# Florida SB 1620: Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders

Florida SB 1620, Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders, is a 2025 Senate bill sponsored by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, Darryl Ervin Rouson (Democratic); status signed, last action 2025-06-26 (Chapter No. 2025-184) (as of 2026-10-19).

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## Facts
- Bill: Florida SB 1620
- State: Florida
- Session: 2025
- Title: Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-02-27
- Last action: 2025-06-26, Chapter No. 2025-184
- Sponsors: Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, Darryl Ervin Rouson (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Subjects: Appropriation, Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services, Fiscal Policy, House Calendar
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 6 (216 yes, 3 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 5

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Required care planning for facility patients: benefit, medium. Receiving and treatment facilities must update patient care plans, including physician summaries, at least every 30 days. For patients kept longer than 24 months, updates are required at least every 60 days. Discharge plans must explain how patients can get prescribed medicines. They must address a…
- Crisis care standards must address seniors: benefit, low. Florida's Department of Children and Families must address people age 65 and older in its mobile crisis service rules. Those rules must specify any training or other requirements that apply to services available to this age group. This does not guarantee a particular service.
- Shared assessment rules for mental health patients: benefit, low. Providers directly contracted with Florida's Department of Children and Families must use the latest Daily Living Activities-20 (DLA-20) tool when patients need functional assessments. Behavioral health managing entities must require the same tool among their contracted providers. The department ca…
- Shared mental health assessment rules for children: benefit, low. Florida's child and adolescent mental health assessment tools must include the latest Daily Living Activities-20 (DLA-20) tool. The Department of Children and Families can set a different tool by rule. Beginning July 1, 2025, assessments under required school mental health assistance plans must als…
- Respectful mental health care practices promoted: benefit, low. Florida's behavioral health managing entities must promote respectful, person-first language and care that responds to trauma. They must use training and shared best practices to reach providers, peer organizations, and family members. The Criminal Justice, Mental Health, and Substance Abuse Techni…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
- Sponsor: Darryl Ervin Rouson (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Fiscal Policy

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-05-02 | Senate | Senate Floor Vote | pass | 34 | 3 |   |
| 2025-04-29 | House | House Floor Vote | pass | 116 | 0 |   |
| 2025-04-24 | Senate | Senate Floor Vote | pass | 37 | 0 |   |
| 2025-04-17 | Senate | Fiscal Policy Vote | pass | 16 | 0 |   |
| 2025-04-10 | Senate | Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services Vote | pass | 8 | 0 |   |
| 2025-03-25 | Senate | Children, Families, and Elder Affairs Vote | pass | 5 | 0 |   |

## Actions (38)

- 2025-06-26: Chapter No. 2025-184
- 2025-06-25: Approved by Governor
- 2025-06-18: Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- 2025-05-02: Ordered engrossed, then enrolled -SJ 1135 (Senate)
- 2025-05-02: CS passed as amended; YEAS 34 NAYS 3 -SJ 1135 (Senate)
- 2025-05-02: Concurred in 1 amendment(s) (852013) -SJ 1135 (Senate)
- 2025-04-29: In returning messages (Senate)
- 2025-04-29: CS passed as amended; YEAS 116, NAYS 0 (House)
- 2025-04-29: Read 3rd time (House)
- 2025-04-29: Added to Third Reading Calendar (House)
- 2025-04-29: Placed on 3rd reading (House)
- 2025-04-29: Amendment 852013 adopted (House)
- 2025-04-29: Read 2nd time (House)
- 2025-04-28: 1st Reading (Engrossed 1) (House)
- 2025-04-28: Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/29/2025) (House)
- 2025-04-28: Bill referred to House Calendar (House)
- 2025-04-24: In Messages (House)
- 2025-04-24: CS passed as amended; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 -SJ 545 (Senate)
- 2025-04-24: Read 3rd time -SJ 545 (Senate)
- 2025-04-24: Amendment(s) adopted (440964) -SJ 545 (Senate)
- 2025-04-24: Read 2nd time -SJ 544 (Senate)
- 2025-04-22: CS/CS by Fiscal Policy read 1st time (Senate)
- 2025-04-21: Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/24/25 (Senate)
- 2025-04-18: Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading (Senate)
- 2025-04-18: Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) (Senate)
- 2025-04-17: CS/CS by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 16 NAYS 0 (Senate)
- 2025-04-14: On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 04/17/25, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building (Senate)
- 2025-04-11: Now in Fiscal Policy (Senate)
- 2025-04-10: Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 (Senate)
- 2025-04-07: On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services, 04/10/25, 8:30 am, 412 Knott Building (Senate)
- 2025-03-27: CS by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs read 1st time (Senate)
- 2025-03-26: Now in Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services (Senate)
- 2025-03-26: Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) (Senate)
- 2025-03-25: CS by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; YEAS 5 NAYS 0 (Senate)
- 2025-03-20: On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 03/25/25, 4:00 pm, 301 Senate Building (Senate)
- 2025-03-10: Introduced (Senate)
- 2025-03-06: Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Fiscal Policy (Senate)
- 2025-02-27: Filed (Senate)

## Bill text

- er, 2025-07-01: [HTML](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1620/BillText/er/HTML), [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1620/BillText/er/PDF)
- e2, 2025-05-02: [HTML](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1620/BillText/e2/HTML), [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1620/BillText/e2/PDF)
- e1, 2025-04-24: [HTML](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1620/BillText/e1/HTML), [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1620/BillText/e1/PDF)
- c2, 2025-04-18: [HTML](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1620/BillText/c2/HTML), [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1620/BillText/c2/PDF)
- c1, 2025-03-26: [HTML](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1620/BillText/c1/HTML), [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1620/BillText/c1/PDF)
- Filed, 2025-02-27: [HTML](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1620/BillText/Filed/HTML), [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1620/BillText/Filed/PDF)

## Related bills

- HB 1427: Nursing Education Programs (vetoed)
- HB 1095: Criminal Offender Substance Abuse Program (vetoed)
- HB 6017: Recovery of Damages for Medical Negligence Resulting in Death (vetoed)
- HB 1445: Public Officers and Employees (vetoed)
- HB 11: Municipal Water and Sewer Utility Rates (vetoed)
- HB 5015: State Group Insurance (vetoed)

## Sources
- [er (HTML)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1620/BillText/er/HTML)
- [er (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1620/BillText/er/PDF)
- [e2 (HTML)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1620/BillText/e2/HTML)
- [e2 (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1620/BillText/e2/PDF)
- [e1 (HTML)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1620/BillText/e1/HTML)
- [e1 (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1620/BillText/e1/PDF)
- [c2 (HTML)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1620/BillText/c2/HTML)
- [c2 (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1620/BillText/c2/PDF)
- [c1 (HTML)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1620/BillText/c1/HTML)
- [c1 (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1620/BillText/c1/PDF)
- [Filed (HTML)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1620/BillText/Filed/HTML)
- [Filed (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1620/BillText/Filed/PDF)

## Related
- [HB 1427: Nursing Education Programs](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB1427-2025)
- [HB 1095: Criminal Offender Substance Abuse Program](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB1095-2025)
- [HB 6017: Recovery of Damages for Medical Negligence Resulting in Death](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB6017-2025)
- [HB 1445: Public Officers and Employees](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB1445-2025)
- [HB 11: Municipal Water and Sewer Utility Rates](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB11-2025)
- [HB 5015: State Group Insurance](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB5015-2025)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-SB1620-2025 (as of 2026-10-19).