Florida · 2025 Regular Session · Bill
SB 1240: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Care
In committee Official data
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed one chamber
- Passed both chambers
- Enacted
Last official action: ·Record last updated:
Plain-language summary
SB 1240 is a bill introduced in the Florida Senate on February 25, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Care. Primary sponsor: Alexis Calatayud (Republican), Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services, Rules. Most recent recorded action (April 29, 2025): Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 1091 (Ch. 2025-143).
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Official summary
Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Care; Expanding mental health crisis services to include the 988 suicide and crisis lifeline call center; authorizing the guardian advocate to be discharged when a patient is discharged from involuntary outpatient services; providing that a designated facility that has received the transfer of a patient outside a specified timeframe or that does not receive timely notification of a transfer may not release such patient or be ordered by a court to release such patient under specified circumstances; providing that orders entered by administrative law judges for continued involuntary placement for patients at certain mental health facilities are final and subject to judicial review, etc.
Sponsors
Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1
| Name | Role | Party | Chamber | District |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexis Calatayud | Primary sponsor | Republican | Senate | 38 |
| Children, Families, and Elder Affairs | Primary sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services | Primary sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Rules | Primary sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.
Recent official actions
- Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 1091 (Ch. 2025-143)
- Substituted CS/CS/HB 1091
- Read 2nd time
- CS/CS/CS by Rules read 1st time
- Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/29/25
- Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- CS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services read 1st time
- CS/CS/CS by- Rules; YEAS 23 NAYS 0
- On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/21/25, 2:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
- Now in Rules
- Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
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