Fla. Stat. 945.44
Emergency placement of inmate in a mental health treatment facility

(1)

CRITERIA.—An inmate may be placed in a mental health treatment facility on an emergency basis if he or she is mentally ill and in immediate need of care and treatment, as defined in s. 945.42.

(2)

PROCEDURE FOR EMERGENCY PLACEMENT.—An inmate who is mentally ill and in immediate need of care and treatment that cannot be provided at the institution where he or she is confined may be placed in a mental health treatment facility on an emergency basis. The inmate may be placed immediately in a mental health treatment facility and shall be accompanied by the recommendation of the warden of the institution where the inmate is confined, which recommendation must state the need for the emergency placement and include a written opinion of a physician verifying the need for the emergency placement. Upon the emergency placement of the inmate in the facility, the inmate shall be evaluated; if he or she is determined to be in need of treatment or care, the warden shall initiate proceedings for placement of the inmate, as described in s. 945.43(2).

Source: Section 945.44 — Emergency placement of inmate in a mental health treatment facility, https://www.­flsenate.­gov/Laws/Statutes/2024/0945.­44 (accessed Aug. 7, 2025).

945.01
Definitions 945.04
Department of Corrections 945.10
Confidential information 945.12
Transfers for rehabilitative treatment 945.25
Records 945.025
Jurisdiction of department 945.27
Proceedings by department 945.28
Selection of probation or parole offices by the department 945.31
Restitution and other payments 945.35
Requirement for education on human immunodeficiency virus, acquired immune deficiency syndrome, and other communicable diseases 945.035
Notice of employment, appointment, or separation 945.36
Law enforcement personnel authorized to conduct drug tests on inmates and releasees 945.40
Corrections Mental Health Act 945.041
Reports 945.41
Legislative intent of ss 945.42
Definitions 945.43
Placement of inmate in a mental health treatment facility 945.043
Department-operated day care services 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 945.047
Licensing requirements for physicians, osteopathic physicians, and chiropractic physicians employed by the department 945.48
Rights of inmates provided mental health treatment 945.49
Operation and administration 945.71
Inmate training programs 945.72
Eligibility and screening of inmates 945.73
Inmate training program operation 945.74
Implementation 945.091
Extension of the limits of confinement 945.092
Limits on work-release and minimum security custody for persons who have committed the crime of escape 945.215
Inmate welfare and employee benefit trust funds 945.0311
Employment of relatives 945.355
HIV testing of inmates prior to release 945.601
Correctional Medical Authority 945.602
State of Florida Correctional Medical Authority 945.603
Powers and duties of authority 945.604
Medical claims 945.0913
Inmates prohibited from driving state-owned vehicles to transport inmates in a work-release program 945.2151
Verifying social security numbers 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 945.6038
Inmate litigation costs 945.6041
Inmate medical services 945.21501
Employee Benefit Trust Fund 945.21503
Federal Grants Trust Fund

Current through Fall 2025

§ 945.44. Emergency placement of inmate in a mental health treatment facility's source at flsenate​.gov