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Law pushes screening, treatment for non-violent offenders

‘A turning point for Florida:’ Tristin Murphy Act aims to get people into mental health treatment

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Dubbed the Tristan Murphy Act, the law is named after a 37-year-old man who killed himself while incarcerated at a state prison work program. Murphy had a history of schizophrenia and had been imprisoned on a littering charge.

MIAMI, FLORIDA - OCTOBER 27: Aerial view of palm trees framing the city skyline on October 27, 2021 in Miami, Florida. Some cities in Florida are encouraging the planting of canopy trees, including species such as gumbo limbo, oak, ash, elm, and sycamore, in place of palms. Palm trees do not sequester carbon at the same rate as native canopy trees to help with climate change. A tree absorbs carbon during photosynthesis and stores it for the tree's life, but Florida's palm trees are the least effective at carbon sequestration. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

This is Florida’s most stressed city, study finds. Here’s what that means

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The study examines factors of stress like health, safety, family, finances, and work to determine which areas of the country are struggling with stress the most.

FILE - A doctor uses a hand-held Doppler probe on a pregnant woman to measure the heartbeat of the fetus on Dec. 17, 2021, in Jackson, Miss. COVID-19 drove a dramatic increase in the number of women who died from pregnancy or childbirth complications in the U.S. last year, a crisis that has disproportionately claimed Black and Hispanic women as victims, according to a report released Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

Florida’s maternal health care grade improves, but Black women still face high risks, report says

Read full article: Florida’s maternal health care grade improves, but Black women still face high risks, report says

News 6 anchor Bridgett Ellison explored the current state of Black maternal health by meeting with local mothers and an obstetrician-gynecologist (OBGYN) to discuss their personal experiences with pregnancy and childbirth complications.