The Baker Act allows a person to be involuntarily detained and examined if they are believed to be having a mental health ...

Florida will have new guidelines for emergency mental health services starting next week. Commonly referred to as the Baker Act, it focuses on crisis services for people living with a mental ...

A newly proposed bill would allow those being held in criminal custody to be diverted to mental health treatment while behind ...

The man was taken to a mental health facility where he was involuntarily committed for evaluation after the Feb. 21 incident, ...

WPTV asked Palms West for a copy of its policies on handling Baker Act patients, after a patient is alleged to have attacked ...

The first of the four, the TGH Behavioral Health Hospital, officially opened Tuesday in downtown Tampa.

BayCare Behavioral Health opened a new urgent care center in New Port Richey. The grand opening of the center comes a little ...

Legislative Session begins March 4, following a special session that passed sweeping immigration reform. With critical bills ...

A Florida nurse suffered life-altering injuries after an unprovoked attack by a psychiatric patient, prompting renewed ...

The attorneys for a man accused in the brutal attack of a Palm Beach County nurse said their client is a "hardworking, loving ...

The man accused of brutally attacking a nurse last week at HCA Florida Palms West Hospital was in court Tuesday for the first ...