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• § 5845 — (a) The Behavioral Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission is hereby established to promote transformational change in California’s behavioral health system through research, evaluatio
• § 5845.1 — (a) (1) The Behavioral Health Services Act Innovation Partnership Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury.
• § 5845.5 — In addition to the activities authorized under Section 5845, the commission may establish a fellowship program in accordance with this section for the purpose of providing an experiential learning opp
• § 5845.8 — (a) The commission shall biennially report to the Senate and Assembly Committees on Health, Senate Budget Subcommittee on Health and Human Services, and Assembly Budget Subcommittee on Health and Huma
• § 5847 — Integrated Plans for Prevention, Innovation, and System of Care Services.
• § 5848.5 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) California has realigned public community mental health services to counties, and it is imperative that sufficient community-based reso
• § 5848.51 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) Community alternatives should be expanded to reduce the need for mental health and substance use disorder treatment in jails and prison
• § 5848.6 — Any emergency regulations that may be adopted by the California Health Facilities Financing Authority, as described in paragraph (8) of subdivision (d) of Section 5848.
• § 5848.7 — (a) (1) Except as described in subdivision (b), any program or pilot program in which mental health professionals respond in collaboration with law enforcement personnel, or in place of law enforcemen
• § 5849.1 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares that this part is consistent with and furthers the purposes of the Mental Health Services Act, enacted by Proposition 63 at the November 2, 2004, statewide gener
• § 5849.10 — (a) The sum of six million two hundred thousand dollars ($6,200,000) is hereby appropriated from the Mental Health Services Fund to the department to provide technical and application preparation assi
• § 5849.11 — (a) The counties shall annually report to the department on activities funded under this part, including information on the funded supportive housing development.
• § 5849.12 — (a) Upon an appropriation of funds for the purpose of this section, the department shall contract with a public or private research university in this state to evaluate the program.
• § 5849.13 — An action to determine the validity of any contract or loan authorized pursuant to Section 5849.
• § 5849.14 — The Department of Finance may authorize one or more loans from the General Fund to the No Place Like Home Fund for cashflow purposes in an aggregate amount not to exceed two million dollars ($2,000,00
• § 5849.15 — The voters ratify all of the following provisions as being consistent with and in furtherance of Proposition 63, enacted by the voters at the November 2, 2004, statewide general election, and approve
• § 5849.2 — As used in this part, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “At risk of chronic homelessness” includes, but is not limited to, persons who are at high risk of long-term or intermittent homelessne
• § 5849.3 — (a) There is hereby established the No Place Like Home Program Advisory Committee.
• § 5849.35 — (a) The authority may do all of the following: (1) Consult with the commission and the State Department of Health Care Services concerning the implementation of the No Place Like Home Program, includi
• § 5849.4 — (a) The No Place Like Home Fund is hereby created within the State Treasury and, notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, continuously appropriated to the department, the authority, and t
• § 5849.5 — The department may adopt guidelines or regulations, including emergency regulations to expedite the award of moneys pursuant to this part, in consultation with the California State Association of Coun
• § 5849.6 — For the purpose of administering Sections 5849.
• § 5849.7 — (a) In order to finance permanent supportive housing for the target population, the department may enter into one or more contracts with the authority as authorized pursuant to Section 5849.
• § 5849.8 — (a) Under any service contract entered into pursuant to Section 5849.
• § 5849.9 — (a) Under any service contract entered into under Section 5849.
• § 5850 — This part shall be known and may be cited as the Children’s Mental Health Services Act.
• § 5851 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares that there is no comprehensive county interagency system throughout California for the delivery of mental health services to children with serious emotional and
• § 5851.5 — For the purposes of this part, a “system of care county” means a county which has been approved by the State Department of Health Care Services as having the capability to provide child- and family-ce
• § 5852 — There is hereby established an interagency system of care for children with serious emotional and behavioral disturbances that provides comprehensive, coordinated care based on the demonstration proje
• § 5852.5 — The State Department of Health Care Services, in consultation with the Behavioral Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission, shall review those counties that have been awarded funds to i
• § 5853 — County participation under this part shall be voluntary.
• § 5854 — The State Department of Health Care Services may contract with counties whose programs have been approved by the department and selected pursuant to Article 4 (commencing with Section 5857).
• § 5855 — The State Department of Health Care Services shall adopt as part of its overall mission the development of community-based, comprehensive, interagency systems of care that target children with serious
• § 5855.5 — (a) Projects funded pursuant to Part 4 (commencing with Section 5850) of Division 5, as added by Chapter 89 of the Statutes of 1991, shall continue under the terms of this part.
• § 5856 — For the purposes of this part, “children with serious emotional disturbance” means those minors under 18 years of age as described in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 5600.
• § 5856.2 — (a) An eligible child includes a child with serious emotional disturbance who meets the requirements of Section 5856 and who is referred by collaborating programs, including wrap-around programs (Chap
• § 5857 — (a) The State Department of Mental Health shall issue a request for applications for funding for new children’s system of care programs to nonparticipating counties in each year that additional funds
• § 5859 — If applications are deficient and not ready for approval, department program staff shall provide specific written descriptions of areas of deficiency to counties and provide, to the extent feasible, a
• § 5860 — (a) Final selection of county proposals shall be subject to the amount of funding approved for expansion of services under this part.
• § 5861 — Proposals for a system of care may be submitted for a region by several smaller counties acting jointly, as independent countywide proposals, or proposals to serve a discrete subset of the targeted po
• § 5862 — (a) Each county wishing to participate under this part shall develop a three-year program proposal for phasing in the children’s comprehensive mental health services system.
• § 5863 — In addition to the requirements of Section 5862, each county program proposal shall contain all of the following: (a) Methods and protocols for the county mental health department to identify and scre
• § 5864 — Participating counties shall, prior to the submission of their program proposals, develop baseline data on children served by the county in the mental health services system, social services system, t
• § 5865 — Each county shall have in place, with qualified mental health personnel, all of the following within three years of funding by the state: (a) A comprehensive, interagency system of care that serves th
• § 5865.1 — When a county system of care serves children 15 to 21 years of age, the following structures and services shall, to the extent possible, be available, and if not available, the county plan shall ident
• § 5865.3 — When a county system of care services children, zero to five years of age, the following structures and services shall be available, and when not available, the county plan shall identify a timeline f
• § 5866 — (a) Counties shall develop a method to encourage interagency collaboration with shared responsibility for services and the client and cost outcome goals.
• § 5867 — Counties shall demonstrate a maintenance of effort in children’s mental health services.
• § 5867.5 — Beginning in the 1998–99 fiscal year, county mental health departments that receive full system of care funding, as determined by the State Department of Health Care Services in consultation with coun
• § 5868 — (a) The State Department of Health Care Services shall establish service standards so that children and youth in the target population are identified and receive needed and appropriate services from q
• § 5869 — The State Department of Health Care Services shall provide participating counties with all of the following: (a) Applications for funding guidelines and format, and coordination and oversight of the s
• § 5872 — In order to offset the cost of services, participating counties shall collect reimbursement for services from the following sources: (a) Fees paid by families, which shall be the same as patient fees
• § 5875 — The Secretary of California Health and Human Services shall require the State Department of Health Care Services to develop an administrative waiver process for counties that either propose to be, or
• § 5877 — (a) For system of care counties, or as part of the county program proposal to apply for status as a system of care county, requests may be made for waivers from those state regulations that appear to
• § 5878 — (a) (1) The Secretary of California Health and Human Services, the Superintendent of Public Instruction, or the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation may waive any state regula
• § 5878.1 — (a) It is the intent of this article to establish programs that ensure services will be provided to children with serious emotional disturbance, as defined in Section 5878.
• § 5878.2 — (a) For purposes of this article, “children with a serious emotional disturbance” means minors under 18 years of age who meet the criteria set forth in subdivision (a) of Section 5600.
• § 5878.3 — (a) Subject to the availability of funds as determined pursuant to Part 4.
• § 5879 — (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to increase the accountability of mental health and other human services programs whenever feasible by developing and implementing new and useful measures of pe
• § 5880 — For each selected county the State Department of Health Care Services shall define and establish client and cost outcome and other system performance goals, and negotiate the expected levels of attain
• § 5881 — (a) Evaluation shall be conducted by participating county evaluation staff and, subject to the availability of funds, by the State Department of Health Care Services and the Behavioral Health Services
• § 5882 — (a) Participating counties shall assign sufficient resources to performance evaluation to enable the county to fulfill all evaluation responsibilities specified in the contract with the department.
• § 5883 — (a) The department shall facilitate improved access to relevant client and financial data from all state agencies, including, but not limited to, the State Department of Social Services, the State Dep
• § 5886 — (a) The Behavioral Health Student Services Act is hereby established as a mental health partnership grant program for the purpose of establishing mental health partnerships between a county’s mental h
• § 5887 — (a) Each county shall establish and administer a full-service partnership program that include the following services: (1) Mental health services, supportive services, and substance use disorder treat
• § 5887.1 — This part shall become operative on July 1, 2026, if amendments to the Mental Health Services Act are approved by the voters at the March 5, 2024, statewide primary election.
• § 5890 — (a) (1) The Behavioral Health Services Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury.
• § 5891 — (a) (1) (A) The funding established pursuant to this act shall be utilized by counties to expand mental health and substance use disorder treatment services.
• § 5891.5 — (a) (1) The programs in paragraphs (1) to (3), inclusive, and paragraph (5) of subdivision (a) of Section 5890 may include substance use disorder treatment for children, adults, and older adults with
• § 5892 — (a) To promote efficient implementation of this act, subject to subdivision (c), the county shall use funds distributed from the Behavioral Health Services Fund as follows: (1) (A) (i) Thirty percent
• § 5892.1 — (a) All unspent funds subject to reversion pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 5892 as of July 1, 2017, are deemed to have been reverted to the fund and reallocated to the county of origin for the
• § 5892.3 — (a) There is hereby created a Behavioral Health Services Act Revenue Stability Workgroup to assess year-over-year fluctuations in tax revenues generated by the Behavioral Health Services Act, in recog
• § 5892.5 — (a) (1) The California Housing Finance Agency, with the concurrence of the State Department of Health Care Services, shall release unencumbered Behavioral Health Services Fund moneys dedicated to the
• § 5893 — (a) In any year in which the funds available exceed the amount allocated to counties, such funds shall be carried forward to the next fiscal year to be available for distribution to counties in accord
• § 5894 — In the event that Part 3 (commencing with Section 5800) or Part 4 (commencing with Section 5850) of this division, are restructured by legislation signed into law before the adoption of this measure,
• § 5895 — (a) If any provisions of Part 3 (commencing with Section 5800) or Part 4 (commencing with Section 5850) are repealed or modified so the purposes of this act cannot be accomplished, the funds in the Be
• § 5897 — (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other state law, the State Department of Health Care Services shall implement the programs and services specified in subdivision (a) of Section 5892, and related activities
• § 5898 — (a) (1) The State Department of Health Care Services shall develop regulations, as necessary, to implement this act.
• § 5899 — (a) (1) The State Department of Health Care Services, in consultation with the Behavioral Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission and the County Behavioral Health Directors Association
• § 5899.1 — (a) On or after July 1, 2017, funds subject to reversion pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 5892 shall be reallocated to other counties for the purposes for which the unspent funds were initially
• § 5900 — This part is intended to organize and finance mental health services in skilled nursing facilities designated as institutions for mental disease, in a way that will promote the well-being of the resid
• § 5901 — (a) The Legislature finds that the following issues relating to program operation must be resolved prior to the full assumption of responsibility for institutions for mental disease program monitoring
• § 5902 — (a) In the 1991–92 fiscal year, funding sufficient to cover the cost of the basic level of care in institutions for mental disease at the rate established by the State Department of Health Care Servic
• § 5903 — (a) For the purposes of this section, the following definitions shall apply: (1) “Client” means an individual who is all of the following: (A) A person with a mental health disability.
• § 5903.5 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the department may liquidate accounts receivable from individual clients or payees of clients from institution for mental disease funds appropriated by the
• § 5907 — No later than January 1, 1992, the director, in consultation with the California Conference of Local Mental Health Directors and representatives of institutions for mental disease, shall develop a sug
• § 5908 — On or before October 1, 1992, and in each following year, the counties contracting directly with the facility shall inform the facility of any intent to modify the quantity of services to be purchased
• § 5909 — (a) The Director of Health Care Services shall retain the authority and responsibility to monitor and approve special treatment programs in skilled nursing facilities in accordance with Sections 72443
• § 5910 — Nothing in this article shall preclude two or more counties from establishing a single agreement with a facility, or group of facilities, for the purchase of services for the counties as a single enti
• § 5911 — A county or group of counties, by agreement, may expand services into additional facilities utilizing any funds available to the county or counties for that purpose.
• § 5912 — (a) As long as contracts require institutions for mental disease to continue to be licensed and certified as skilled nursing facilities by the State Department of Public Health, they shall be reimburs
• § 5960 — The department may establish the Behavioral Health Continuum Infrastructure Program pursuant to this chapter if the Legislature appropriates funds for this purpose.
• § 5960.05 — If the department establishes the program pursuant to this chapter, the department may award competitive grants to qualified entities to construct, acquire, and rehabilitate real estate assets or to i
• § 5960.1 — Except as provided in Section 5960.
• § 5960.15 — An entity shall meet all of the following conditions in order to receive grant funds pursuant to Section 5960.
• § 5960.2 — (a) This chapter shall be implemented only if, and to the extent that, the department determines that federal financial participation under the Medi-Cal program, including but not limited to the incre
• § 5960.25 — For purposes of implementing this chapter, the department may enter into exclusive or nonexclusive contracts, or amend existing contracts, on a bid or negotiated basis.
• § 5960.3 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a facility project funded by a grant pursuant to this chapter shall be deemed consistent and in conformity with any applicable local plan, standard, or requirement,
• § 5960.31 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law, projects funded pursuant to paragraph (3) or (4) of subdivision (b) of Section 5965.
• § 5960.35 — (a) The following definitions shall apply to this chapter: (1) “Department” means the State Department of Health Care Services.
• § 5960.4 — The provisions of this chapter are severable.
• § 5961 — (a) This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the Children and Youth Behavioral Health Initiative Act.
• § 5961.1 — (a) As a component of the initiative, the State Department of Health Care Services shall procure and oversee a vendor to establish and maintain a behavioral health services and supports virtual platfo
• § 5961.2 — (a) As a component of the initiative, the State Department of Health Care Services, or its contracted vendor, may award competitive grants to entities it deems qualified for the following purposes: (1
• § 5961.3 — (a) As a component of the initiative, the State Department of Health Care Services shall make incentive payments to qualifying Medi-Cal managed care plans that meet predefined goals and metrics develo
• § 5961.4 — (a) As a component of the initiative, the State Department of Health Care Services shall develop and maintain a school-linked statewide fee schedule for outpatient mental health or substance use disor
• § 5961.5 — (a) As a component of the initiative, the State Department of Health Care Services shall develop and select evidence-based interventions and community-defined promising practices to improve outcomes f
• § 5963 — (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that this article establish the Integrated Plan for Behavioral Health Services and Outcomes, which each county shall develop every three years to include all of
• § 5963.01 — (a) A county shall work with each Medi-Cal managed care plan, as defined in subdivision (j) of Section 14184.
• § 5963.02 — (a) (1) Each county shall prepare and submit an integrated plan and annual updates to the Behavioral Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission and the department.
• § 5963.03 — (a) (1) Each integrated plan shall be developed with local stakeholders, including, but not limited to, all of the following: (A) Eligible adults and older adults, as defined in Section 5892.
• § 5963.04 — (a) (1) Annually, counties and Medi-Cal behavioral health delivery systems, as defined in subdivision (i) of Section 14184.
• § 5963.05 — (a) Notwithstanding Chapter 3.
• § 5963.06 — (a) The California State Auditor shall, no later than December 31, 2029, issue to the Governor, the Legislature, the Senate and Assembly Committees on Health, the Assembly Committee on Housing and Com
• § 5964 — (a) (1) The State Department of Health Care Services may impose a plan of correction or assess civil money penalties pursuant to paragraph (2), or both, against a specified entity licensed or certifie
• § 5965 — This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the Behavioral Health Infrastructure Bond Act of 2024.
• § 5965.01 — The purposes and intent in enacting this act are as follows: (a) Bonds issued under this act are to develop an array of treatment, residential care settings, and supportive housing to help provide app
• § 5965.02 — As used in this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Act” means the Behavioral Health Infrastructure Bond Act of 2024 (Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 5965)).
• § 5965.03 — (a) The proceeds of interim debt and bonds, excluding proceeds used directly to repay interim debt and excluding bonds issued in accordance with Section 5965.
• § 5965.04 — (a) Moneys in the fund shall be used for any of the following purposes: (1) Making loans or grants administered by the Department of Housing and Community Development to eligible entities specified un
• § 5965.05 — (a) (1) Bonds in the total amount of six billion three hundred eighty million dollars ($6,380,000,000) not including the amount of refunding bonds issued in accordance with Section 5965.
• § 5965.06 — The bonds authorized by this chapter shall be prepared, executed, issued, sold, paid, and redeemed as provided in the State General Obligation Bond Law (Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 16720) of Pa
• § 5965.07 — (a) Solely for the purpose of authorizing the issuance and sale, pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law, of the bonds authorized by this chapter, the Behavioral Health Infrastructure Bond A
• § 5965.08 — (a) The committee shall determine, by resolution, whether it is necessary or desirable to issue and sell bonds authorized pursuant to this chapter to carry out the actions specified in this chapter an
• § 5965.09 — (a) There shall be collected each year, and in the same manner and at the same time as other state revenue is collected, in addition to the ordinary revenues of the state, a sum in an amount required
• § 5965.10 — Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, there is hereby continuously appropriated from the General Fund in the State Treasury, for the purposes of this chapter and without regard to fisc
• § 5965.11 — (a) For the purpose of carrying out this chapter, the Director of Finance may authorize the withdrawal from the General Fund of an amount or amounts not to exceed the amount of the unsold bonds that h
• § 5965.12 — (a) The board may request the Pooled Money Investment Board to make a loan from the Pooled Money Investment Account, in accordance with Section 16312 of the Government Code, for the purpose of carryin
• § 5965.13 — All moneys deposited in the fund that are derived from premium and accrued interest on bonds sold pursuant to this chapter shall be reserved in the fund and shall be available for transfer to the Gene
• § 5965.14 — (a) The bonds issued and sold pursuant to this chapter may be refunded in accordance with Article 6 (commencing with Section 16780) of Chapter 4 of Part 3 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Co
• § 5965.15 — (a) Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter or the State General Obligation Bond Law, if the Treasurer sells bonds pursuant to this chapter that include a bond counsel opinion to the effect that
• § 5965.16 — The proceeds from the sale of bonds authorized by this chapter are not “proceeds of taxes” as that term is used in Article XIII B of the California Constitution, and the disbursement of these proceeds
• § 5966 — (a) (1) The Department of Housing and Community Development, in coordination with the Department of Veterans Affairs, shall determine the methodology and distribution of the funds provided pursuant to
• § 5966.02 — (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, funds allocated for the purposes specified in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 5965.
• § 5967 — The Department of Health Care Services shall determine the methodology and distribution of the funds provided pursuant to paragraphs (3) and (4) of subdivision (b) of Section 5965.
• § 5967.01 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law, funds allocated for the purposes specified in paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 5965.
• § 5970 — This part shall be known, and may be cited, as the Community Assistance, Recovery, and Empowerment (CARE) Act.
• § 5970.5 — This part shall be implemented as follows, with technical assistance and continuous quality improvement, pursuant to Section 5983: (a) A first cohort of counties, which shall include the Counties of G
• § 5971 — Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions shall govern the construction of this part.
• § 5972 — An individual shall qualify for the CARE process only if all of the following criteria are met: (a) The person is 18 years of age or older.
• § 5973 — (a) Proceedings under this part may be commenced in any of the following: (1) The county in which the respondent resides.
• § 5974 — The following adult persons may file a petition to commence the CARE process: (a) A person with whom the respondent resides.
• § 5975 — The Judicial Council shall develop a mandatory form for use to file a CARE process petition with the court and any other forms necessary for the CARE process.
• § 5975.1 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 391 of the Code of Civil Procedure, if a person other than the respondent files a petition for CARE Act proceedings that is without merit or is intended to harass or annoy
• § 5975.2 — CARE Act proceedings may be conducted by a superior court judge or by a court-appointed commissioner or other subordinate judicial officer.
• § 5975.3 — There shall be no fee for filing under this chapter nor shall any fees be charged by any public officer for services in filing or serving papers or for the performance of any duty enjoined by the CARE
• § 5976 — The respondent shall: (a) Receive notice of the hearings.
• § 5976.5 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law, and except as otherwise provided in this section, a hearing held under this part is presumptively closed to the public.
• § 5977 — (a) (1) The court shall promptly review the petition to determine if the petitioner has made a prima facie showing that the respondent is, or may be, a person described in Section 5972.
• § 5977.1 — (a) (1) At the case management hearing, the court shall hear evidence as to whether the parties have entered, or are likely to enter, into a CARE agreement.
• § 5977.2 — (a) (1) At intervals set by the court and not less frequently than every 60 days after the court orders the CARE plan, the court shall hold a status review hearing.
• § 5977.3 — (a) (1) In the 11th month of the process timeline, the court shall hold a one-year status hearing.
• § 5977.4 — (a) In all CARE Act proceedings, the judicial officer shall control the proceedings during the hearings with a view to the expeditious and effective ascertainment of the jurisdictional facts and the a
• § 5978 — (a) A court may refer an individual from assisted outpatient treatment, from conservatorship proceedings pursuant to Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 5350) of Part 1 of Division 5 (LPS conservatorsh
• § 5978.1 — (a) For purposes of this section, “facility” means a facility that provides assessment, evaluation, and crisis intervention pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 5150, or a designated facility as def
• § 5978.2 — (a) (1) If a petition to initiate CARE Act proceedings has been filed based on a referral pursuant to Section 5978, the CARE Act court and the referring court may communicate with each other regarding
• § 5979 — (a) (1) If, at any time during the proceedings, the court determines by clear and convincing evidence that the respondent is not participating in the CARE process, after the respondent receives notice
• § 5980 — (a) Subject to appropriation, the department, in consultation with disability rights groups, county behavioral health and aging agencies, individuals with lived expertise, families, racial justice exp
• § 5981 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, the respondent may have a supporter present in any meeting, judicial proceeding, status hearing, or communication related to any of the following:
• § 5981.5 — (a) The Legal Services Trust Fund Commission at the State Bar shall provide funding to qualified legal services projects, as defined in Sections 6213 to 6214.
• § 5982 — (a) The CARE plan may include only the following: (1) Behavioral health services funded through the 1991 and 2011 Realignment, Medi-Cal behavioral health, health care plans and insurers, and services
• § 5983 — (a) The California Health and Human Services Agency, or a designated department within the agency, shall do both of the following: (1) Engage an independent, research-based entity, as described in Sec
• § 5984 — (a) For purposes of implementing this part, the California Health and Human Services Agency and the department may enter into exclusive or nonexclusive contracts, or amend existing contracts, on a bid
• § 5985 — (a) (1) The department shall develop, in consultation with county behavioral health agencies, other relevant state or local government entities, disability rights groups, individuals with lived experi
• § 5986 — (a) An independent, research-based entity shall be retained by the department to develop, in consultation with county behavioral health agencies, county CARE courts, racial justice experts, and other
• § 5987 — A county, or an employee or agent of a county, shall not be held civilly or criminally liable for any action by a respondent in the CARE process, except when the act or omission of a county, or the em
• § 6 — Division, part, chapter, article, and section headings contained herein shall not be deemed to govern, limit, modify, or in any manner affect the scope, meaning, or intent of the provisions of any div
• § 6000 — (a) Pursuant to applicable rules and regulations established by the State Department of State Hospitals or the State Department of Developmental Services, the medical director of a state hospital may
• § 6000.5 — Pursuant to Section 6000, the medical director of a state hospital for the developmentally disabled may receive in such hospital, as a boarder and patient, any developmentally disabled person as defin
• § 6001 — Admissions to the Langley Porter Neuropsychiatric Institute or to the Neuropsychiatric Institute, U.
• § 6002 — (a) The person in charge of a private institution, hospital, or clinic that is conducted for, or includes a department or unit conducted for, the care and treatment of persons who have mental health d
• § 6002.10 — A facility licensed under Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 1250) of Division 2 of the Health and Safety Code, to provide inpatient psychiatric treatment, excluding state hospitals and county hospita
• § 6002.15 — (a) Prior to accepting the written authorization for treatment, the facility shall assure that a representative of the facility has given a full explanation of the treatment philosophy of the facility
• § 6002.20 — (a) If the minor requests an independent clinical review of his or her continued inpatient treatment, the patients’ rights advocate shall be notified of the request, as soon as practical, but no later
• § 6002.25 — The independent clinical review shall be conducted by a licensed psychiatrist with training and experience in treating psychiatric adolescent patients, who is a neutral party to the review, having no
• § 6002.30 — (a) All reasonably available clinical information which is relevant to establishing whether the minor meets the admission criteria pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 6002.
• § 6002.35 — (a) It shall be the responsibility of the psychiatrist conducting the independent clinical review to keep a record of the proceeding.
• § 6002.40 — (a) For any insurance contracts entered into after January 1, 1990, where any private insurer, certified medical plan, or private health service plan is liable to pay or reimburse a professional provi
• § 6003 — As used in this article, “county psychiatric hospital” means the hospital, ward, or facility provided by the county pursuant to the provisions of Section 7100.
• § 6003.1 — As used in this article, county psychiatric health facility means a 24-hour acute care facility provided by the county pursuant to the provisions in Sections 5404 and 7100.
• § 6003.2 — Wherever in this article the term “county psychiatric hospital” appears, such term shall be interchangeable with the term “psychiatric health facility.
• § 6004 — The superintendent or person in charge of the county psychiatric hospital may receive, care for, or treat in the hospital any person who voluntarily makes a written application to the superintendent o
• § 6005 — A voluntary adult patient may leave the hospital or institution at any time by giving notice of his desire to leave to any member of the hospital staff and completing normal hospitalization departure
• § 6006 — A person admitted as a voluntary patient to a state hospital, a private mental institution, or a county psychiatric hospital shall have the following rights in addition to the right to leave such hosp
• § 6007 — (a) Any person detained pursuant to this section shall be evaluated by the facility designated by the county and approved by the State Department of Health Care Services pursuant to Section 5150 as a
• § 6008 — For the purposes of this part, a person who is a conservatee with a conservator of the person or of the person and estate appointed under Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 5350) of Part 1 of Division
• § 601 — (a) Any minor between 12 years of age and 17 years of age, inclusive, who persistently or habitually refuses to obey the reasonable and proper orders or directions of the minor’s parents, guardian, or
• § 601.2 — In the event that a parent or guardian or person in charge of a minor described in Section 48264.