons with serious and persistent mental illnesses who are released from a state correctional facility into the community.

(11) Provide accountability for service provision through statewide standards for treatment and support services, and statewide standards for management, monitoring, and reporting of information.

(12) Include substance abuse and mental health services as a component of the integrated service delivery system of the Department of Children and Families.

(13) Ensure that the districts of the department are the focal point of all substance abuse and mental health planning activities, including budget submissions, grant applications, contracts, and other arrangements that can be effected at the district level.

(14) Organize and finance community substance abuse and mental health services in local communities throughout the state through locally administered service delivery programs that are based on client outcomes, are programmatically effective, and are financially efficient, and that maximize the involvement of local citizens.

(15) Promote best practices and the highest quality of care in contracted alcohol, drug abuse, and mental health services through achievement of national accreditation.

(16) Ensure that the state agencies licensing and monitoring contracted providers perform in the most cost-efficient and effective manner with limited duplication and disruption to organizations providing services.

History.—s. 2, ch. 70-109; s. 30, ch. 75-48; s. 1, ch. 76-221; s. 11, ch. 84-285; s. 101, ch. 99-8; s. 1, ch. 99-396; s. 5, ch. 2000-349; s. 1, ch. 2001-171; s. 3, ch. 2001-191; s. 2, ch. 2006-50; s. 95, ch. 2014-19.

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Amendments to 394.66

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 394.66

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 394.66.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 394.66

Total Results: 11

JAMES DELOATCH v. STATE OF FLORIDA

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2023-05-24

Snippet: illness” and that of “substance abuse impairment.” § 394.66(2), Fla. Stat. (2018). Moreover, whereas chapter

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 1983-08-23

Snippet: controlled community mental health programs. Section 394.66(1), F.S. The mental health board, the governing

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 1982-06-11

Snippet: community mental health districts. See, e.g., s 394.66(7), F.S., expressing the intent of the Legislature

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 1982-01-29

Snippet: participation in financing mental health services. Section 394.66(5), F.S. The state portion of financial participation

Sandegren v. STATE, ETC.

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1981-03-12

Citation: 397 So. 2d 657

Snippet: So. 697 (1906). In enacting sections 394.453 and 394.66(1) and (5), Florida Statutes (1977), the legislature

Dept. of Hlt. & Rehabilitative Serv. v. Fla Psychiatric Society, Inc.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1980-04-16

Citation: 382 So. 2d 1280

Snippet: Sections 394.453, 394.455(8), (10), 394.457(2), 394.66(1), (2), (3), (4), 394.78(2)(a), 400.011, 400.041(3)