PART 1.5. CHILDREN'S CIVIL COMMITMENT AND MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT ACT OF 1988 [5585. - 5585.59.]

Part 1.5 added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1202, Sec. 2.

§§ 5585–5585.59 · 13 sections

1. CHAPTER 1. General Provisions §§ 5585–5585.25 · 6 sections

   • § 5585 This part shall be known as the Children’s Civil Commitment and Mental Health Treatment Act of 1988.
   • § 5585.10 This part shall be construed to promote the legislative intent and purposes of this part as follows: (a) To provide prompt evaluation and treatment of minors…
   • § 5585.20 This part shall apply only to the initial 72 hours of mental health evaluation and treatment provided to a minor. Notwithstanding the provisions of the…
   • § 5585.21 The Director of Health Care Services may promulgate regulations as necessary to implement and clarify the provisions of this part as they relate to minors.
   • § 5585.22 The Director of Health Care Services, in consultation with the County Behavioral Health Directors Association of California, may develop the appropriate…
   • § 5585.25 “Gravely disabled minor” means a minor who, as a result of a mental disorder, is unable to use the elements of life that are essential to health, safety, and…
2. CHAPTER 2. Civil Commitment of Minors §§ 5585.50–5585.59 · 7 sections

   • § 5585.50 (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…
   • § 5585.52 Any minor detained under the provisions of Section 5585.50 shall receive a clinical evaluation consisting of multidisciplinary professional analyses of the…
   • § 5585.53 If, in the opinion of the professional person conducting the evaluation as specified in Section 5585.52, the minor will require additional mental health…
   • § 5585.55 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…
   • § 5585.57 A minor experiencing a mental health condition, upon being considered for release from involuntary treatment, shall have an aftercare plan developed. The plan…
   • § 5585.58 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.
   • § 5585.59 For the purposes of this part, legally emancipated minors requiring involuntary treatment shall be considered adults and this part shall not apply.