Florida Statutes
Chapter 945 - Department of Corrections
945.41 - Legislative Intent of Ss. 945.40-945.49.


(1) Inmates in the custody of the department who have mental illnesses that require hospitalization and intensive psychiatric inpatient treatment or care receive appropriate treatment or care in Department of Corrections mental health treatment facilities designated for that purpose. The Department of Corrections shall provide mental health services to inmates committed to it and may contract with any entities, persons, or agencies qualified to provide such services.
(2) Mental health treatment facilities be secure and adequately equipped and staffed for the provision of mental health services and that, to the extent possible, such services be provided in the least restrictive manner consistent with optimum improvement of the inmate’s condition.
(3) Inmates who are transferred to any facility for the purpose of mental health treatment be given consideration for parole and be eligible for release by reason of gain-time allowances as provided in s. 944.291 and release by expiration of sentence, consistent with guidelines established for that purpose by the department.
(4) Any inmate sentenced as a youthful offender, or designated as a youthful offender by the department under chapter 958, who is transferred pursuant to this act to a mental health treatment facility be separated from other inmates, if necessary, as determined by the warden of the treatment facility.
(5) The department may designate mental health treatment facilities for adult, youthful, and female offenders or may contract with other appropriate entities, persons, or agencies for such services.
History.—s. 1, ch. 82-224; s. 29, ch. 84-361; s. 2, ch. 96-422; s. 317, ch. 99-8; s. 18, ch. 2000-161; s. 10, ch. 2008-250; s. 12, ch. 2010-64.

Structure Florida Statutes

Florida Statutes

Title XLVII - Criminal Procedure and Corrections

Chapter 945 - Department of Corrections

945.01 - Definitions.

945.025 - Jurisdiction of Department.

945.0311 - Employment of Relatives.

945.035 - Notice of Employment, Appointment, or Separation; Response by the Correctional Officer; Duty of Department.

945.04 - Department of Corrections; General Function; Seal; Use of Inmate Labor.

945.041 - Reports.

945.043 - Department-Operated Day Care Services.

945.047 - Licensing Requirements for Physicians, Osteopathic Physicians, and Chiropractic Physicians Employed by the Department.

945.091 - Extension of the Limits of Confinement; Restitution by Employed Inmates.

945.0913 - Inmates Prohibited From Driving State-Owned Vehicles to Transport Inmates in a Work-Release Program.

945.092 - Limits on Work-Release and Minimum Security Custody for Persons Who Have Committed the Crime of Escape.

945.10 - Confidential Information.

945.12 - Transfers for Rehabilitative Treatment.

945.215 - Inmate Welfare and Employee Benefit Trust Funds.

945.21501 - Employee Benefit Trust Fund.

945.21503 - Federal Grants Trust Fund.

945.2151 - Verifying Social Security Numbers.

945.25 - Records.

945.27 - Proceedings by Department.

945.28 - Selection of Probation or Parole Offices by the Department; Public Notice.

945.31 - Restitution and Other Payments.

945.35 - Requirement for Education on Human Immunodeficiency Virus, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, and Other Communicable Diseases.

945.355 - HIV Testing of Inmates Prior to Release.

945.36 - Law Enforcement Personnel Authorized to Conduct Drug Tests on Inmates and Releasees.

945.40 - Corrections Mental Health Act; Short Title for Ss. 945.40-945.49.

945.41 - Legislative Intent of Ss. 945.40-945.49.

945.42 - Definitions; Ss. 945.40-945.49.

945.43 - Placement of Inmate in a Mental Health Treatment Facility.

945.44 - Emergency Placement of Inmate in a Mental Health Treatment Facility.

945.45 - Continued Placement of Inmates in Mental Health Treatment Facilities.

945.46 - Initiation of Involuntary Placement Proceedings With Respect to a Mentally Ill Inmate Scheduled for Release.

945.47 - Discharge of Inmate From Mental Health Treatment.

945.48 - Rights of Inmates Provided Mental Health Treatment; Procedure for Involuntary Treatment.

945.49 - Operation and Administration.

945.601 - Correctional Medical Authority; Ss. 945.601-945.6035, Definitions.

945.602 - State of Florida Correctional Medical Authority; Creation; Members.

945.603 - Powers and Duties of Authority.

945.6031 - Required Reports and Surveys.

945.6032 - Quality Management Program Requirements.

945.6033 - Continuing Contracts With Health Care Providers.

945.6034 - Minimum Health Care Standards.

945.6035 - Dispute Resolution.

945.6036 - Enforcement.

945.6037 - Nonemergency Health Care; Inmate Copayments.

945.6038 - Inmate Litigation Costs.

945.604 - Medical Claims.

945.6041 - Inmate Medical Services.

945.71 - Inmate Training Programs; Intent and Purposes.

945.72 - Eligibility and Screening of Inmates.

945.73 - Inmate Training Program Operation.

945.74 - Implementation.