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Disability Rights Florida Opposes Legislation that Threatens Community-Based Mental Health Services

Thursday, August 28, 2025

Disability Rights Florida joins the Consortium for Constituents with Disabilities (CCD) Rights Task Force in opposing H.R. 4022, the Increasing Behavioral Health Treatment Act. If passed,…

Disability Rights Florida Files Lawsuit Against Florida Department of Children and Families for Unlawfully Failing to Track Baker Act Use

Friday, December 13, 2024

Helpful Terms

• Involuntary Psychiatric Examination: a legal process where a person is taken to a mental health facility for evaluation against their will, typically when…

Disability Rights Florida argue for protection of the rights of people with mental illness at Florida Supreme Court

Thursday, February 10, 2022

People with mental illness have a constitutional right to be in the same courtroom with the judge who will decide whether they will be committed to…

Advocacy Groups, Parents and Students Sue Palm Beach County School District for Harmful, Illegal Use of the Baker Act

Tuesday, June 22, 2021

PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. – Today, a group of Palm Beach County parents and students, Disability Rights Florida, and the Florida State Conference of the NAACP…

Why Disability Rights Florida Joined the Lawsuit Against Broward Sheriff

Wednesday, June 24, 2020

By Peter Sleasman, Interim Executive Director, Disability Rights Florida

As the spread of coronavirus (or COVID-19) continues in Broward County and throughout the State of Florida, individuals with…