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

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.

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 ...

Palms West is not a Baker Act-receiving facility, yet the man now charged with attempted murder was under the mental health hold.

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

The beating broke 'essentially every bone' in the Palms West nurses face. The mental-health patient faces a charge of ...

The father of Gina Montalto, 14, who was killed at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas high school, continues to fight for school ...