These are excerpts from the Miami-Dade Police Department’s Baker Act cases and more than 2,000 pages of hospital records from those admissions reviewed by the Miami Herald for the Guilty of ...

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Florida’s involuntary commitment law took effect in 1972. Called the Baker Act, it was named in honor of Maxine Baker, a state lawmaker and advocate for Floridians with mental illnesses.

Starting next week, a Palm Beach County hospital will no longer accept Baker Act patients under the age of 12, underscoring a ...

Commonly referred to as the Baker Act, it focuses on crisis services for people living with a mental illness and gives them involuntary treatment during a potential medical emergency. Gov.