---
type: "Bill"
title: "Mental Health Treatment"
description: "Mental Health Treatment; Authorizes DCF to issue conditional designation to facilities for limited period to allow facilities to implement corrective measures; provides forensic clients must receive psychiatric medication therapy before admission to state mental health treatment facility; specifies some possible treatment alternatives appropriate for mental illness of criminal defendant who is incompetent to proceed; revises deadline for report on persons committed for treatment; revises provisions relating to competency hearings."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1349"
citation: "Florida HB 1349 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["(vetoed)"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2023-270"
primary_sponsors: ["Melo"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 39
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-03-02"
last_action: "2023-06-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/18160c2e-f5ec-4982-94cc-1decddd828f0"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1349/ByCategory"
source_hash: "e08d82e6384a2e93826d98f01e8d9c8f31e64e0e00fb6ab87ba9378f60c7f40d"
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 1349 (2023) — Mental Health Treatment

Mental Health Treatment; Authorizes DCF to issue conditional designation to facilities for limited period to allow facilities to implement corrective measures; provides forensic clients must receive psychiatric medication therapy before admission to state mental health treatment facility; specifies some possible treatment alternatives appropriate for mental illness of criminal defendant who is incompetent to proceed; revises deadline for report on persons committed for treatment; revises provisions relating to competency hearings.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-270.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **H 1349 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1349/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1349 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1349/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable (Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee) — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable (Health & Human Services Committee) — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Appropriations Committee) — **27–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Melo — primary (person)
- López, J. — cosponsor (person)
- Mooney — cosponsor (person)
- Rizo — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-03-02** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-07** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2023-03-09** Referred to Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09** Referred to Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09** Referred to Health & Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09** Now in Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee
- **2023-03-23** Added to Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee agenda
- **2023-03-27** Favorable by Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-27** Reported out of Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee
- **2023-03-27** Now in Appropriations Committee
- **2023-04-10** Added to Appropriations Committee agenda
- **2023-04-12** Favorable by Appropriations Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-12** Reported out of Appropriations Committee
- **2023-04-12** Now in Health & Human Services Committee
- **2023-04-13** Added to Health & Human Services Committee agenda
- **2023-04-17** Favorable by Health & Human Services Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-17** Reported out of Health & Human Services Committee
- **2023-04-17** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2023-04-17** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2023-04-20** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/25/2023)
- **2023-04-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-25** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-25** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2023-04-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-26** Passed; YEAS 116, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-26** In Messages
- **2023-04-26** Referred to Fiscal Policy `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-26** Received `enrolled`
- **2023-05-02** Withdrawn from Fiscal Policy `withdrawal`
- **2023-05-02** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2023-05-02** Substituted for CS/SB 1412
- **2023-05-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-02** Passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-05-02** In Messages
- **2023-05-02** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-06-12** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-20** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-21** Chapter No. 2023-270

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/18160c2e-f5ec-4982-94cc-1decddd828f0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).