Baker Act Reporting Center: More than 36,000 children placed under act in 2017-2018

The University of South Florida’s Baker Act Reporting Center has released numbers from the 2017-2018 fiscal year that show cases of involuntary examinations under The Florida Mental Health Act (commonly known as ‘the Baker Act’) are on the rise.  The annual report shows that 205,781 people were placed under the Baker Act during the year. …