Title WIC, California Welf. & Inst. Code

The State Department of Health Care Services shall, when appropriate, give and receive grants and contracts for research, evaluation, and quality assurance efforts. (Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 34, Sec. 48. (SB 1009) Effective June 27, 2012.)

(a) The State Department of Health Care Services shall, to the extent resources are available, comply with the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration federal planning requirements. The department shall update and issue a state plan, which may also be any federa…

(a) A State Council on Developmental Disabilities with authority independent of any single state service agency is hereby created. (b) The Legislature finds that in each of the 56 states and territories, the federal Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of …

Notwithstanding any other law, the state council shall determine the structure of its organization, as required by the federal Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-402 (42 U.S.C. Sec. 15001 et seq.)). (Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 30…

(a) (1) All references to “council” or “state council” in this division shall be a reference to the State Council on Developmental Disabilities. (2) “Developmental disability,” as used in this chapter, means a developmental disability as defined in Section 15002(8) of Title 42 of…

Notwithstanding Section 7.5 of the Government Code, each designee shall act as the member in his or her place and stead to all intents and purposes as though the director or secretary were personally present, including the right of the designee to be counted in constituting a quo…

For purposes of this chapter, the Governor’s appointment of the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Director of the California Department of Aging, Director of Developmental Services, Director of Health Services, and Director of the Department of Rehabilitation shall also…

Nothing in this chapter shall prevent the reappointment or replacement of any individual presently serving on the existing state council if the reappointment or replacement is in conformity with all of the criteria established in this chapter. (Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 676, Se…

Persons appointed to membership on the state council shall have demonstrated interest and leadership in human service activities, including interest in Californians who have developmental disabilities, their families, services, and supports. (Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 676, Sec.…

(a) When a person, as a result of a mental health disorder, is a danger to others, or to themselves, or gravely disabled, a peace officer, professional person in charge of a facility designated by the county for evaluation and treatment, member of the attending staff, as defined …

(a) When determining if probable cause exists to take a person into custody, or cause a person to be taken into custody, pursuant to Section 5150, a person who is authorized to take that person, or cause that person to be taken, into custody pursuant to that section shall conside…

No peace officer seeking to transport, or having transported, a person to a designated facility for assessment under Section 5150, shall be instructed by mental health personnel to take the person to, or keep the person at, a jail solely because of the unavailability of an acute …

In each county whenever a peace officer has transported a person to a designated facility for assessment under Section 5150, that officer shall be detained no longer than the time necessary to complete documentation of the factual basis of the detention under Section 5150 and a s…

“Assessment” for the purposes of this article, means the determination of whether a person shall be evaluated and treated pursuant to Section 5150. (Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1286, Sec. 6.7. Effective September 30, 1985.)

(a) An examination or assessment pursuant to Section 5150 or 5151 may be conducted using telehealth. An examination or assessment provided pursuant to Section 5150 or 5151 shall be consistent with the county’s authority to designate facilities for evaluation and treatment, pursua…

(a) If the facility designated by the county for evaluation and treatment admits the person, it may detain the person for evaluation and treatment for a period not to exceed 72 hours from the time that the person was first detained pursuant to Section 5150. Saturdays, Sundays, an…

(a) A person admitted to a facility for 72-hour treatment and evaluation under the provisions of this article shall receive an evaluation as soon as possible after the person is admitted and shall receive whatever treatment and care the person’s condition requires for the full pe…

The professional person in charge of the facility providing 72-hour evaluation and treatment, or his or her designee, shall notify the county behavioral health director or the director’s designee and the peace officer who makes the written application pursuant to Section 5150 or …

Each law enforcement agency within a county shall arrange with the county behavioral health director a method for giving prompt notification to peace officers pursuant to Section 5152.1. (Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 455, Sec. 20. (SB 804) Effective January 1, 2016.)

Whenever possible, officers charged with apprehension of persons pursuant to this article shall dress in plain clothes and travel in unmarked vehicles. (Amended by Stats. 1969, Ch. 722.)

(a) Notwithstanding Section 5113, if the provisions of Section 5152 have been met, the professional person in charge of the facility providing 72-hour treatment and evaluation, their designee, the medical director of the facility or their designee described in Section 5152, the p…

Nothing in this part shall be construed as granting authority to local entities to issue licenses supplementary to existing state and local licensing laws. (Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 1374.)

This article shall become inoperative the day after the election at which the electors adopt this section, except that the article shall continue to apply in all respects to those already committed under its provisions. The provisions of this section shall not be amended by the L…

For a person committed as a mentally disordered sex offender, whose term of commitment has been extended pursuant to former Section 6316.2, and who is placed on outpatient status pursuant to Section 1604 of the Penal Code, time spent on outpatient status, except when placed in a …

There are in the state the following state hospitals for the care, treatment, and education of the mentally disordered: (a) Metropolitan State Hospital near the City of Norwalk, Los Angeles County. (b) Atascadero State Hospital near the City of Atascadero, San Luis Obispo County.…

(a) After construction of the perimeter security fence is completed at Napa State Hospital, no patient whose placement has been required pursuant to the Penal Code shall be placed outside the perimeter security fences, with the exception of placements in the general acute care an…

The children’s treatment center at Camarillo State Hospital shall be known as the Norbert I. Rieger Children’s Treatment Center. (Added by Stats. 1973, Ch. 80.)

All of the institutions under the jurisdiction of the State Department of State Hospitals shall be governed by the uniform rules and regulations of the State Department of State Hospitals and all of the provisions of Part 2 (commencing with Section 4100) of Division 4 of this cod…

The State Department of State Hospitals shall regularly consult with the Napa State Hospital Task Force, which consists of local community representatives, on proposed policy or structural modifications to Napa State Hospital that may affect the Napa community, including, but not…

The Director of General Services may grant to the San Bernardino Unified School District or to the County of San Bernardino under such terms, conditions, and restrictions as he deems to be for the best interests of the state, the necessary easements and rights-of-way over and acr…

(a) Grounds privileges or passes may be earned by patients, whose placement has been required pursuant to the Penal Code, at all state hospitals. Grounds privileges shall be restricted to areas of the state hospital that are designated as secured campus areas. (b) Off-ground priv…

The Director of General Services with the consent of the State Department of Developmental Services is hereby authorized to transfer to the City of Costa Mesa and to convey to said city all of the state’s rights, title and interest, and upon such terms and conditions and with suc…

Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 4444, the Director of General Services, with the consent of the Director of State Hospitals, may grant a right-of-way for road purposes to the County of San Bernardino over and along a portion of the Patton State Hospital property adjacen…

The Director of General Services, with the consent of the State Department of State Hospitals, may grant to the Regents of the University of California, upon such terms, conditions, and with such reservations and exceptions as in the opinion of the Director of General Services ma…

(a) There is in the California Health and Human Services Agency, the California Department of Aging. (b) The department’s mission is to provide leadership to the area agencies on aging in developing systems of home- and community-based services that maintain individuals in their …

(a) The department shall consist of a director, and any staff as may be necessary for proper administration. (b) The department shall maintain its main office in Sacramento. (c) The Governor, with the consent of the Senate, shall appoint the director. The Governor shall consider,…

In developing the Master Plan for Aging pursuant to Executive Order N-14-19, the Secretary of California Health and Human Services shall consider applying, on behalf of the State of California, to join the AARP Network of Age-Friendly States and Communities. (Added by Stats. 2019…

The duties and powers of the department shall be as follows: (a) To administer all programs under the Older Americans Act of 1965, as amended, and this division, including providing leadership and technical assistance to the local area agencies on aging, including ongoing oversig…

The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Recent studies have shown that lifelong experiences of marginalization place lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) older adults at high risk for isolation, poverty, homelessness, and premature institutionalizat…

(a) The department shall ensure all older adults have equal access to programs and services provided through the Older Americans Act and under this division in each planning and services area, regardless of physical or mental disabilities, language barriers, cultural or social is…

(a) Subject to an appropriation of funds for this purpose in the annual Budget Act, the California Department of Aging shall administer the Access to Technology Program for older adults and adults with disabilities, a pilot program to connect older adults and adults with disabili…

The department may adopt and promulgate regulations for the purpose of carrying out this division. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1097, Sec. 13. Effective January 1, 1997.)

The department, in partnership with the area agencies on aging, the Department of Rehabilitation, any independent living centers, any contractor selected to implement the federal Assistive Technology Act of 1998 (Public Law 105-394), and any organization that serves older adults …

(a) The department shall administer the administrative cost limitation, as defined in applicable federal law or regulation on a statewide basis. This allocation shall be based on notices of grant award. The formula to be used for the allocation of those funds shall be as follows:…

The department may accept gifts and grants from any source, public or private, to assist it in the performance of its functions, and these gifts and grants shall operate to augment any appropriation made for the support of the department. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1…

In addition to any nutrition programs conducted under the McCarthy-Kennick Nutrition Program for the Elderly Act of 1972 (Chapter 5.7 (commencing with Section 18325) of Part 6 of Division 9), the department, with the approval of the Department of Finance, may make funds available…