33-404.2097 Discharge from Mental Health Treatment Facilities. 📘

(1) When an inmate is no longer in need of care and treatment as defined in Section 945.42(7), F.S., he or she must be discharged from treatment in a Corrections Mental Health Treatment Facility and transferred to a lower level of care for the provision of appropriate mental health services.

(2) The warden of the mental health treatment facility must notify the court in writing when an inmate is discharged from the Corrections Mental Health Treatment Facility because he or she is no longer in need of care and treatment, has been transferred to another institution of the Department, or has been released from the Department's custody.

Rulemaking Authority 944.09, 945.49 FS. Law Implemented 945.42, 945.47 FS. History--New 3-1-11, Amended 5-7-26.