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Originally published on December 15, 2020 8:55 pm The Baker Act was not designed for kids, yet the number of children who are involuntarily committed keeps going up. State data shows kids with certain disabilities are becoming increasingly ensnared — despite language in the law meant to keep them out of the mental health system. The second part of this series about children who are committed examines why minors with emotional and developmental disabilities are more likely to be sent for invo...

Martina Faulk, and her daughter, Nadia King, embrace in a photograph. Each year, about 36,000 children in Florida are involuntarily committed for psychiatric evaluations under the states Baker Act and disabled kids are becoming increasingly ensnared. The Baker Act was not designed for kids, yet the number of children who are involuntarily committed keeps going up. State data shows kids with certain disabilities are becoming increasingly ensnared — despite language in the law meant to keep the...