by CCHR Florida | Jul 23, 2021
Attorney Class on the Florida Baker Act About this event The Citizens Commission on Human Rights of Florida presents the Baker Act Defense Attorney Symposium & Summit VII B.A.D.A.S.S. VII – Virtual Class for Defense Attorneys Learning Objectives: 1....
by CCHR Florida | Jul 17, 2021
Free Webinar on the Florida Mental Health Law, the Baker Act. Hear from a law expert. (3 CE Credits) About this event Join us for a complimentary Zoom Webinar. The Baker Act in Florida allows a child, an adult or an elder to be involuntarily sent for a psychiatric...
by CCHR Florida | Jun 12, 2021
Free Webinar on the Florida Mental Health Law, the Baker Act. Hear from a law expert. (3 CE Credits) About this event Join us for a complimentary Zoom Webinar. The Baker Act in Florida allows a child, an adult or an elder to be involuntarily sent for a psychiatric...
by CCHR Florida | May 29, 2021
Join an instructional webinar for child advocates on the foster care system and the Baker Act. About this event Please join us as we discuss options of improvement for the Foster Care System and how children’s rights are neglected. In the...
by CCHR Florida | May 12, 2021
Free Webinar on the Florida Mental Health Law, the Baker Act. Hear from a law expert. (3 CE Credits) About this event Join us for a complimentary Zoom Webinar. The Baker Act in Florida allows a child, an adult or an elder to be involuntarily sent for a psychiatric...
by CCHR Florida | Apr 17, 2021
Free Webinar on the Florida Mental Health Law, the Baker Act. Hear from a law expert. (3 CE Credits) About this Event Join us for a complimentary Zoom Webinar. The Baker Act in Florida allows a child, an adult or an elder to be involuntarily sent for a psychiatric...
by CCHR Florida | Mar 20, 2021
Free Webinar on the Florida Mental Health Law, the Baker Act. Hear from a law expert. (3 CE Credits) About this Event Join us for a complimentary Zoom Webinar. The Baker Act in Florida allows a child, an adult or an elder to be involuntarily sent for a psychiatric...
by CCHR Florida | Mar 6, 2021
Join an instructional webinar for child advocates regarding the foster care system and the Baker Act. About this Event Please join us as we discuss options of improvement for the overall system and neglected children’s rights. In the United States,...
by CCHR Florida | Feb 20, 2021
Free Webinar on the Florida Mental Health Law, the Baker Act. Hear from a law expert. (3 CE Credits) About this Event Join us for a complimentary Zoom Webinar. The Baker Act in Florida allows a child, an adult or an elder to be involuntarily sent for a psychiatric...
by CCHR Florida | Jan 30, 2021
Join an instructional webinar for child advocates regarding the foster care system and the Baker Act. About this Event Please join us as we discuss options of improvement for the overall system and neglected children’s rights. In the United States, 470,000...
by CCHR Florida | Jan 16, 2021
Free Webinar on the Florida Mental Health Law, the Baker Act. Hear from a law expert. (3 CE Credits) About this Event Join us for a complimentary Zoom Webinar. The Baker Act in Florida allows a child, an adult or an elder to be involuntarily sent for a psychiatric...
by CCHR Florida | Dec 12, 2020
Free Webinar on the Florida Mental Health Law, the Baker Act. Hear from a law expert. (3 CE Credits) About this Event Join us for a complimentary Zoom Webinar. The Baker Act in Florida allows a child, an adult or an elder to be involuntarily sent for a psychiatric...
by CCHR Florida | Aug 12, 2020 | Baker Act, Mental Health Screening, Parental Rights
In a campaign to remove the stigma attached to mental illness, advocates have created numerous observance days, weeks and months which is why August is known as “National Health Center Week”. This observance week focuses on treatment and education with the underlying...
by CCHR Florida | Jun 2, 2020 | Baker Act, Children and Teens, Parental Rights
The number of children being taken into custody for an involuntary psychiatric examination, called a Baker Act, has been steadily climbing across Florida for the past 17 years. And in February of this year, the trauma suffered during a Baker Act and the resultant harm...
by CCHR Florida | May 18, 2020 | Ask CCHR Series
For a person to be taken into custody under a Baker Act three criteria (rules) must be met: There is reason to believe that the person is mentally ill. Because of his or her mental illness the person has refused voluntary examination or is unable to determine whether...