This part shall be known as “The Florida Mental Health Act” or “The Baker Act.”
Fla. Stat. § 394.451
Short title
Known as the Comprehensive Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Act
The act spans §§ 394–394 (126 sections).
Applied in 7 court decisions — leading case Crane v. Lifemark Hosps., Inc. (2018)
Most recently applied in Doe v. City of Miami Gardens (April 2019)
History.--s. 1, ch. 71-131.
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: Online Sunshine (Florida Legislature). Reproduced from public-domain Florida statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.