CHAPTER 1. Jurisdiction and General Government [4100. - 4148.]

Heading of Chapter 1 renamed from Article 1 (of former Chapter 2) by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1252.

§§ 4100–4148 · 52 sections

§ 4100 The department has jurisdiction over the following facilities: (a) Atascadero State Hospital. (b) Coalinga State Hospital. (c) Metropolitan State Hospital. (d)…
§ 4100.2 (a) Commencing January 10, 2009, and each year thereafter, the State Department of Mental Health, or its successor, the State Department of State Hospitals,…
§ 4100.5 The department may contract with the State Department of Developmental Services to provide services to persons with mental disorders in state hospitals under…
§ 4101 Except as otherwise specifically provided elsewhere in this code, all of the institutions under the jurisdiction of the State Department of State Hospitals…
§ 4101.5 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the State Department of State Hospitals may contract with providers of health care services and health care network…
§ 4102 Each state hospital is a corporation.
§ 4103 Each such corporation may acquire and hold in its corporate name by gift, grant, devise, or bequest property to be applied to the maintenance of the patients…
§ 4104 All lands necessary for the use of the state hospitals specified in Section 4100, except those acquired by gift, devise, or purchase, shall be acquired by…
§ 4105 The Director of General Services shall grant to the County of San Bernardino under such terms, conditions, and restrictions as he or she deems to be for the…
§ 4106 Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 4104, the Director of General Services, with the consent of the State Department of State Hospitals, may grant to the…
§ 4107 (a) The security of patients committed pursuant to Section 1026 of, and Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 1367) of Title 10 of Part 2 of, the Penal Code, and…
§ 4107.1 Consistent with the authority of the State Department of State Hospitals to maintain and operate state hospitals under its jurisdiction, the State Department…
§ 4109 The State Department of State Hospitals has general control and direction of the property and concerns of each state hospital specified in Section 4100. The…
§ 4109.5 (a) Whenever the department proposes the closure of a state hospital, it shall submit as part of the Governor’s proposed budget to the Legislature a complete…
§ 4110 The executive director shall provide detailed expenditure estimates of all anticipated hospital expenditures, all supplies, expenses, buildings, and…
§ 4111 The state hospitals may manufacture supplies and materials necessary or required to be used in any of the state hospitals which can be economically…
§ 4112 (a) All money belonging to the state and received by state hospitals from any source, except appropriations, shall, at the end of each month, be deposited in…
§ 4112.1 Section 4112 does not apply to the funds known as the “sheltered workshop funds.”
§ 4113 The state hospitals and the officers thereof shall make such financial statements to the Controller as the Controller requires.
§ 4114 The executive director or other person in charge of a hospital shall, within 10 days after the admission of any person to the hospital, cause an abstract of…
§ 4115 The department may permit, subject to such conditions and regulations as it may impose, any religious or missionary corporation or society to erect a building…
§ 4116 The department may establish and supervise under its rules and regulations training schools or courses for employees of the department or of state institutions…
§ 4117 (a) Whenever a trial is had of any person charged with escape or attempt to escape from a state hospital, whenever a hearing is had on the return of a writ of…
§ 4119 (a) The State Department of State Hospitals shall investigate and examine all nonresident persons residing in a state hospital and shall cause these persons,…
§ 4120 (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, in determining residence for purposes of being entitled to hospitalization in this state and for purposes of…
§ 4121 (a) All expenses incurred in returning these persons to other states shall be paid by this state, the person, or his or her relatives, but the expense of…
§ 4122 The State Department of State Hospitals, when it deems it necessary, may, under conditions prescribed by the director, transfer any patients of a state…
§ 4123 The Director of State Hospitals may authorize the transfer of persons from any institution within the department to any institution authorized by the federal…
§ 4124 The State Department of State Hospitals shall send to the Department of Veterans Affairs whenever requested a list of all persons who have been patients for…
§ 4125 (a) The director may deposit any funds of any patient in the possession of each hospital administrator of a state hospital in trust with the treasurer pursuant…
§ 4126 Whenever any patient in any state institution subject to the jurisdiction of the State Department of State Hospitals dies, and any personal funds or property…
§ 4127 (a) Whenever any patient in any state institution subject to the jurisdiction of the State Department of State Hospitals escapes, is discharged, or is on leave…
§ 4128 Before any money or other personal property or documents are delivered to the State Treasurer, State Controller, or public administrator, or sold at auction or…
§ 4129 At the time of delivering any money or other personal property to the State Treasurer or State Controller under the provisions of Section 4126 or of Chapter 7…
§ 4130 When any personal property has been destroyed as provided in Sections 4126 or 4127, no suit shall thereafter be maintained by any person against the state or…
§ 4131 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the provisions of Sections 4126 and 4127 shall apply (1) to all money and other personal property delivered to the…
§ 4132 (a) It is hereby declared that the provisions of this code reflect the concern of the Legislature that persons with mental health disorders are to be regarded…
§ 4133 All day hospitals and rehabilitation centers maintained by the State Department of State Hospitals shall be subject to the provisions of this code pertaining…
§ 4134 The state mental hospitals under the jurisdiction of the State Department of State Hospitals shall comply with the California Food Sanitation Act, Article 1…
§ 4135 Any person committed to the State Department of State Hospitals as a mentally abnormal sex offender shall remain a patient committed to the department for the…
§ 4136 (a) Each patient in a state hospital who has resided in the state hospital for a period of at least 30 days shall be paid an amount of aid for his or her…
§ 4137 Whenever a patient dies in a state mental hospital and the coroner finds that the death was by accident or at the hands of another person other than by…
§ 4138 (a) Upon receiving a request from the director of a state hospital listed in Section 4100, the Director of State Hospitals may prohibit the possession or use…
§ 4139 (a) Except as otherwise authorized by law, or when authorized by the director of the state hospital, and except as provided in subdivision (b), a person who…
§ 4141 (a) (1) Each state hospital shall update its injury and illness prevention plan at least once a year to include necessary safeguards to prevent workplace…
§ 4142 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, whenever a patient is committed to the State Department of State Hospitals, a director of a state hospital or a clinician,…
§ 4143 (a) Commencing July 1, 2015, and subject to available funding, the State Department of State Hospitals may establish and maintain pilot enhanced treatment…
§ 4144 (a) A state hospital psychiatrist or psychologist may refer a patient to a pilot enhanced treatment program (ETP), as defined in Section 1265.9 of the Health…
§ 4145 (a) The State Department of State Hospitals shall monitor the pilot enhanced treatment programs (ETP), evaluate outcomes, and report on its findings and…
§ 4146 (a) This section applies in cases in which a patient has been committed to the department as a mentally disordered offender, including a person found not…
§ 4147 (a) To confront the crisis of individuals found incompetent to stand trial (IST) and in recognition of the importance of these defendants who are committed to…
§ 4148 (a) On or before January 31, 2026, the State Department of State Hospitals shall submit a report to the Senate Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review and the… see note