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The Baker Act, officially known as the Florida Mental Health Act of 1971, is a law in the U.S. state of Florida that allows certain professionals—such as doctors, mental health practitioners, judges, and law enforcement officers—to detain and involuntarily commit individuals to a mental health facility for up to 72 hours.
The purpose of the medical exam is to ensure that an applicant is “not inadmissible to the United States on public health grounds." [1] Inadmissibility is defined in Act 212 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). Accordingly, an alien is inadmissible if he or she has a communicable disease of public health significance, lacks the ...
With the legislative session coming up, lawmakers must prioritize the state's healthcare needs, especially in mental health and transparency.
1971 – The Florida Mental Health Act of 1971 (Florida Statute 394.451–394.47891 [73] (2009 rev.)), commonly known as the "Baker Act," allows the involuntary institutionalization and examination of an individual in Florida. The Baker Act allows for involuntary examination (what some call emergency or involuntary commitment). It can be ...
Opinion: Mental health concerns remain problematic and state efforts to address them would benefit by making them a higher policy priority. Florida lawmakers can do more to provide state with ...
With each legislative session, Florida has improved its approach toward mental health policy and treatment but work remains. Florida's children and teens in mental health crisis | State Rep. David ...
Community Mental Health Act; Other short titles: Mental Retardation and Community Mental Health Centers Construction Act of 1963: Long title: An Act to provide assistance in combating mental retardation through grants for construction of research centers and grants for facilities for the mentally retarded and assistance in improving mental health through grants for construction of community ...
Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, employers are required to accommodate their employee’s religious beliefs if the accommodation would pose a minimal burden on how the business ...