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The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XXIX
PUBLIC HEALTH
Chapter 394
MENTAL HEALTH
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CHAPTER 394
PART V

INVOLUNTARY CIVIL COMMITMENT OF
SEXUALLY VIOLENT PREDATORS

394.910
Legislative findings and intent.
394.911
Legislative intent.
394.912
Definitions.
394.9125
State attorney; authority to refer a person for civil commitment.
394.913
Notice to state attorney and multidisciplinary team of release of sexually violent predator; establishing multidisciplinary teams; information to be provided to multidisciplinary teams.
394.9135
Immediate releases from total confinement; transfer of person to department; time limitations on assessment, notification, and filing petition to hold in custody; filing petition after release; order into custody of department after release.
394.914
Petition; contents.
394.915
Determination of probable cause; hearing; evaluation; respondent taken into custody; bail.
394.9151
Contract authority.
394.9155
Rules of procedure and evidence.
394.916
Trial; counsel and experts; indigent persons; jury.
394.917
Determination; commitment procedure; mistrials; housing; counsel and costs in indigent appellate cases.
394.918
Examinations; notice; court hearings for release of committed persons; burden of proof.
394.919
Authorized petition for release; procedure.
394.920
Petition for release.
394.921
Release of records to agencies, multidisciplinary teams, and state attorney.
394.9215
Right to habeas corpus.
394.9221
Certified security personnel.
394.9223
Use of force.
394.923
Immunity from civil liability.
394.924
Severability.
394.925
Applicability of act.
394.926
Notice to victims and others of release of persons in the custody of the department.
394.9265
Introduction or removal of certain articles unlawful; penalty.
394.927
Escape while in lawful custody; notice to victim; notice to the Department of Corrections and Florida Commission on Offender Review.
394.928
Subsistence fees and costs of treatment.
394.929
Program costs.
394.930
Authority to adopt rules.
394.931
Quarterly and annual reports.
394.932
Registry of experts.