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The 2007 Florida Statutes

Title XXIX
PUBLIC HEALTH
Chapter 394
MENTAL HEALTH
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Chapter 394, Part V, Florida Statutes 2007

PART V

INVOLUNTARY CIVIL COMMITMENT OF
SEXUALLY VIOLENT PREDATORS

394.910  Legislative findings and intent.

394.911  Legislative intent.

394.912  Definitions.

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.

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.

394.922  Constitutional requirements.

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 of release of persons committed as sexually violent predators; notice to Department of Corrections and Parole Commission.

394.927  Escape while in lawful custody; notice to victim; notice to the Department of Corrections and Parole Commission.

394.928  Subsistence fees and costs of treatment.

394.929  Program costs.

394.930  Authority to adopt rules.

394.931  Quarterly reports.

394.932  Registry of experts.