Lawyers, social service workers and mental health advocates are hailing the Florida Supreme Court Commission on Fairness' ambitious report on the Baker Act as a comprehensive, well-crafted roadmap to improving Florida's controversial involuntary commitment law. The new study is full of recommendations for improving treatment of the mentally ill in Florida, but advocates doubt the Legislature will foot the bill.
January 14, 2000 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
Lawyers, social service workers and mental health advocates are hailing the Supreme Court Commission on Fairness’ ambitious report on the Baker Act as a comprehensive, well-crafted roadmap to improving Florida’s controversial involuntary commitment law.
But many also are calling it meaningless.
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