CHAPTER 2.5. Program Initiatives

Chapter 2.5 repealed and added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 89, Sec. 134.

§§ 5670–5698 · 43 sections

1. ARTICLE 1. Community Residential Treatment System §§ 5670–5676.5 · 11 sections

   • § 5670 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to encourage the development of a system of residential treatment programs in every county which provides a range of…
   • § 5670.5 Criteria for community residential treatment system programs are as follows: (a) Facilities: (1) Settings, whether residential or day, should be as close to a…
   • § 5671 The following should be the programs in the community residential treatment system. These programs should be designed to provide, at every level, alternatives…
   • § 5671.5 It is the intent of the Legislature that programs serving children and adolescents should be established under this chapter. Such programs should follow the…
   • § 5672 The types of programs serving children and adolescents referred to in Section 5671.5 are those described in this section. The programs should meet the criteria…
   • § 5675 (a) (1) Mental health rehabilitation centers shall only be licensed by the State Department of Health Care Services subsequent to application by counties,…
   • § 5675.05 (a) A mental health rehabilitation center may admit clients diagnosed only with a severe substance use disorder, as defined in subdivision (o) of Section 5008,…
   • § 5675.1 (a) In accordance with subdivision (b), the State Department of Health Care Services may establish a system for the imposition of prompt and effective civil…
   • § 5675.2 (a) There is hereby created in the State Treasury the Mental Health Facility Licensing Fund, from which money, upon appropriation by the Legislature in the…
   • § 5676 (a) The State Department of Health Care Services, in conjunction with the State Department of Public Health, shall develop a state-level plan for a streamlined…
   • § 5676.5 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to ensure that funds allocated to establish or enhance mental health programs are used to integrate the new or enhanced…
2. ARTICLE 2. Community Support System for Persons Who are Homeless with a Mental Health Disability §§ 5680–5688.6 · 10 sections

   • § 5680 To assist persons who are homeless with a mental health disability to secure, stabilize, and maintain safe and adequate living arrangements in the community,…
   • § 5681 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that, when funds are made available, counties should ensure the delivery of long-range services and community support…
   • § 5682 The goal of the community support system is to ensure that needed community services are provided to persons who are homeless with a mental health disability…
   • § 5683 The function of the community support system is to conduct active outreach to persons who are homeless with a mental health disability, to secure and maintain…
   • § 5683.5 Community support systems may provide temporary funds to their homeless clients for their personal incidental living needs while the clients are in residential…
   • § 5685 Counties may provide specific services, contract with a public or private agency, or a combination of both. Nothing contained in this article shall prevent a…
   • § 5685.5 (a) A county may contract with the local office of the public guardian to receive and manage income and benefits for persons with a mental health condition,…
   • § 5686 If a county believes that a person with a mental health disability may be unable to manage their SSI/SSP funds, the county mental health program shall advise…
   • § 5686.5 In order to make the most efficient use of the public funds appropriated for this purpose, counties are encouraged to maximize the use of existing public and…
   • § 5688.6 All funds appropriated for persons who are homeless with a mental health disability that have been determined to be unexpended and unencumbered two years after…
3. ARTICLE 3. Community Vocational Rehabilitation System §§ 5690–5693.5 · 7 sections

   • § 5690 It is the intent of the Legislature to, encourage the establishment in each county of a system of community vocational rehabilitation and employment services,…
   • § 5691 (a) A county may implement the community vocational rehabilitation system described in this chapter with existing county allocations, funds available from the…
   • § 5692 The State Department of Health Care Services shall, to the extent resources are available, have responsibility for the provision of technical assistance,…
   • § 5692.5 Programs that constitute the community vocational rehabilitation system are of the following types: (a) Prevocational programs should be, but are not limited…
   • § 5693 The following principles should guide development of community vocational rehabilitation systems: (a) Work: (1) Work should be meaningful, necessary, and have…
   • § 5693.2 Counties undertaking development of a community vocational rehabilitation system are encouraged to establish an advisory group consisting of primary consumers,…
   • § 5693.5 The director shall provide technical assistance to those counties developing a community vocational rehabilitation system. In the event that the department…
4. ARTICLE 4. Self-Help §§ 5694–5694.5 · 2 sections

   • § 5694 A community support program for persons who are homeless with a mental health disability should also assist its clients to establish self-help groups and peer…
   • § 5694.5 The counties may utilize designated mental health funding pursuant to this part for establishing and maintaining any client self-help mental health projects.
5. ARTICLE 5. Policy Initiatives for Children with Serious Emotional Disturbance § 5694.7 · 1 section

   • § 5694.7 When the director of behavioral health in a county is notified pursuant to Section 319.1 or 635.1, or Section 7572.5 of the Government Code about a specific…
6. ARTICLE 6. Regional Facilities for Wards with Serious Emotional Disturbance §§ 5695–5697.5 · 11 sections

   • § 5695 The Legislature finds and declares the following: (a) The Legislature has declared its intent to provide, at the local level, a range of appropriate mental…
   • § 5695.2 There may be established, on a regional basis, secure facilities which are physically and programmatically designed for the commitment and ongoing treatment of…
   • § 5695.5 A board of directors for a facility shall be established to provide oversight and direction to the design, implementation, and operation of the facility in…
   • § 5695.7 (a) The board of directors shall be composed of the chief probation officer and the local mental health directors of each of the participating counties. (b)…
   • § 5696 Prior to the opening of a regional facility, the board of directors shall develop written admission criteria, approved by the Department of Corrections and…
   • § 5696.2 No ward shall be admitted to any regional facility described in this chapter who meets any of the following criteria: (a) The ward has a primary substance…
   • § 5696.5 Prior to the opening of a facility, the board of directors shall establish written program standards and policies and procedures, approved by the Division of…
   • § 5696.7 Wards shall be referred for admission to the director of a regional facility following screening and approval through a joint mental health and probation…
   • § 5697 The regional board of directors shall contract with the county in which the regional facility is located for the provision of a public education program which…
   • § 5697.2 The board of directors of a regional facility shall submit to the Director of the Youth Authority, a report which includes, at a minimum, a description of the…
   • § 5697.5 The Director of the Youth Authority, in conjunction with the Director of Mental Health, shall adopt rules and regulations to establish, monitor, and enforce…
7. ARTICLE 7. System of Care for Children and Youth with Serious Emotional Disturbance § 5698 · 1 section

   • § 5698 It is the intent of the Legislature to encourage in each county a system of care for children and youth with serious emotional disturbance. This system of care…