The Baker Act - Learn Your Rights, 23 July | Event in Clearwater | AllEvents

The Baker Act - Learn Your Rights

Citizens Commission on Human Rights Florida

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Wed, 23 Jul, 2025 at 05:00 pm

2 hours

CCHR Florida

Free Tickets Available

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Date & Location

Wed, 23 Jul, 2025 at 05:00 pm to 07:00 pm (GMT-04:00)

CCHR Florida

109 N Fort Harrison Ave, Clearwater, United States

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About the event

The Baker Act - Learn Your Rights
Complimentary Attorney Seminar on the Florida Mental Health Law, the Baker Act. Also on Zoom. Text 727-244-5114 for the link.

About this Event

Join us for a complimentary Seminar.


The event is also accessible via zoom. Text 727-244-5114 for the link.


The Baker Act in Florida allows a child, an adult or an elder to be involuntarily sent for a psychiatric examination.


This seminar is designed to provide mental health providers with a thorough understanding of the Florida Mental Health Act (Baker Act) including its history, use, impact on human rights and actions to take while protecting vulnerable persons and their rights.


Specific Learning Objectives:

1. Understand the legal context and intentions of the Baker Act.

2. Be able to describe the laws regarding involuntary examinations.

3. Be able to identify the basic human rights impacted by the Baker Act and the Act’s unintended consequences.

4. Obtain action steps to protect yourself, your children, and all those impacted by the Baker Act.


Our guest speaker:

Carmen Miller has been a private attorney in the Tampa Bay area for many years. She is an expert on the Baker Act and served for over 8 years as an Asst. Public Defender for the 13th Judicial District, Hillsborough County.


Host:

The Citizens Commission on Human Rights of Florida (CCHR) is a non-profit, non-political, non-religious mental health watchdog organization dedicated to the restoration of human rights in the mental health industry.


This live seminar is designed for:

· Mental Health Counselors

· Social Workers

· Marriage / Family Therapists

· Law Enforcement Officers

· School Staff / Teachers

· Concerned Parents


Submit your questions to: aW5mbyB8IGNjaHJmbG9yaWRhICEgb3Jn

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Carmen Miller, esq.


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The Baker Act - Learn Your Rights, 23 July | Event in Clearwater | AllEvents
The Baker Act - Learn Your Rights
Wed, 23 Jul, 2025 at 05:00 pm
Free