DIVISION 7. MENTAL INSTITUTIONS [7100. - 7700.]
Division 7 repealed and added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 1667.
§§ 7100–7700 · 98 sections
CHAPTER 1. County Psychiatric Hospitals §§ 7100–7107 · 8 sections
- § 7100 (a) The board of supervisors of each county may maintain in the county hospital or in any other hospital situated within or without the county or in any other…
- § 7101 As used in this chapter “county psychiatric hospital” means the hospital, ward, or facility provided by the county pursuant to the provisions of Section 7100.
- § 7102 The superintendent or person in charge of the county psychiatric hospital, may receive, detain, supervise, care for or treat in the hospital any person who…
- § 7103 The superintendent or person in charge of the county psychiatric hospital may admit and provide care and treatment in the hospital for any person who comes…
- § 7104 Any adult person detained in such hospital, who is in such condition of mind as to render him competent to make such application shall at his request be exempt…
- § 7105 A superintendent or person in charge of the county psychiatric hospital may discharge any patient who is not a proper case for treatment therein.
- § 7106 In case a county psychiatric hospital patient or the person legally liable for his maintenance is or becomes the owner of property, real, personal, or mixed,…
- § 7107 Any superintendent or person in charge of the county psychiatric hospital, and any public officer, public employee, or public physician who either admits,…
CHAPTER 2. State Hospitals for the Mentally Disordered §§ 7200–7375 · 69 sections
ARTICLE 1. Establishment and General Government §§ 7200–7207 · 10 sections
- § 7200 There are in the state the following state hospitals for the care, treatment, and education of the mentally disordered: (a) Metropolitan State Hospital near…
- § 7200.06 (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…
- § 7200.5 The children’s treatment center at Camarillo State Hospital shall be known as the Norbert I. Rieger Children’s Treatment Center.
- § 7201 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…
- § 7202 The State Department of State Hospitals shall regularly consult with the Napa State Hospital Task Force, which consists of local community representatives, on…
- § 7203 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…
- § 7204 (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…
- § 7205 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…
- § 7206 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…
- § 7207 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…
ARTICLE 2. Admission §§ 7225–7234 · 8 sections
- § 7225 Except as otherwise provided, all patients admitted to a state hospital shall be duly committed or transferred thereto, and shall be subject to the general…
- § 7226 The State Department of State Hospitals may admit to any state hospital, if there is room therein, any soldier or sailor in the service of the United States…
- § 7227 Prisoners who have mental health disorders and who are in the state prisons shall be admitted to the state hospitals in accordance with the provisions of the…
- § 7228 Prior to admission, the State Department of State Hospitals shall evaluate each patient committed pursuant to Section 1026 or 1370 of the Penal Code to…
- § 7230 Those patients determined to be high security risk patients, as described in Section 7228, shall be treated at Atascadero State Hospital or Patton State…
- § 7231 (a) The State Department of Mental Health shall develop policies and procedures, by no later than 30 days following the effective date of the Budget Act of…
- § 7232 (a) The State Department of Mental Health shall issue a state hospital administrative directive by no later than 30 days following the effective date of the…
- § 7234 (a) (1) A Patient Management Unit (PMU) shall be established within the State Department of State Hospitals to facilitate patient movement across all…
ARTICLE 3. Patients’ Care §§ 7250–7254 · 5 sections
- § 7250 Any person who has been committed is entitled to a writ of habeas corpus, upon a proper application made by the State Department of State Hospitals or the…
- § 7251 Every executive director of a state hospital, shall, within three days after the reception of a patient, make or cause to be made a thorough physical and…
- § 7252 Any patient in a state hospital, upon the consent of the executive director and medical director of the hospital, may voluntarily donate blood to any nonprofit…
- § 7253 Every patient in a state hospital under this chapter may be permitted to keep for his or her own use articles of handiwork and other finished products suitable…
- § 7254 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the State Department of State Hospitals shall have the authority to require that patients committed to a state…
ARTICLE 4. Property and Support of Patients §§ 7275–7296 · 20 sections
- § 7275 (a) A patient in a state hospital, their estate, and the guardian or conservator and administrator of the estate of the patient shall cause the patient to be…
- § 7276 (a) The charge for the care and treatment of all persons who have mental health disorders at state hospitals for whom there is liability to pay therefor shall…
- § 7277 The State Department of State Hospitals shall collect all the costs and charges mentioned in Section 7275, and shall determine, pursuant to Section 7275, and…
- § 7277.1 In the case of liability for care arising under Section 7275 during the lifetime of a decedent, in which the decedent has been a patient in a state hospital…
- § 7278 The State Department of State Hospitals shall, following the admission of a patient into a state hospital, cause an investigation to be made to determine the…
- § 7279 If any person committed to a state mental hospital has sufficient estate for the purpose, the guardian or conservator of the person’s estate shall pay for the…
- § 7280 The guardian or conservator of the estate of a person who is confined in a state hospital may, from time to time, pay to the state hospital moneys out of the…
- § 7281 There is at each institution under the jurisdiction of the State Department of State Hospitals and at each institution under the jurisdiction of the State…
- § 7281.1 A patient of an institution under the jurisdiction of the State Department of State Hospitals who participates in a sheltered workshop or vocational…
- § 7282 The State Department of State Hospitals with respect to a state hospital under its jurisdiction, or the State Department of Developmental Services with respect…
- § 7282.1 If a person who is or has been a recipient of services provided by the State Department of Developmental Services or the State Department of State Hospitals in…
- § 7283 All moneys collected by the State Department of State Hospitals and the State Department of Developmental Services for the cost and charges of transportation…
- § 7288 Whenever it appears that a person who has been admitted to a state institution and remains under the jurisdiction of the State Department of State Hospitals or…
- § 7289 When a person who is a client of a state hospital or developmental center in the State Department of State Hospitals or the State Department of Developmental…
- § 7289.1 (a) The amount of three thousand dollars ($3,000) as set forth in Section 7289, shall be adjusted annually, on January 1 by the State Department of…
- § 7290 The State Department of Developmental Services may enter into a special agreement, secured by a properly executed bond, with the relatives, guardian,…
- § 7293 The State Department of State Hospitals shall present to the county, not more frequently than monthly, a claim for the amount due the state under Section 7291…
- § 7294 (a) A person who has been committed as a delinquent with a mental health disorder may be paroled or granted a leave of absence by the medical superintendent of…
- § 7295 (a) To ensure its safety and security, a state hospital that is under the jurisdiction of the State Department of State Hospitals, as listed in Section 4100,…
- § 7296 (a) To the extent administratively feasible and within available resources, the State Department of State Hospitals shall do all of the following: (1) Provide…
ARTICLE 5. Transfer of Patients §§ 7300–7329 · 11 sections
- § 7300 (a) It shall be the policy of the department to make available to all persons admitted to a state hospital prior to July 1, 1969, and to all persons judicially…
- § 7301 Whenever, in the opinion of the Director of State Hospitals and with the approval of the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, any…
- § 7302 Patients admitted to a state hospital prior to July 1, 1969, and all patients judicially committed or remanded, may be transferred to a like institution at the…
- § 7303 Whenever a person, committed to the care of the State Department of State Hospitals or the State Department of Developmental Services under one of the…
- § 7304 Whenever a person, committed to the State Department of State Hospitals or the State Department of Developmental Services under one of the commitment laws…
- § 7325 (a) When any patient committed by a court to a state hospital or other institution on or before June 30, 1969, or when any patient who is judicially committed…
- § 7325.5 Notwithstanding Section 5328, information regarding a person’s name, reason for commitment, age, physical description, and any other information which the…
- § 7326 Any person who willfully assists any judicially committed or remanded patient of a state hospital or other public or private mental health facility to escape,…
- § 7327 Every peace officer who is designated in and pursuant to Section 7325 delivers or assists in the delivery of a patient to a state hospital or other place…
- § 7328 Whenever a person who is committed to an institution subject to the jurisdiction of the State Department of State Hospitals or the State Department of…
- § 7329 (a) When a patient, who is subject to judicial commitment, has escaped from a public mental hospital in a state of the United States other than California and…
ARTICLE 7. Leave of Absence, Discharge, and Restoration to Capacity of Persons Other Than the Mentally Disordered Criminals §§ 7350–7362 · 14 sections
- § 7350 The provisions of this article except for Section 7355 shall not apply to any patient held upon an order of a court or judge in a proceeding arising out of a…
- § 7351 Wherever in any provision of this code heretofore or hereafter enacted the term “parole” is used in relation to the release of a patient from a state hospital,…
- § 7352 (a) The medical director of a state hospital may grant a leave of absence to a judicially committed patient, except as provided in Section 7350, under general…
- § 7352.5 The medical director of a state hospital for the developmentally disabled may grant a leave of absence to any developmentally disabled patient or judicially…
- § 7353 The State Department of State Hospitals shall pay the premium for third-party health coverage for Medicare beneficiaries who are patients at state hospitals…
- § 7354 (a) A person with a mental health disorder may be granted care in a licensed institution or other suitable licensed or certified facility. The State Department…
- § 7354.5 Any developmentally disabled person may be granted care in a licensed institution or other suitably licensed or certified facility. The State Department of…
- § 7355 No patient shall be discharged or, granted a leave of absence, or placed on parole or outpatient care from a state hospital without suitable clothing adapted…
- § 7356 The charges for the care and keeping of persons on leave of absence from a state hospital where the State Department of State Hospitals, the State Department…
- § 7357 The superintendent of a state hospital, on filing his or her written certificate with the Director of State Hospitals, may discharge a patient who, in his or…
- § 7359 The superintendent of a state hospital, on filing his or her written certificate with the Director of State Hospitals, may discharge as improved, or may…
- § 7360 The medical superintendent shall not refuse to discharge any judicially committed patient as improved, on the ground that the guardian, friends, or relatives…
- § 7361 When the superintendent is unwilling to certify to the discharge of an unrecovered judicially committed patient, upon request, and so certifies in writing,…
- § 7362 (a) The medical superintendent of a state hospital, on filing his or her written certificate with the Director of State Hospitals, may on his or her own…
ARTICLE 8. Disposition of Mentally Disordered Criminals Upon Recovery § 7375 · 1 section
- § 7375 Whenever a convict is received into a state hospital under the provisions of Section 2684 of the Penal Code, the medical director of the state hospital shall,…
CHAPTER 3. State Hospitals for the Developmentally Disabled §§ 7500–7518 · 19 sections
- § 7500 There is established in the state, Porterville Developmental Center, in Tulare County, a state hospital for the care and treatment of persons with…
- § 7501 (a) The Department of General Services, in cooperation with the State Department of Developmental Services and the State Department of State Hospitals, may…
- § 7501.5 (a) The Department of General Services, in cooperation with the State Department of Developmental Services and the State Department of State Hospitals, may…
- § 7502 The state institution, the site for which was provided for by an appropriation made by Chapter 28 of the 55th (Fourth Extraordinary Session) Session of the…
- § 7502.5 (a) An individual may be admitted to the secure treatment facility at Porterville Developmental Center, as provided in paragraphs (1) and (3) of subdivision…
- § 7502.6 (a) Notwithstanding any other law or regulation, commencing September 28, 2018, and until June 30, 2024, or the opening of completed and licensed complex needs…
- § 7503 The object of each hospital is such care, treatment, habilitation, training, and education of the persons committed thereto as will render them more…
- § 7504 Except as otherwise provided in this chapter the provisions on state institutions in Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 4100) of Part 1 of Division 5 of this…
- § 7505 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the State Department of Developmental Services shall not admit anyone to a developmental center unless the person has been…
- § 7506 The primary purpose of each hospital for the developmentally disabled shall be the care, treatment and habilitation of those patients found suitable and duly…
- § 7507 Subject to the provisions of Sections 6509 and 7505, each developmental center shall admit persons duly committed or transferred thereto in accordance with law.
- § 7509 The State Department of State Hospitals and the State Department of Developmental Services shall prescribe and publish instructions and forms, in relation to…
- § 7513 Each developmentally disabled person and his or her estate shall pay the State Department of Developmental Services for the cost of such person’s care and…
- § 7513.1 The charge for the care and treatment of all developmentally disabled persons at state hospitals for the developmentally disabled for whom there is liability…
- § 7513.2 The State Department of Developmental Services shall collect all the costs and charges mentioned in Section 7513 and may take such action as is necessary to…
- § 7514 The State Department of Developmental Services may transfer any patient of a state hospital for the developmentally disabled to another state hospital for the…
- § 7515 The medical director may, with the approval of the department having jurisdiction, cause the peremptory discharge of any person who has been a patient for the…
- § 7516 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.
- § 7518 In accordance with this section, the medical director of a state hospital with programs for developmentally disabled patients, as defined in Section 4512, may…
CHAPTER 4. Langley Porter Neuropsychiatric Institute § 7600 · 1 section
- § 7600 The Department of General Services shall grant to the Regents of the University of California in fee simple all of its right, title and interest in the land…
CHAPTER 5. The Neuropsychiatric Institute, University of California at Los Angeles Medical Center § 7700 · 1 section
- § 7700 A neuropsychiatric hospital for which an appropriation for planning was provided by Item 328.1 of the Budget Act of 1954, hereafter referred to as the…