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Fla. Stat. § 916.1065

Confidentiality of forensic behavioral health evaluations

Known as the Forensic Client Services Act

The act spans §§ 916.10 to 916.304 (28 sections).

History.--s. 1, ch. 2014-67.

(1) A forensic behavioral health evaluation filed with the court under this chapter is confidential and exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution.

(2) As used in this section, the term “forensic behavioral health evaluation” means any record, including supporting documentation, derived from a competency, substance abuse, psychosexual, psychological, psychiatric, psychosocial, cognitive impairment, sanity, or other mental health evaluation of an individual.

(3) The exemption under subsection (1) applies to forensic behavioral health evaluations filed with a court before, on, or after July 1, 2014.

Official source: Online Sunshine (Florida Legislature). Reproduced from public-domain Florida statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.