Transforming Florida’s Mental Health System: Constructing a Comprehensive & Competent Criminal Justice/Mental Health/Substance Abuse Treatment System
November 14, 2007 The Florida Supreme Court Mental Health Subcommittee urged the state to minimize the number of people with mental illnesses in the criminal justice system by creating a statewide mental health system of care that ensures adequate access to appropriate prevention and treatment services. The proposed system includes: Programs for adults with serious mental illnesses and children with serious emotional disturbances Multi-tiered level of care classification system that targets individuals at highest risk of institutional involvement in the criminal justice, juvenile justice, and state mental health system Adequate services in times of acute need when the individual . . .
