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Fla. Stat. § 916.1065 (2025)

Confidentiality of forensic behavioral health evaluations.

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916.1065 Confidentiality of forensic behavioral health evaluations.—

(1) A forensic behavioral health evaluation filed with the court under this chapter is confidential and exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution.

(2) As used in this section, the term “forensic behavioral health evaluation” means any record, including supporting documentation, derived from a competency, substance abuse, psychosexual, psychological, psychiatric, psychosocial, cognitive impairment, sanity, or other mental health evaluation of an individual.

(3) The exemption under subsection (1) applies to forensic behavioral health evaluations filed with a court before, on, or after July 1, 2014.

History.—s. 1, ch. 2014-67.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 2015–2015 · leading case: In Re Amendments to Florida Rule of Jud. Admin. 2.420, 156 So. 3d 499 (Fla. 2015).

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In Re Amendments to Florida Rule of Jud. Admin. 2.420, 156 So. 3d 499 (Fla. 2015). · cites it 4× “(creating § 916.1065, Fla. Stat., effective July 1, 2014).”

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