Title WIC, California Welf. & Inst. Code

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 hospitals, shall establish admission procedures for minors who meet the following crite…

(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, including, where applicable, the use of seclusion and restraint, the use of me…

(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 than one working day. The role of the advocate shall be to provide information …

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 direct financial relationship with the treating clinician, nor a personal or fin…

(a) All reasonably available clinical information which is relevant to establishing whether the minor meets the admission criteria pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 6002.35 shall be considered by the psychiatrist conducting the review. In considering the information presente…

(a) It shall be the responsibility of the psychiatrist conducting the independent clinical review to keep a record of the proceeding. (b) After considering all the clinical information, the psychiatrist conducting the review shall render a binding decision. If he or she determine…

(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 provider or institutional provider for the costs of medically necessary mental health…

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. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 1667.)

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. (Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 245, Sec. 3. Effective July 22, 1996.)

Wherever in this article the term “county psychiatric hospital” appears, such term shall be interchangeable with the term “psychiatric health facility.” (Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 1234.)

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 or person in charge thereof for admission into the hospital for care, treatment, …

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 procedures. A conservatee may leave in a like manner if notice is given by his c…

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 hospital as specified in this chapter: (a) He shall receive such care and treatment …

(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 facility for 72-hour treatment and evaluation. The evaluation shall be made at t…

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 5 with the right as specified by court order under Section 5358 to place his co…

(a) As used in this part, “a person subject to judicial commitment” means a person who may be judicially committed under this part as a mentally disordered sex offender pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 6331), a sexually violent predator pursuant to Article 4 (commen…

Wherever, on the basis of a petition, provision is made in this code for issuing and delivering an order for examination and detention directing that a person be apprehended and taken before a judge of a superior court for a hearing and examination on an allegation of being a per…

Wherever provision is made in this code for a judge of a superior court to issue and deliver an order for examination or detention directing that a person be apprehended and taken before a judge of a superior court for a hearing and examination on an allegation of being a person …

Wherever provision is made in this code for court-appointed medical examiners to make and sign a certificate showing the facts of an examination in the case of a person alleged to be subject to judicial commitment, the certificate shall be in substantially the following form: In …

Wherever provision is made in this code for an order of commitment by a superior court, the order of commitment shall be in substantially the following form: In the Superior Court of the State of California For the County of ____ The People For the Best Interest and Protection of…

(a) The board of supervisors of each county may maintain in the county hospital or in any other hospital situated within or without the county or in any other psychiatric health facility situated within or without the county, suitable facilities and nonhospital or hospital servic…

As used in this chapter “county psychiatric hospital” means the hospital, ward, or facility provided by the county pursuant to the provisions of Section 7100. (Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 1667.)

The superintendent or person in charge of the county psychiatric hospital, may receive, detain, supervise, care for or treat in the hospital any person who comes within any of the following descriptions: (a) Who has been placed therein pursuant to a court order or court commitmen…

The superintendent or person in charge of the county psychiatric hospital may admit and provide care and treatment in the hospital for any person who comes within the following descriptions: (a) Who voluntarily makes a written application as provided in Chapter 1 (commencing with…

Any adult person detained in such hospital, who is in such condition of mind as to render him competent to make such application shall at his request be exempt from medical or psychiatric treatment, upon filing with the superintendent a statement that he depends upon prayer or sp…

A superintendent or person in charge of the county psychiatric hospital may discharge any patient who is not a proper case for treatment therein. (Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 1667.)

In case a county psychiatric hospital patient or the person legally liable for his maintenance is or becomes the owner of property, real, personal, or mixed, the county furnishing such care, treatment, or observation, shall be reimbursed therefrom for its charges. The board of su…

Any superintendent or person in charge of the county psychiatric hospital, and any public officer, public employee, or public physician who either admits, causes to be admitted, delivers, or assists in delivering, detains, cares for, or treats, or assists in detaining, caring for…

This division shall be known, and may be cited, as the Mello-Granlund Older Californians Act, that reflects the policy mandates and directives of the Older Americans Act of 1965, as amended, and sets forth the state’s commitment to older adults, people with disabilities, and fami…

The Legislature hereby finds and recognizes all of the following: (a) Older adults constitute a fundamental resource of the state that previously has been undervalued and poorly utilized, and ways must be found to enable older adults to apply their competence, wisdom, and experie…

The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Programs shall be initiated, promoted, and developed through all of the following: (1) Volunteers and volunteer groups. (2) Partnership with local governmental agencies. (3) Coordinated efforts of state agencies. (4) Co…

The deliverables identified in Section 9002 shall be informed by data from validated sources, which may include, but shall not be limited to, the following: (a) The United States Census. (b) The Department of Finance. (c) The Master Plan for Aging Data Dashboard. (d) The Elder In…

(a) If any section of this code relating to aging cannot be given effect without causing this state’s plan to be out of conformity with federal requirements, the section shall become inoperative to the extent that it is not in conformity with federal requirements. (b) The plannin…

Unless the context otherwise indicates, the definitions of the terms set forth in this chapter apply for purposes of this division. (Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1097, Sec. 13. Effective January 1, 1997.)

“Adult day health care” means an organized day program of therapeutic, social, and health activities and services provided pursuant to this division to elderly persons with functional impairments, either physical or mental, for the purpose of restoring or maintaining optimum capa…

“Advisory council” means a specific representative body of laypersons and service providers that represent the interests of older individuals within the boundaries of a planning and service area and that is officially recognized by the area agency on aging, the commission, and th…

“Area agency on aging” means a private nonprofit or public agency designated by the department that works for the interests of older Californians within a planning and service area, and engages in community planning, coordination, and program development and, through contractual …

“Care or case management services” means: (a) Client assessment, in conjunction with the development of a service plan with the participant and appropriate others, to provide for needs identified by the assessment. (b) Authorization and arrangement for the purchase of services, o…

“Commission” means the California Commission on Aging. (Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1097, Sec. 13. Effective January 1, 1997.)

(a) “Elder Economic Security Standard Index” means an index, available on the Internet, that quantifies the costs in the private market for meeting the basic needs of elders, including, but not limited to, the costs of essential household items, food, health care, shelter, transp…

“Comprehensive and coordinated system” means a program of interrelated social and nutrition services designed to meet the needs of older individuals in a planning and service area. (Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1097, Sec. 13. Effective January 1, 1997.)

“Department” means the California Department of Aging. (Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1097, Sec. 13. Effective January 1, 1997.)

“Director” means the Director of the California Department of Aging. (Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1097, Sec. 13. Effective January 1, 1997.)

“Frail elderly” means a person having those chronic physical or mental limitations that restrict individual ability to carry out normal activities of daily living and that threaten an individual’s capacity to live an independent life. (Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1097, Sec. 13. Eff…

“Greatest economic need” means the need resulting from an income level at or below the poverty threshold established by the Bureau of the Census. (Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1097, Sec. 13. Effective January 1, 1997.)

“Greatest social need” means the need caused by noneconomic factors that restrict an individual’s ability to perform normal daily tasks or that threaten an individual’s capacity to live independently. These factors include physical or mental disability, language barriers, and cul…