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• § 4040 — The State Department of Health Care Services or State Department of State Hospitals may conduct, or contract for, research or evaluation studies that have application to mental health policy and manag
• § 4041 — The department shall serve as a clearinghouse for information on research and evaluation studies relevant to mental health.
• § 4042 — The State Department of State Hospitals shall cooperate and coordinate with other state and local agencies engaged in research and evaluation studies.
• § 4043 — (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that the department provide leadership in the establishment and funding of mental health research projects.
• § 4044 — Research performed pursuant to this chapter shall have as a priority serious mental disorders.
• § 4045 — In order to improve the quality of mental health care in this state, a portion of the funding for research pursuant to this chapter shall be used to provide technical advice, consultation, and educati
• § 4046 — Notwithstanding any other law, designated staff of the State Department of State Hospitals shall have access to state summary criminal history information for patients and formerly committed patients
• § 4050 — The State Department of Health Care Services shall provide, to the extent resources are available, technical assistance, through its own staff, or by contract, to county mental health programs and oth
• § 4051 — The State Department of Health Care Services shall, to the extent resources are available, provide program development guidelines, evaluation models, and operational assistance on all aspects of servi
• § 4052 — The State Department of Health Care Services shall, to the extent resources are available, provide training in performance standards, model programs, cultural competency, and program development.
• § 4060 — The State Department of Health Care Services shall, in order to implement Section 4050, utilize a meaningful decisionmaking process that includes local mental health directors and representatives of l
• § 4061 — (a) The State Department of Health Care Services shall utilize a joint state-county decisionmaking process to determine the appropriate use of state and local training, technical assistance, and regul
• § 4080 — (a) Psychiatric health facilities, as defined in Section 1250.
• § 4080.5 — (a) A psychiatric health facility may admit persons diagnosed only with a severe substance use disorder, as defined in subdivision (o) of Section 5008, under the following conditions: (1) The State De
• § 4081 — (a) (1) Psychiatric residential treatment facilities, as defined in Section 1250.
• § 4082 — (a) Each new or renewal application for a psychiatric residential treatment facility license shall be accompanied by a licensing fee and an application fee paid to the State Department of Health Care
• § 4083 — (a) Each psychiatric residential treatment facility shall provide the State Department of Health Care Services the data as specified in subdivision (c) of Section 1250.
• § 4090 — (a) The State Department of Health Care Services shall establish, by regulation, standards for the programs listed in Chapter 2.
• § 4091 — Nothing in Section 4090 limits the authority of the State Department of Health Care Services to delegate the evaluation and enforcement of the program standards to a county mental health program when
• § 4094 — (a) The State Department of Mental Health shall establish, by regulations adopted at the earliest possible date, but no later than December 31, 1994, program standards for any facility licensed as a c
• § 4094.1 — The State Department of Health Care Services and the State Department of Social Services, in consultation with community treatment providers, local mental health departments, and county welfare depart
• § 4094.2 — (a) For the purpose of establishing payment rates for community treatment facility programs, the private nonprofit agencies selected to operate these programs shall prepare a budget that covers the to
• § 4094.5 — Regulations for community treatment facilities adopted pursuant to Section 4094 shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) Only a child with serious emotional disturbance, as defined in
• § 4094.6 — The patients’ rights provisions contained in Sections 5325, 5325.
• § 4094.7 — (a) A community treatment facility may have both secure and nonsecure beds.
• § 4095 — (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that essential and culturally relevant mental health assessment, case management, and treatment services be available to wards of the court and dependent childr
• § 4096 — (a) This section governs interagency placement committees related to the placement of a dependent child or a ward into short-term residential therapeutic programs, as specified in Section 11462.
• § 4096.5 — (a) This section governs standards for the mental health program approval for short-term residential therapeutic programs, which is required under subdivision (c) of Section 1562.
• § 4096.55 — (a) The State Department of Social Services, in collaboration with the State Department of Health Care Services, shall make available nursing resources intended to assist short-term residential therap
• § 4096.6 — (a) For the purpose of this section, “family-based aftercare services” means an array of integrated services and supports that meets all of the following specifications: (1) Are provided to or on beha
• § 4097 — (a) The Legislature recognizes that some consumers with mental health diagnoses have disabling conditions, and that these consumers and their families are vulnerable and at risk of being easily victim
• § 4098 — The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) The Surgeon General of the United States has described suicide prevention as a serious public health priority, and has called upon each sta
• § 4098.1 — This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the California Suicide Prevention Act of 2000.
• § 4098.2 — (a) The State Department of Health Care Services, contingent upon appropriation in the annual Budget Act, may establish and implement a suicide prevention, education, and gatekeeper training program t
• § 4098.3 — The department may contract with an outside agency to establish and implement a targeted public awareness and education campaign on suicide prevention and treatment.
• § 4098.4 — (a) The department may contract with local mental health organizations and professionals with expertise in the assessment and treatment of suicidal behaviors to develop an evidence-based assessment an
• § 4098.5 — The department may establish and implement, or contract with an outside agency for the development of a multicounty, 24-hour, centralized suicide crisis line integrated network.
• § 4100 — The department has jurisdiction over the following facilities: (a) Atascadero State Hospital.
• § 4100.2 — (a) Commencing January 10, 2009, and each year thereafter, the State Department of Mental Health, or its successor, the State Department of State Hospitals, shall provide the fiscal committees of the
• § 4100.5 — The department may contract with the State Department of Developmental Services to provide services to persons with mental disorders in state hospitals under the jurisdiction of the State Department o
• § 4101 — Except as otherwise specifically provided elsewhere in this code, all of the institutions under the jurisdiction of the State Department of State Hospitals shall be governed by uniform rule and regula
• § 4101.5 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the State Department of State Hospitals may contract with providers of health care services and health care network providers, including, but not limited to, health
• § 4102 — Each state hospital is a corporation.
• § 4103 — Each such corporation may acquire and hold in its corporate name by gift, grant, devise, or bequest property to be applied to the maintenance of the patients of the hospital and for the general use of
• § 4104 — All lands necessary for the use of the state hospitals specified in Section 4100, except those acquired by gift, devise, or purchase, shall be acquired by condemnation as lands for other public uses a
• § 4105 — The Director of General Services shall grant to the County of San Bernardino under such terms, conditions, and restrictions as he or she deems to be for the best interests of the state, the necessary
• § 4106 — Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 4104, the Director of General Services, with the consent of the State Department of State Hospitals, may grant to the County of Napa a right-of-way for public
• § 4107 — (a) The security of patients committed pursuant to Section 1026 of, and Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 1367) of Title 10 of Part 2 of, the Penal Code, and former Sections 6316 and 6321, at Patton
• § 4107.1 — Consistent with the authority of the State Department of State Hospitals to maintain and operate state hospitals under its jurisdiction, the State Department of State Hospitals shall provide internal
• § 4109 — The State Department of State Hospitals has general control and direction of the property and concerns of each state hospital specified in Section 4100.
• § 4109.5 — (a) Whenever the department proposes the closure of a state hospital, it shall submit as part of the Governor’s proposed budget to the Legislature a complete program, to be developed jointly by the St
• § 4110 — The executive director shall provide detailed expenditure estimates of all anticipated hospital expenditures, all supplies, expenses, buildings, and improvements as required for the best interests of
• § 4111 — The state hospitals may manufacture supplies and materials necessary or required to be used in any of the state hospitals which can be economically manufactured therein.
• § 4112 — (a) All money belonging to the state and received by state hospitals from any source, except appropriations, shall, at the end of each month, be deposited in the State Treasury, to the credit of the G
• § 4112.1 — Section 4112 does not apply to the funds known as the “sheltered workshop funds.
• § 4113 — The state hospitals and the officers thereof shall make such financial statements to the Controller as the Controller requires.
• § 4114 — The executive director or other person in charge of a hospital shall, within 10 days after the admission of any person to the hospital, cause an abstract of the medical certificate and order on which
• § 4115 — The department may permit, subject to such conditions and regulations as it may impose, any religious or missionary corporation or society to erect a building on the grounds of any state hospital for
• § 4116 — The department may establish and supervise under its rules and regulations training schools or courses for employees of the department or of state institutions under its jurisdiction.
• § 4117 — (a) Whenever a trial is had of any person charged with escape or attempt to escape from a state hospital, whenever a hearing is had on the return of a writ of habeas corpus prosecuted by or on behalf
• § 4119 — (a) The State Department of State Hospitals shall investigate and examine all nonresident persons residing in a state hospital and shall cause these persons, when found to be nonresidents as defined i
• § 4120 — (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, in determining residence for purposes of being entitled to hospitalization in this state and for purposes of returning patients to the states of their
• § 4121 — (a) All expenses incurred in returning these persons to other states shall be paid by this state, the person, or his or her relatives, but the expense of returning residents of this state shall be bor
• § 4122 — The State Department of State Hospitals, when it deems it necessary, may, under conditions prescribed by the director, transfer any patients of a state institution under its jurisdiction to another in
• § 4123 — The Director of State Hospitals may authorize the transfer of persons from any institution within the department to any institution authorized by the federal government to receive the person.
• § 4124 — The State Department of State Hospitals shall send to the Department of Veterans Affairs whenever requested a list of all persons who have been patients for six months or more in each state institutio
• § 4125 — (a) The director may deposit any funds of any patient in the possession of each hospital administrator of a state hospital in trust with the treasurer pursuant to Section 16305.
• § 4126 — Whenever any patient in any state institution subject to the jurisdiction of the State Department of State Hospitals dies, and any personal funds or property of the patient remains in the hands of the
• § 4127 — (a) Whenever any patient in any state institution subject to the jurisdiction of the State Department of State Hospitals escapes, is discharged, or is on leave of absence from the institution, and any
• § 4128 — Before any money or other personal property or documents are delivered to the State Treasurer, State Controller, or public administrator, or sold at auction or upon a sealed-bid basis, or destroyed, u
• § 4129 — At the time of delivering any money or other personal property to the State Treasurer or State Controller under the provisions of Section 4126 or of Chapter 7 of Title 10 of Part 3 of the Code of Civi
• § 4130 — When any personal property has been destroyed as provided in Sections 4126 or 4127, no suit shall thereafter be maintained by any person against the state or any officer thereof for or on account of s
• § 4131 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the provisions of Sections 4126 and 4127 shall apply (1) to all money and other personal property delivered to the State Treasurer or State Controller prior
• § 4132 — (a) It is hereby declared that the provisions of this code reflect the concern of the Legislature that persons with mental health disorders are to be regarded as patients to be provided care and treat
• § 4133 — All day hospitals and rehabilitation centers maintained by the State Department of State Hospitals shall be subject to the provisions of this code pertaining to the admission, transfer, and discharge
• § 4134 — The state mental hospitals under the jurisdiction of the State Department of State Hospitals shall comply with the California Food Sanitation Act, Article 1 (commencing with Section 111950) of Chapter
• § 4135 — Any person committed to the State Department of State Hospitals as a mentally abnormal sex offender shall remain a patient committed to the department for the period specified in the court order of co
• § 4136 — (a) Each patient in a state hospital who has resided in the state hospital for a period of at least 30 days shall be paid an amount of aid for his or her personal and incidental needs that, when added
• § 4137 — Whenever a patient dies in a state mental hospital and the coroner finds that the death was by accident or at the hands of another person other than by accident, the State Department of State Hospital
• § 4138 — (a) Upon receiving a request from the director of a state hospital listed in Section 4100, the Director of State Hospitals may prohibit the possession or use of tobacco products on the grounds of the
• § 4139 — (a) Except as otherwise authorized by law, or when authorized by the director of the state hospital, and except as provided in subdivision (b), a person who possesses with the intent to deliver, or de
• § 4141 — (a) (1) Each state hospital shall update its injury and illness prevention plan at least once a year to include necessary safeguards to prevent workplace safety hazards in connection with workplace vi
• § 4142 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law, whenever a patient is committed to the State Department of State Hospitals, a director of a state hospital or a clinician, as defined in subdivision (f), shall obtai
• § 4143 — (a) Commencing July 1, 2015, and subject to available funding, the State Department of State Hospitals may establish and maintain pilot enhanced treatment programs (ETPs), as defined in Section 1265.
• § 4144 — (a) A state hospital psychiatrist or psychologist may refer a patient to a pilot enhanced treatment program (ETP), as defined in Section 1265.
• § 4145 — (a) The State Department of State Hospitals shall monitor the pilot enhanced treatment programs (ETP), evaluate outcomes, and report on its findings and recommendations.
• § 4146 — (a) This section applies in cases in which a patient has been committed to the department as a mentally disordered offender, including a person found not guilty by reason of insanity, or a person foun
• § 4147 — (a) To confront the crisis of individuals found incompetent to stand trial (IST) and in recognition of the importance of these defendants who are committed to the State Department of State Hospitals t
• § 4148 — (a) On or before January 31, 2026, the State Department of State Hospitals shall submit a report to the Senate Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review and the Assembly Committee on Budget providing amou
• § 4200 — (a) Each state hospital under the jurisdiction of the State Department of State Hospitals shall have a hospital advisory board of eight members appointed by the Governor from a list of nominations sub
• § 4201 — No person shall be eligible for appointment to a hospital advisory board if he is a Member of the Legislature or an elective state officer, and if he becomes such after his appointment his office shal
• § 4202 — The advisory boards of the several state hospitals are advisory to the State Department of State Hospitals and the Legislature with power of visitation and advice with respect to the conduct of the ho
• § 4202.5 — (a) The chairman of a hospital advisory board advising a hospital for persons with mental health disorders shall meet annually with the hospital director, the community mental health directors, and th
• § 4203 — The Atascadero State Hospital shall have an advisory board of seven persons appointed by the Governor, each of whom holds office for the term of three years.
• § 4240 — The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) The symptoms and behaviors of persons with a serious mental health disorder may cause severe disruption of normal family relationships.
• § 4241 — (a) It is the intent of the Legislature, by this chapter, to support an organized program of self-help in which families exchange information, advice, and emotional support to enable them to maintain
• § 4242 — As used in this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) “Family” means persons whose children, spouses, siblings, parents, grandparents, or grandchildren have a serious mental health disorder.
• § 4243 — (a) All funds appropriated for the purposes of this chapter shall be used to contract with an organization to establish a statewide network of families who have family members with mental health disor
• § 4244 — The Director of State Hospitals shall enter into a contract with the successful bidder to provide services that shall include, but not be necessarily limited to, all of the following: (a) Production a
• § 4245 — Contracts entered in pursuant to this chapter shall: (a) Have an annual contract period from July 1 through June 30 of each fiscal year unless the Director of State Hospitals or the contractor termina
• § 4300 — As used in this chapter, “officers” of a state hospital means: (a) Medical director.
• § 4301 — (a) The Director of State Hospitals shall appoint and define the duties, subject to the laws governing civil service, of all of the following officers: (1) A hospital administrator.
• § 4302 — The Director of State Hospitals shall have the final authority for determining all other employee needs after consideration of program requests from the various hospitals.
• § 4303 — Salaries of resident and other officers and wages of employees shall be included in the budget estimates of, and paid in the same manner as other expenses of, the state hospitals.
• § 4304 — The primary purpose of a state hospital is the medical and nursing care of patients with mental health disorders.
• § 4305 — (a) Subject to the rules and regulations established by the department, and under the supervision of the hospital director, the medical director of a state hospital shall be responsible for the planni
• § 4306 — (a) Subject to the rules and regulations established by the department, under the supervision of the hospital director, the hospital administrator shall be responsible for the planning, development, d
• § 4307 — The hospital director is the chief executive officer of the hospital and is responsible for all hospital operations.
• § 4308 — (a) If a vacancy occurs in a hospital under the jurisdiction of the Director of State Hospitals, the Director of State Hospitals shall appoint, as provided in Section 4301, a hospital administrator, a
• § 4309 — The hospital director is responsible for the overall management of the hospital.
• § 4311 — (a) The chief of police services at the hospital shall be responsible for preserving the peace in the hospital buildings and grounds and may arrest or cause the arrest and appearance before the neares
• § 4312 — The hospital director may establish rules and regulations not inconsistent with law or departmental regulations, concerning the care and treatment of patients, research, clinical training, and for the
• § 4313 — The chief of police services, supervising investigators, investigators, and each hospital police officer have the powers and authority conferred by law upon each respectively as set forth in subdivisi
• § 4313.5 — (a) Designated investigators of state hospitals shall request a sexual assault forensic medical examination for any resident of a state hospital who is a victim or reasonably suspected to be a victim
• § 4314 — (a) The Director of State Hospitals may set aside and designate any space on the grounds of any of the institutions under the jurisdiction of the department that is not needed for other authorized pur
• § 4316 — (a) Subject to rules and regulations adopted by the department, the hospital director may establish a sheltered workshop at a state hospital to provide patients with remunerative work performed in a s
• § 4317 — At each state hospital at which there is established a sheltered workshop, there shall be a sheltered workshop fund administered by the clinical director.
• § 4317.5 — The hospital director, subject to rules and regulations adopted by the department, may in addition to establishing a sheltered workshop, provide other vocational rehabilitation programs for state hosp
• § 4318 — Each state hospital shall, prior to the discharge of any patient who was placed in the facility under a county Short-Doyle plan, prepare a written recommended aftercare plan which shall be transmitted
• § 4319 — To ensure a continuous level of competency for all state hospital treatment personnel under the jurisdiction of the State Department of State Hospitals, the department shall provide adequate in-servic
• § 4320 — To ensure an adequate supply of licensed psychiatric technicians for state hospitals, the State Department of State Hospitals, to the extent necessary, shall establish in state hospitals a course of s
• § 4321 — (a) (1) The criminal history check authorized by this section is limited to an employee, prospective employee, contractor, subcontractor, and volunteer whose duties include, or would include, access t
• § 4330 — The State Department of Mental Health, or its successor, the State Department of State Hospitals, shall be reimbursed for use of state hospital beds by counties pursuant to Part 1 (commencing with Sec
• § 4331 — (a) No later than July 1, 1992, and in each subsequent year, each county acting singly or in combination with other counties shall contract with the State Department of Mental Health, or its successor
• § 4332 — (a) Contracts entered into pursuant to Section 4331 shall do all of the following: (1) Specify the number of beds to be provided.
• § 4333 — (a) In the event a county or counties elect to reduce their state hospital resources, beginning July 1, 1992, systemwide state hospital net bed reduction in any one year may not exceed 10 percent of t
• § 4333.5 — (a) The State Department of State Hospitals shall encourage the counties to use state hospital facilities, in addition to utilizing state hospital beds pursuant to contract, for additional treatment p
• § 4334 — The State Department of State Hospitals, in collaboration with counties, shall do all of the following: (a) Prepare and publish a catalogue of available state hospital services.
• § 4335 — Nothing in this chapter is intended to prevent the department from entering into innovative arrangements with counties for delivery of state hospital services.
• § 4335.2 — (a) As used in this section, “department” means the State Department of State Hospitals.
• § 4336 — (a) As used in this section, “department” means the State Department of State Hospitals.
• § 4340 — The State Department of Health Care Services may maintain a statewide mental health prevention program directed toward a reduction in the need for utilization of the treatment system and the developme
• § 4341 — (a) To ensure the availability of an adequate number of persons from all disciplines necessary to implement appropriate and effective services to a person with a serious mental health condition, of an
• § 4341.5 — In order to ensure an adequate number of qualified psychiatrists and psychologists with forensic skills, the State Department of State Hospitals shall, to the extent resources are available, plan with
• § 4343 — The Legislature recognizes that prevention and early intervention services have long been slighted in the community mental health programs and has identified, as a goal of the Bronzan-McCorquodale pro
• § 4344 — Primary intervention programs shall be developed in accordance with the guidelines and principles set forth in this chapter.
• § 4345 — The Director of Mental Health shall develop guidelines for primary intervention programs in accordance with the following: (a) School-based programs shall serve children in grades kindergarten through
• § 4346 — (a) Each primary intervention program shall have a core team consisting of school-based mental health professionals, including credentialed school psychologists, school counselors, school social worke
• § 4347 — School districts or publicly funded preschools receiving funds under this chapter shall demonstrate a capability for referral to appropriate public and private community services.
• § 4348 — (a) (1) Subject to the availability of funding each year, the State Department of Mental Health shall award primary intervention program grants pursuant to a request for proposal consistent with the p
• § 4349 — The State Department of Mental Health shall, on the basis of applications submitted pursuant to a request for proposal, select recipients of primary intervention program grants based on the following
• § 4349.5 — Grants that have been awarded prior to the effective date of this section shall continue to be subject to the provisions of this chapter, including the grant recipient, matching, and eligibility requi
• § 4349.7 — Proposals submitted to the department between April 1, 1992, and May 1, 1992, pursuant to Sections 4343 to 4350, inclusive, that received a passing score shall be funded pursuant to Part 4 (commencing
• § 4350 — (a) The role of the school district or preschool in each approved primary intervention program shall be to do all of the following: (1) Arrange for mental health professionals based at the program sit
• § 4350.5 — (a) School districts or county superintendents of schools proposing to serve as grant recipients pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 4348 shall perform the functions described in s
• § 4351 — The department shall provide for training of program personnel.
• § 4352 — (a) The State Department of Mental Health shall conduct a review of each primary intervention program at least once during the first year of funding, and thereafter as necessary.
• § 4352.5 — Up to 10 percent of the total state funds available annually for the primary intervention program from all sources may be utilized by the department for administration, training, consultation, and eva
• § 4353 — The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) There is a large population of persons who have suffered traumatic brain injuries resulting in significant functional impairment.
• § 4354 — For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “Acquired traumatic brain injury” is an injury that is sustained after birth from an external force to the brain or any of its
• § 4354.5 — The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Traumatic brain injuries have a long-term impact on the survivors, their families, caregivers, and support systems.
• § 4355 — (a) On or before July 1, 2024, the department shall determine requirements related to service delivery, uniform data collection, and other aspects of program administration, in addition to those speci
• § 4356 — Using data collected consistent with requirements established pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 4355, the department shall monitor and evaluate the performance of service providers.
• § 4357 — (a) Service providers shall identify the needs of consumers and deliver services designed to meet those needs.
• § 4357.1 — (a) The department may make grants from the funds in the Traumatic Brain Injury Fund, established in Section 4358, to service providers for the purpose of carrying out the programs detailed in this ch
• § 4358 — There is hereby created in the State Treasury the Traumatic Brain Injury Fund, the moneys in which may, upon appropriation by the Legislature, be expended for the purposes of this chapter.
• § 4358.5 — Funds deposited into the Traumatic Brain Injury Fund pursuant to subdivision (f) of Section 1464 of the Penal Code may be matched by federal vocational rehabilitation services funds for implementation
• § 4360 — (a) The State Department of State Hospitals shall provide mental health treatment and supervision in the community for judicially committed persons.
• § 4360.5 — (a) The State Department of State Hospitals shall establish a statewide panel of independent evaluators responsible for Forensic Conditional Release Program placement determinations for patients commi
• § 4361 — (a) As used in this section, “department” means the State Department of State Hospitals.
• § 4361.5 — For purposes of this chapter, “department” means the State Department of State Hospitals.
• § 4361.6 — (a) Subject to an appropriation by the Legislature for this express purpose, the department may contract as follows: (1) For subacute bed capacity, including, but not limited to, institutions for ment
• § 4361.7 — (a) Subject to an appropriation by the Legislature for this express purpose, the department may contract for medical, evaluation, and other services as necessary to facilitate early access to treatmen
• § 4369 — There is within the State Department of Public Health, the Office of Problem Gambling.
• § 4369.1 — As used in this chapter, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “Affected individual” means a person who experiences adverse psychiatric or physical impacts due to another person’s gambling disord
• § 4369.2 — (a) The office shall develop a gambling disorder prevention program, which shall consist of all of the following: (1) A toll-free telephone service for immediate crisis management with subsequent refe
• § 4369.3 — In designing and developing the overall program, the office shall do all of the following: (a) Develop a statewide plan to address gambling disorders.
• § 4369.4 — All state agencies, including, but not limited to, the California Horse Racing Board, the California Gambling Control Commission, the Department of Justice, and any other agency that regulates casino
• § 4370 — This part shall be known and may be cited as the School-based Early Mental Health Intervention and Prevention Services for Children Act of 1991.
• § 4371 — The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Each year in California over 65,000 teenagers become adolescent mothers and 230 teenagers commit suicide.
• § 4372 — For the purposes of this part, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “Cooperating entity” means any federal, state, or local, public or private nonprofit agency providing school-based early menta
• § 4380 — Subject to the availability of funding each year, the Legislature authorizes the director, in consultation with the Superintendent of Public Instruction, to award matching grants to local educational
• § 4381 — No funding shall be made available to any program or facility pursuant to this chapter unless all of the following conditions are met: (a) The program facility is open to children without regard to an
• § 4383 — (a) For the 1991–92 and 1992–93 fiscal years, a local schoolsite may be awarded funding from the director pursuant to this part and from the Superintendent of Public Instruction pursuant to the Health
• § 4390 — The Legislature finds that an evaluation of program effectiveness is both desirable and necessary and accordingly requires the following: No later than June 30, 1993, and each year thereafter through
• § 4400 — There is in the Health and Welfare Agency a State Department of Developmental Services.
• § 4401 — As used in this division: (a) “Department” means the State Department of Developmental Services.
• § 4404 — The department is under the control of an executive officer known as the Director of Developmental Services.
• § 4405 — With the consent of the Senate, the Governor shall appoint to serve at his pleasure, the Director of Developmental Services.
• § 4406 — The State Department of Developmental Services succeeds to and is vested with the duties, purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdiction exercised by the State Department of Health with respect to devel
• § 4407 — The State Department of Developmental Services shall have possession and control of all records, papers, offices, equipment, supplies, moneys, funds, appropriations, land, and other property real or p
• § 4408 — All officers and employees of the Director of Health who on the operative date of this section are serving in the state civil service, other than as temporary employees, and engaged in the performance
• § 4408.5 — (a) The criminal history check required by this section is limited to a State Department of Developmental Services employee, prospective employee, contractor, subcontractor, and volunteer whose duties
• § 4409 — All regulations heretofore adopted by the State Department of Health pursuant to authority now vested in the State Department of Developmental Services by Section 4406 and in effect immediately preced
• § 4410 — With the approval of the Department of General Services and for use in the furtherance of the work of the State Department of Developmental Services, the director may accept any or all of the followin
• § 4411 — The department may expend in accordance with law all money now or hereafter made available for its use, or for the administration of any statute administered by the department.
• § 4412 — The department may expend money in accordance with law for the actual and necessary travel expenses of officers and employees of the department who are authorized to absent themselves from the State o
• § 4413 — The department may appoint and fix the compensation of such employees as it deems necessary, subject to the laws governing civil service.
• § 4414 — When convening any task force or advisory group, the department shall make its best effort to ensure representation by consumers and family members representing California’s multicultural diversity.
• § 4415 — Except as in this chapter otherwise prescribed, the provisions of the Government Code relating to state officers and departments shall apply to the State Department of Developmental Services.
• § 4415.5 — (a) The Chief of the Office of Protective Services, who has the responsibility and authority to manage all protective service components within the department’s law enforcement and fire protection div
• § 4416 — Unless otherwise indicated in this code, the State Department of Developmental Services has jurisdiction over the execution of the laws relating to the care, custody, and treatment of developmentally
• § 4416.5 — The State Department of Developmental Services may contract with one or more qualified organizations to provide the services required by Section 1919 of the Social Security Act (P.
• § 4417 — (a) The State Department of Developmental Services may: (1) Disseminate educational information relating to the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of persons with intellectual disabilities.
• § 4418 — The State Department of Developmental Services may obtain psychiatric, medical and other necessary aftercare services for judicially committed patients on leave of absence from state hospitals by cont
• § 4418.2 — The department shall support, utilizing regional resource development projects, the activities specified in Sections 4418.
• § 4418.25 — (a) (1) The department shall establish policies and procedures for the development of an annual community placement plan by regional centers.
• § 4418.3 — (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to ensure that the transition process from a developmental center to a community living arrangement is based upon the individual’s needs, developed through the
• § 4418.5 — The department may provide protective social services for the care of developmentally disabled patients released from state hospitals of the department or to prevent the unnecessary admission of devel
• § 4418.6 — The department may establish within its family care program respite care services for the developmentally disabled.