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12 verbatim requirements from 6th Circuit Administrative Order 2022-046.
Sixth Judicial Circuit (Pinellas/Pasco). Administrative orders change without notice; the court's own order controls. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
Verbatim from the order, fetched live 2026-08-03; whitespace normalised only. • If a private defense attorney desires to have a case heard in mental health court, he or she must refer the case to the State Attorney’s Office where the case will be assessed for legal eligibility to be heard in mental health court. • If the court decides that a case will not remain in mental health court, the State Attorney’s Office and the defense attorney shall be notified and the case shall be transferred back to the regular criminal section from which it was transferred, or division N, if appropriate. • Upon a defendant electing not to have his or her case heard in mental health court, the case shall be transferred back to the regular criminal section from which it was transferred. • If a pre-trial motion must be heard, the case shall be transferred back to the regular criminal section from which it was transferred. • As contemplated by 42 C.F.R. § 2.35, a defendant whose case has been assigned to mental health court must voluntarily and truthfully provide information to aid the court at each step in the process. • As a condition of having his or her case heard in mental health court, the defendant must execute a written consent form with a waiver of confidentiality as to treatment as provided in 42 C.F.R. § 2.31, prior to disposition of the case. • If the defendant refuses to execute the written consent, the case shall be transferred back to the regular criminal section from which it was transferred. • In all instances where a defendant’s participation in mental health court concludes through successful completion and graduation from the program, the mental health court shall serve as the gatekeeper of the clinical records generated or held as part of the mental health court case (see Paragraph 13). • Any motion for release of clinical records generated or held as part of the mental health court case received by the Clerk of the Court shall be referred to the mental health court. • Before a plea is tendered or a defendant can be sentenced in mental health court, the defendant must submit to an initial mental health assessment/evaluation. • The evaluation should occur within 21 days of arraignment or within such other time as may be ordered by the court. • Every defendant sentenced in mental health court must periodically return to court for a judicial review, at the court’s discretion.
If a private defense attorney desires to have a case heard in mental health court, he or she must refer the case to the State Attorney’s Office where the case will be assessed for legal eligibility to be heard in mental health court.
Reviewer note: Composed from the court's own bytes during the 6th's ledger close 2026-08-03; scope from the court's numbering convention (PI-/PA-/PA⁄PI) or an exclusive county mention.
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