Title WIC, California Welf. & Inst. Code

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…

(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 the respondent, and the person has previously filed a pleading in CARE Act proce…

CARE Act proceedings may be conducted by a superior court judge or by a court-appointed commissioner or other subordinate judicial officer. (Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 283, Sec. 9. (SB 35) Effective September 30, 2023. Section conditionally operative as provided in Section 5970.5.…

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 Act. (Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 283, Sec. 10. (SB 35) Effective September 30, 2…

The respondent shall: (a) Receive notice of the hearings. (b) Receive a copy of the court-ordered evaluation. (c) Be entitled to be represented by counsel at all stages of a proceeding commenced under this chapter, regardless of the ability to pay. (d) Be allowed to have a suppor…

(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. (b) The respondent may demand that the hearing be public and be held in a place suitable for attendance by the public. (c) Th…

(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. The court may make a prima facie determination without conducting a hearing. (2) If the court …

(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. (2) If the court finds that the parties have entered, or are likely to enter, into a CARE agreement, the court shall do one…

(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. The county behavioral health agency shall file with the court and serve on the respondent, and the respondent’s cou…

(a) (1) In the 11th month of the process timeline, the court shall hold a one-year status hearing. Not fewer than five court days prior to the one-year status hearing, the county behavioral health agency shall file a report with the court and shall serve the report on the respond…

(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 ascertainment of all information relative to the present condition and future wel…

(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 conservatorship), from misdemeanor proceedings pursuant to Section 1370.01 of the Penal Code,…

(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 defined in subdivision (n) of Section 5008. (b) A facility may refer an individual …

(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 the status of respondent’s cases and any relevant court orders while the cases …

The State Department of State Hospitals shall plan, conduct, and cause to be conducted scientific research into sex crimes against children and into methods of identifying those who commit sexual offenses. (Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 24, Sec. 199. (AB 1470) Effective June 27, 20…

Upon the recommendation of the superintendent of the Langley Porter Clinic, the State Department of State Hospitals may enter into contracts with the Regents of the University of California for the conduct, by either for the other, of all or any portion of the research provided f…

Each state agency shall cooperate with the superintendent of the Langley Porter Clinic, or with the University of California, as the case may be, to the fullest extent that its facilities will permit without interfering with the carrying out of its primary purposes and functions.…

The State Department of State Hospitals with the approval of the Director of Finance may accept gifts or grants from any source for the accomplishment of the objects and purposes of this chapter. The provisions of Section 16302 of the Government Code do not apply to such gifts or…

Commencing July 1, 2005, any reference to the Department of the Youth Authority refers to the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of Juvenile Facilities, which has jurisdiction over all educational training and treatment institutions now or hereafter establishe…

In order to provide counties with alternative placement options, the Department of the Youth Authority is authorized to establish, maintain, or facilitate the development of regional centers, which may be available on a contract basis to counties for the placement of wards. The r…

Where in any law of this State the name “Whittier State School” appears it shall hereafter be understood to mean and shall be construed to refer to Fred C. Nelles School for Boys. (Added by renumbering Section 155.5 by Stats. 1943, Ch. 481.)

As used in this chapter, “Youth Authority,” “authority,” and “the authority” mean and refer to the Department of the Youth Authority, and “board” means and refers to the Youth Authority Board. (Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 183, Sec. 372. Effective January 1, 2005.)

The general government and supervision of each such institution is vested in the Youth Authority. (Amended by Stats. 1943, Ch. 481.)

(a) Except when authorized by law, or when authorized by the person in charge of an institution or camp administered by the Youth Authority, or by an officer of the institution or camp empowered by the person in charge of the institution or camp to give that authorization, any pe…

Every person who, having been previously convicted of a felony and confined in any state prison in this state, without the consent of the officer in charge of any California Youth Authority institution comes upon the grounds of any such institution, or lands belonging or adjacent…

The Youth Authority may do all lawful acts which it deems necessary to effectuate the purposes for which such schools are established, and to promote the well-being, education and reformation of the inmates thereof; but the authority shall not incur any indebtedness in excess of …

The authority shall have charge of the land, buildings, apparatus, tools, stock, provisions and other property belonging to each such institution. (Amended by Stats. 1943, Ch. 481.)

The authority shall have charge of the persons committed to or confined in each such institution, and shall provide for their care, supervision, education, training, employment, discipline, and government. It shall exercise its powers toward the correction of their faults, the de…

The land purchased for the site of Preston School of Industry shall be used exclusively for the occupancy and purposes of the school. (Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 369.)

The Legislature finds and declares both of the following: (a) The development of incompatible systems for electronic benefits transfer will create significant hardships on recipients of public social services and businesses that accept electronic transactions as payment for goods…

For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “Committee” means the committee created pursuant to this chapter. (b) “Benefits” means financial and food assistance provided to, or on behalf of, those Californians who, because of their economic circumstan…

The Department of the Youth Authority may order the return of nonresident persons committed to the department or confined in institutions or facilities subject to the jurisdiction of the department to the states in which they have legal residence. Whenever any public officer, oth…

When, pursuant to Section 1009, money is received by the Department of the Youth Authority from private sources to defray the cost of transportation for the return of a nonresident committed to it and the nonresident is not returned or the money received exceeds the cost of such …

The fiscal officer of the Department of the Youth Authority shall make payment of any refund pursuant to Section 1009.1 if the Director of the Youth Authority prepares a voucher which sets forth the facts which pertain to the refund and authorizes its payment. (Added by Stats. 19…

If any money which is to be refunded has been deposited in the State Treasury, the State Controller, upon receipt of a claim which is filed by the Department of the Youth Authority, shall draw his warrant for the payment of the refund from the fund to which the money was credited…

If the Director of the Youth Authority finds that the amount of any refund is less than three dollars ($3), he may retain such amount, unless demand for the payment of such refund is made within six months after the determination that a refund is due. If such demand is made, the …

In determining residence for purposes of transportation, a person who has lived continuously in this State for a period of one year and who has not acquired a residence in another State by living continuously therein for at least one year subsequent to his residence in this State…

All expenses incurred in returning these persons to other states shall be paid by this state, but the expense of returning residents of this state shall be borne by the states making the returns. The cost and expense incurred in effecting the transportation of these persons shall…

Whenever any person confined in any state institution subject to the jurisdiction of the Youth Authority dies, and any personal funds or property of such person remains in the hands of the Director of the Youth Authority, and no demand is made upon said director by the owner of t…

(a) Whenever a person confined in a state institution subject to the jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of Juvenile Facilities, escapes, or is discharged or paroled from the institution, and any personal funds or property of that person rem…

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, under the provisions of Section 1015, and before any personal property or documen…

At the time of delivering any money or other personal property to the State Treasurer or State Controller under the provisions of Section 1015 or of Chapter 7 of Title 10 of Part 3 of the Code of Civil Procedure, the director shall deliver to the State Controller a schedule setti…

When any personal property has been destroyed as provided in Section 1015 or 1016, no suit shall thereafter be maintained by any person against the State or any officer thereof for or on account of such property. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 1708.)