A new state report exclusively obtained by Investigative Reporter Katie LaGrone shows the number of children sent for involuntary mental health exams under Florida’s Baker Act law continues to drop.

Unlike Baker Act receiving facilities, general hospitals don’t always have the same security measures or specialized staff training to handle violent psychiatric patients.

The Baker Act is a state law that allows designated professionals to initiate a 72-hour involuntary psychiatric exam on someone they deem to be a threat to themselves or others.

The Baker Act was groundbreaking when it first passed in the early 1970s because it created new protections for individuals with mental illness while getting them treatment. Today, it is still a ...

Florida had 5,077 incidents of students being involuntarily committed under a mental-health law known as the Baker Act during the past school year, data presented Wednesday to a school-safety ...

FLORIDA (WKRG) — The Baker Act was enacted by the Florida legislature in 1972. What does it do? The law allows families to place family members in a temporary detention center to be examined and ...

Florida had 5,077 incidents of students being involuntarily committed under a mental-health law, the Baker Act, during the past school year.

According to the Florida Department of Children and Families, there have been 170,048 involuntary Baker Act exams from 2021 to 2022.

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.

Florida had 5,077 incidents of students being involuntarily committed under a mental-health law known as the Baker Act during the past school year, data presented Wednesday to a school-safety ...

The Baker Act was groundbreaking when it first passed in the early 1970s because it created new protections for individuals with mental illness while getting them treatment. Today, it is still a ...