No. SB 1132
Filed under Housing.
Procedures for Discharging Persons to Avoid Homelessness; Citing this act as the “Bridging Systems to Housing Act”; encouraging certain facilities and institutions, in collaboration with a continuum of care lead agency, to develop and implement certain procedures for when persons are discharged from certain facilities or institutions; requiring the Department of Children and Families to conduct a pilot program in specified counties; defining the term “client-level data”; requiring the sharing of client-level data to comply with specified state and federal laws and regulations, etc.
Plain English Summary
AI-GENERATEDThe bill shifts the legal standard from encouraging mental health facilities to ensure that all hospitals and other facilities connect discharged persons to the continuum of care to avoid homelessness.
It requires the Department of Children and Families to run a pilot program in Broward, Duval, Hillsborough, and Pinellas counties, with quarterly status reports and annual effectiveness assessments due to state leadership.
Facilities must now share detailed client-level data, including medical and mental health needs, with the Homeless Management Information System or other entities, subject to federal and state privacy laws.
The bill removes the previous limitation that applied only to mental health facilities, expanding the scope to include hospitals, crisis stabilization units, residential treatment facilities, assisted living facilities, and detoxification centers.
AICreates a mandatory state-run pilot program in Broward, Duval, Hillsborough, and Pinellas counties, requiring hospitals and inpatient medical facilities there to implement specific discharge procedures.
AIRequires that persons leaving state-regulated facilities are not discharged into homelessness without being connected to the local continuum of care.
AIRequires facilities to develop discharge plans that ensure identified persons are offered a transition to the local continuum of care for housing, shelter, or supportive services.
AIRequires facilities to share detailed individual-level medical, mental health, and housing needs data with the Homeless Management Information System or other entities, subject to privacy laws.
AIRequires facilities to ensure persons identified as homeless or at risk, but not registered in the Homeless Management Information System, contact the 211 call center to facilitate registration.
AIProhibits discharging a person to a receiving entity outside of that entity's normal operating hours.
AIExpands the list of facilities encouraged to develop discharge procedures to include hospitals, crisis stabilization units, residential treatment facilities, assisted living facilities, and detoxification centers.