{"code":"WIC","codeName":"Welfare and Institutions Code","section":"7503","citation":"Welf. & Inst. Code, § 7503","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 7. MENTAL INSTITUTIONS [7100. - 7700.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/welfare-and-institutions-code/division-7"},{"name":"CHAPTER 3. State Hospitals for the Developmentally Disabled [7500. - 7518.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/welfare-and-institutions-code/division-7/chapter-3"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 1971, Ch. 1040.","effective":null,"html":"<p>The object of each hospital is such care, treatment, habilitation, training, and education of the persons committed thereto as will render them more comfortable and happy and better fitted to care for and support themselves.</p>","text":"The object of each hospital is such care, treatment, habilitation, training, and education of the persons committed thereto as will render them more comfortable and happy and better fitted to care for and support themselves.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/welfare-and-institutions-code/state-hospitals-for-the-developmentally-disabled-7503","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}