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Fla. Stat. § 916.1065 — Confidentiality of forensic behavioral health evaluations

Current through 2025 Florida Statutes

Part of Part I: General Provisions, Florida Statutes.

Full text of Fla. Stat. § 916.1065

Statutory text current through the 2025 Florida Statutes. This publication reproduces the official statutory text; it is not the official statutes of the State of Florida.

Fla. Stat. § 916.1065Primary source, current through the 2025 Florida Statutes
(1) A forensic behavioral health evaluation filed with the court under this chapter is confidential and exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution. (2) As used in this section, the term “forensic behavioral health evaluation” means any record, including supporting documentation, derived from a competency, substance abuse, psychosexual, psychological, psychiatric, psychosocial, cognitive impairment, sanity, or other mental health evaluation of an individual. (3) The exemption under subsection (1) applies to forensic behavioral health evaluations filed with a court before, on, or after July 1, 2014.

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