{"code":"WIC","codeName":"Welfare and Institutions Code","section":"7516","citation":"Welf. & Inst. Code, § 7516","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":"Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 1667.","effective":null,"html":"<p>Nothing in this division contained interferes with or affects the status of such patients as are now in the Sonoma State Hospital under terms of life tenure.</p>","text":"Nothing in this division contained interferes with or affects the status of such patients as are now in the Sonoma State Hospital under terms of life tenure.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/welfare-and-institutions-code/state-hospitals-for-the-developmentally-disabled-7516","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}