394.479 Interstate Compact on Mental Health.—The Interstate Compact on Mental Health is hereby enacted into law and entered into by this state with all other states legally joining therein in the form substantially as follows: INTERSTATE COMPACT ON MENTAL HEALTH The contracting states solemnly agree that: ARTICLE I The party states find that the proper and […]
394.480 Compact administrator.—Pursuant to said compact, the Secretary of Children and Families shall be the compact administrator who, acting jointly with like officers of other party states, shall have power to promulgate rules and regulations to carry out more effectively the terms of the compact. The compact administrator is hereby authorized, empowered, and directed to cooperate […]
394.481 Supplemental agreements with other states.—The compact administrator is hereby authorized and empowered to enter into supplementary agreements with appropriate officials of other states pursuant to Articles VII and XI of the compact. In the event that such supplementary agreements shall require or contemplate the use of any institution or facility of this state or require […]
394.482 Payment of financial obligations imposed by compact.—The compact administrator, subject to the approval of the Chief Financial Officer, may make or arrange for any payments necessary to discharge any financial obligations imposed upon this state by the compact or by any supplementary agreement entered into thereunder. History.—s. 4, ch. 71-219; s. 414, ch. 2003-261.
394.483 Authorized actions by administrator.—The compact administrator is hereby directed to consult with the immediate family representatives or guardian of any proposed transferee and, in the case of a proposed transferee from an institution in this state to an institution in another party state, to take no final action without approval of the committing court, if […]
394.484 Transmission of copies of act adopting compact.—Copies of this act shall upon its approval be transmitted by the Department of State to the governor of each state, the Attorney General and the Administrator of General Services of the United States, and the Council of State Governments. History.—s. 6, ch. 71-219.
