Title WIC, California Welf. & Inst. Code

(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 any age and from any ethnic group, the department shall, to the extent resources a…

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 the University of California, private universities, and the California Postseco…

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 agencies to pay the state share of the costs of providing programs that provide …

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 any child’s religious beliefs or any other factor related to religion. (b) No reli…

(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 Healthy Start Support Services for Children Act of 1991 (Chapter 5 (commencing with Se…

(a) Each developmental center under the jurisdiction of the State Department of Developmental Services shall have a developmental center advisory board of eight members appointed by the Governor from a list of nominations submitted to him or her by the boards of supervisors of co…

No person shall be eligible for appointment to a developmental center advisory board if he or she is a Member of the Legislature or an elective state officer, and if that person becomes a Member of the Legislature or an elective state officer after his or her appointment his or h…

The advisory boards of the several state developmental centers are advisory to the State Department of Developmental Services and the Legislature with power of visitation and advice with respect to the conduct of the developmental centers and coordination with community mental he…

(a) The chairperson of an advisory board advising a developmental center shall meet annually with the developmental center director, the regional center directors, and a representative of the State Council on Developmental Disabilities. (b) The chairpersons shall be allowed neces…

(a) When any minor, as a result of mental disorder, is a danger to others, or to himself or herself, or gravely disabled and authorization for voluntary treatment is not available, a peace officer, member of the attending staff, as defined by regulation, of an evaluation facility…

Any minor detained under the provisions of Section 5585.50 shall receive a clinical evaluation consisting of multidisciplinary professional analyses of the minor’s medical, psychological, developmental, educational, social, financial, and legal conditions as may appear to constit…

If, in the opinion of the professional person conducting the evaluation as specified in Section 5585.52, the minor will require additional mental health treatment, a treatment plan shall be written and shall identify the least restrictive placement alternative in which the minor …

The minor committed for involuntary treatment under this part shall be placed in a mental health facility designated by the county and approved by the State Department of Health Care Services as a facility for 72-hour evaluation and treatment. Except as provided for in Section 57…

A minor experiencing a mental health condition, upon being considered for release from involuntary treatment, shall have an aftercare plan developed. The plan shall include educational or training needs, provided these are necessary for the minor’s well-being. (Amended by Stats. …

This part shall be funded under the Bronzan-McCorquodale Act pursuant to Part 2 (commencing with Section 5600), as part of the county performance contract. (Amended by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1245, Sec. 8. Effective October 11, 1993.)

For the purposes of this part, legally emancipated minors requiring involuntary treatment shall be considered adults and this part shall not apply. (Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1202, Sec. 2.)

(a) The State Department of Health Care Services and each county shall have a performance contract for community mental health services, the Mental Health Services Act, the Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness grant, the Community Mental Health Services Block G…

Any other provision of law referring to the county Short-Doyle plan shall be construed as referring to the county mental health services performance contract described in this chapter. (Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 89, Sec. 113. Effective June 30, 1991.)

(a) Counties shall comply with the terms of the county mental health services performance contract. (b) The county mental health services performance contract shall include all of the following provisions: (1) That the county shall comply with the expenditure requirements of Sect…

(a) Each county shall utilize available private and private nonprofit mental health resources and facilities in the county prior to developing new county-operated resources or facilities when these private and private nonprofit mental health resources or facilities are of at leas…

A county shall have only 60 days from the date of submission of an application to review and certify or deny an application to establish a new mental health care provider. If an application requires review by the State Department of Health Care Services, the department shall also…

(a) Optimum use shall be made of appropriate local public and private organizations, community professional personnel, and state agencies. Optimum use shall also be made of federal, state, county, and private funds that may be available for mental health planning. (b) In order th…

In conducting evaluation, planning, and research activities, counties may contract with public or private agencies. (Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 34, Sec. 125. (SB 1009) Effective June 27, 2012.)

In order to serve the increasing needs of children and adolescents with mental and emotional problems, county mental health programs may use funds for the purposes of consultation and training. (Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 34, Sec. 126. (SB 1009) Effective June 27, 2012.)

All departments of state government and all local public agencies shall cooperate with county officials to assist them in mental health planning. The State Department of Health Care Services shall, upon request and with available staff, provide consultation services to the local …

(a) The private organization or private nonprofit organization awarded a contract with the county agency to supply mental health services under this part shall provide an invoice to the county for the amount of the payment due within 60 days of the date the services are supplied,…

(a) In consultation with the County Behavioral Health Directors Association of California, the State Department of Health Care Services, the Behavioral Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission, the California Behavioral Health Planning Council, and the California H…

After the development of performance outcome measures pursuant to Section 5610, whenever a county makes a substantial change in its allocation of mental health funds among services, facilities, programs, and providers, it shall, at a regularly scheduled public hearing of the boar…

(a) A community mental health center shall be considered to be a licensed facility for all purposes, including all provisions of the Health and Safety Code and the Insurance Code. (b) For purposes of this section, “community mental health center” means any entity that is one of t…

For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “County” includes a city receiving funds pursuant to Section 5701.5. (b) “Early intervention funds” means funds from the Behavioral Health Services Fund allocated for early intervention services and programs…

(a) The State Department of Health Care Services, in consultation with the Behavioral Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission, shall establish priorities for the use of early intervention funds. These priorities shall include, but are not limited to, the following…

(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 performance, including client and cost outcomes. The Legislature recognizes the ad…

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 attainment for each year of participation. Expected levels of attainment shall include…

(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 Oversight and Accountability Commission. (b) Evaluation at both levels shall do…

(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. (b) Counties shall cooperate with the department regarding the development of unif…

(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 Department of Education, the State Department of Health Services, the State Departm…

(a) This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the Children and Youth Behavioral Health Initiative Act. (b) The Children and Youth Behavioral Health Initiative shall be administered by the California Health and Human Services Agency and its departments, as applicable. (c) …

(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 platform that integrates behavioral health screenings, application-based supports, and…

(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) To build partnerships, capacity, and infrastructure supporting ongoing school-…

(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 developed pursuant to subdivision (b) associated with targeted interventions that incr…

(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 disorder treatment provided to a student 25 years of age or younger at a schoolsite. …

(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 for children and youth with, or at high risk for, behavioral health conditions. (…

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. (b) The person is currently experiencing a serious mental disorder, as defined in paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 5600.3 and has…

(a) Proceedings under this part may be commenced in any of the following: (1) The county in which the respondent resides. (2) The county where the respondent is found. (3) The county where the respondent is facing criminal or civil proceedings. (b) If the respondent does not resi…

The following adult persons may file a petition to commence the CARE process: (a) A person with whom the respondent resides. (b) A spouse, parent, sibling, child, or grandparent or an individual who stands in loco parentis to the respondent. (c) The director of a hospital in whic…

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. The petition shall be signed under the penalty of perjury and contain all of the following: (a) The name of the responden…