--- type: "Bill" title: "Children's Mental Health" description: "Children's Mental Health; Requires DCF & AHCA to identify children & adolescents who use crisis stabilization services & to meet behavioral health needs of such children & adolescents; requires development of plans promoting coordinated system of care for certain services; requires testing of provider network databases maintained by Medicaid managed care plans; requires verification of use of certain strategies & outreach before student is removed from school, school transportation, or school-sponsored activity under specified circumstances; provides exception; requires DCF & AHCA to assess quality of care provided in crisis stabilization units." jurisdiction: "us/states/fl" legislature: "Florida Legislature" session: "2020" identifier: "HB 945" citation: "Florida HB 945 (2020)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["criminal procedure and corrections", "social welfare", "j"] status: "enacted" chapter_law: "2020-107" primary_sponsors: ["Silvers"] version_count: 5 action_count: 36 vote_count: 5 first_action: "2019-12-13" last_action: "2020-06-29" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/022b97d6-ba0d-4adb-9028-c8b2b8ea780e" source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/945/ByCategory" source_hash: "2c50e63a75733dd800cc18862a526e3a247382c6c7e0e668f7caf95074f77b1b" vintage: "2026-07-01" source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump" retrieved_at: "2026-07-06" confidence: "reported" tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-fl"] --- # Florida HB 945 (2020) — Children's Mental Health Children's Mental Health; Requires DCF & AHCA to identify children & adolescents who use crisis stabilization services & to meet behavioral health needs of such children & adolescents; requires development of plans promoting coordinated system of care for certain services; requires testing of provider network databases maintained by Medicaid managed care plans; requires verification of use of certain strategies & outreach before student is removed from school, school transportation, or school-sponsored activity under specified circumstances; provides exception; requires DCF & AHCA to assess quality of care provided in crisis stabilization units. **Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2020-107. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **H 945 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/945/BillText/Filed/PDF) 2. **H 945 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/945/BillText/c1/PDF) 3. **H 945 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/945/BillText/c2/PDF) 4. **H 945 e1** (engrossed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/945/BillText/e1/PDF) 5. **H 945 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/945/BillText/er/PDF) ## Votes - Favorable (Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee) — **11–0** (pass) · lower - Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper - Favorable With Committee Substitute (Health & Human Services Committee) — **15–0** (pass) · lower - Passage, Third Reading — **110–0** (pass) · lower - Favorable With Committee Substitute (Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee) — **15–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Silvers — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2019-12-13** Filed `filing` - **2020-01-03** Referred to Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee; Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee; Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee` - **2020-01-14** On Committee agenda-- Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee, 01/16/20, 9:00 am, 12 HOB - **2020-01-14** Introduced `introduction` - **2020-01-16** CS by Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee; YEAS 15 NAYS 0 - **2020-01-17** Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c) - **2020-01-17** CS by Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee read 1st time - **2020-01-21** Now in Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee - **2020-01-31** On Committee agenda-- Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee, 02/04/20, 12:00 pm, Sumner Hall - **2020-02-04** Favorable by Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee; YEAS 11 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable` - **2020-02-04** Now in Health and Human Services Committee - **2020-02-24** On Committee agenda-- Health and Human Services Committee, 02/26/20, 9:00 am, Morris Hall - **2020-02-26** CS/CS by- Health and Human Services Committee; YEAS 15 NAYS 0 - **2020-02-27** Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.18(c) - **2020-02-27** CS/CS by Health and Human Services Committee read 1st time - **2020-02-28** Placed on Calendar - **2020-03-02** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/05/20 - **2020-03-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2` - **2020-03-05** Amendment(s) adopted (396855) - **2020-03-05** Placed on 3rd reading - **2020-03-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3` - **2020-03-06** CS passed as amended; YEAS 110 NAYS 0 `passage` - **2020-03-06** In Messages - **2020-03-06** Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations `referral-committee` - **2020-03-06** Received - **2020-03-11** Withdrawn from Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations `withdrawal` - **2020-03-11** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading - **2020-03-11** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 1440 - **2020-03-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2` - **2020-03-11** Placed on 3rd reading - **2020-03-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3` - **2020-03-12** CS passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 `passage` - **2020-03-12** Ordered enrolled - **2020-06-17** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor - **2020-06-27** Approved by Governor `executive-signature` - **2020-06-29** Chapter No. 2020-107 ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/022b97d6-ba0d-4adb-9028-c8b2b8ea780e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).