The Marchman Act

Overview

The Baker Act Reporting Center is part of the de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute (FMHI), referred to as the Institute in the Marchman Act, Florida Statute 397. The Baker Act Reporting Center is tasked with receiving Marchman Act related documents, entering data from them, and producing an annual report.  
 
After obtaining and entering data from protective custody Marchman Acts and Marchman Act cases in the Comprehensive Case Information System (CCIS), we released our first statutorily mandated Marchman Act annual report in December 2024.
 
As of July 2024, Clerks of Court are required to submit Marchman Act related documents to our Center. While we bridge the gap between collecting forms, we continue to enter data from CCIS for Marchman Act documents for the 63 counties that allows us this access.