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The Baker Act is a state law that allows courts, law enforcement officers, and certain medical workers to order people who could be a harm to themselves or others to be taken to facilities for up to 72 hours.
Florida had 5,077 incidents of students being involuntarily committed under the Baker Act during the past school year, according to data.
The Baker Act is a state law that allows courts, law enforcement officers, and certain medical workers to order people who could be a harm to themselves or others to be taken to facilities for up to 72 hours.
Florida had 5,077 incidents of students being involuntarily committed under a mental-health law known as the Baker Act during the past school year, data presented...
Florida had 5,077 incidents of students being involuntarily committed under a mental-health law, the Baker Act, during the past school year.