DIVISION 4. MENTAL HEALTH [4000. - 4390.]

Heading of Division 4 amended by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1252.

§§ 4000–4390 · 211 sections

PART 1. GENERAL ADMINISTRATION, POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE DEPARTMENT §§ 4000–4098.5 · 73 sections
1. CHAPTER 1. General §§ 4000–4027 · 32 sections
  - § 4000 There is in the California Health and Human Services Agency a State Department of State Hospitals.
  - § 4001 As used in this division “state hospital” means any hospital specified in Section 4100.
  - § 4004 The department is under the control of an executive officer known as the Director of State Hospitals.
  - § 4005 With the consent of the Senate, the Governor shall appoint, to serve at his or her pleasure, the Director of State Hospitals. He or she shall have the powers…
  - § 4005.1 The State Department of State Hospitals, the State Department of Health Care Services, and the State Department of Social Services may adopt and enforce rules…
  - § 4005.4 All regulations heretofore adopted by the State Department of Health pursuant to authority now vested in the State Department of Mental Health by Section…
  - § 4005.5 All regulations relating to state hospitals previously adopted by the State Department of Mental Health pursuant to authority now vested in the State…
  - § 4005.6 All regulations heretofore adopted by the State Department of Mental Health pursuant to authority vested in the State Department of Health Care Services by…
  - § 4005.7 All regulations heretofore adopted by the State Department of Mental Health, and its successor, pursuant to authority vested in the State Department of Health…
  - § 4005.8 (a) The Deputy Director of the Office of Protective Services of the State Department of State Hospitals has oversight of all protective service components…
  - § 4006 With the approval of the Department of Finance and for use in the furtherance of the work of the State Department of State Hospitals, the director may accept…
  - § 4007 The department may expend in accordance with law all money now or hereafter made available for its use, or for the administration of any statute administered…
  - § 4008 (a) The department may expend money in accordance with law for the actual and necessary travel expenses of officers and employees of the department who are…
  - § 4009 The department may appoint and fix the compensation of such employees as it deems necessary, subject to the laws governing civil service.
  - § 4010 Except as in this chapter otherwise prescribed, the provisions of the Government Code relating to state officers and departments shall apply to the State…
  - § 4011 (a) The State Department of Health Care Services has jurisdiction over the execution of the laws relating to the care, custody, and treatment of persons with…
  - § 4011.5 In counties where hospitals under the jurisdiction of the State Department of State Hospitals are located, the state hospitals shall ensure that appropriate…
  - § 4012 The State Department of State Hospitals, the State Department of Health Care Services, and other departments as necessary, may: (a) Disseminate educational…
  - § 4012.5 The State Department of State Hospitals may obtain psychiatric, medical and other necessary aftercare services for judicially committed patients on leave of…
  - § 4015 (a) The State Department of State Hospitals shall, in coordination with the task force described in subdivision (c) and with other state entities, including,…
  - § 4016 In every place in which a person with a mental health disorder may be involuntarily held, the persons confined therein shall be permitted access to, and…
  - § 4017 (a) The department may provide information to the Controller to guide distribution of resources dedicated for mental health services under Chapter 6…
  - § 4021 (a) When the department has reason to believe that a person held in custody as having a mental health disorder is wrongfully deprived of his or her liberty, or…
  - § 4022 When complaint is made to the department regarding the officers or management of a hospital or institution for persons with mental health disorders, or…
  - § 4023 (a) The State Department of State Hospitals shall report to the agency described in subdivision (i) of Section 4900 the following incidents involving a…
  - § 4023.6 (a) The Office of Law Enforcement Support within the California Health and Human Services Agency shall investigate both of the following: (1) Any incident at a…
  - § 4023.7 (a) The Office of Law Enforcement Support shall be responsible for contemporaneous oversight of investigations that (1) are conducted by the State Department…
  - § 4023.8 (a) (1) Commencing October 1, 2016, the Office of Law Enforcement Support shall issue regular reports, no less than semiannually, to the Governor, the…
  - § 4024 The State Department of State Hospitals proposed allocations for level-of-care staffing in state hospitals that serve persons with mental disabilities shall be…
  - § 4024.7 The Governor or the Director of Health Care Services shall appoint, subject to confirmation by the Senate, a Deputy Director of Mental Health and Substance Use…
  - § 4025 Charges made by the department for the care and treatment of each patient in a facility maintained by the department shall not exceed the actual cost thereof…
  - § 4027 The State Department of State Hospitals may adopt regulations concerning patients’ rights and related procedures applicable to the inpatient treatment of…
2. CHAPTER 2. Planning, Research, Evaluation and Quality Assurance §§ 4030–4061 · 16 sections
  1. ARTICLE 1. Planning, Research, Evaluation, and Quality Assurance §§ 4030–4033 · 4 sections
    § 4030 The Director of Health Care Services shall organize appropriate staff of the department to ensure implementation of the planning, research, evaluation,…
    § 4031 The State Department of Health Care Services shall, to the extent resources are available, do all of the following: (a) Conduct, sponsor, coordinate, and…
    § 4032 The State Department of Health Care Services shall, when appropriate, give and receive grants and contracts for research, evaluation, and quality assurance…
    § 4033 (a) The State Department of Health Care Services shall, to the extent resources are available, comply with the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services…
  2. ARTICLE 2. Research and Evaluation §§ 4040–4046 · 7 sections
    § 4040 The State Department of Health Care Services or State Department of State Hospitals may conduct, or contract for, research or evaluation studies that have…
    § 4041 The department shall serve as a clearinghouse for information on research and evaluation studies relevant to mental health. The department shall review and…
    § 4042 The State Department of State Hospitals shall cooperate and coordinate with other state and local agencies engaged in research and evaluation studies. Effort…
    § 4043 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that the department provide leadership in the establishment and funding of mental health research projects. The…
    § 4044 Research performed pursuant to this chapter shall have as a priority serious mental disorders. Research shall be conducted in, or in collaboration with, state…
    § 4045 In order to improve the quality of mental health care in this state, a portion of the funding for research pursuant to this chapter shall be used to provide…
    § 4046 Notwithstanding any other law, designated staff of the State Department of State Hospitals shall have access to state summary criminal history information for…
  3. ARTICLE 3. Technical Assistance §§ 4050–4061 · 5 sections
    § 4050 The State Department of Health Care Services shall provide, to the extent resources are available, technical assistance, through its own staff, or by contract,…
    § 4051 The State Department of Health Care Services shall, to the extent resources are available, provide program development guidelines, evaluation models, and…
    § 4052 The State Department of Health Care Services shall, to the extent resources are available, provide training in performance standards, model programs, cultural…
    § 4060 The State Department of Health Care Services shall, in order to implement Section 4050, utilize a meaningful decisionmaking process that includes local mental…
    § 4061 (a) The State Department of Health Care Services shall utilize a joint state-county decisionmaking process to determine the appropriate use of state and local…
3. CHAPTER 3. Facility Licensing, Program Certification, and Ratesetting §§ 4080–4096.6 · 18 sections
  1. ARTICLE 3. Psychiatric Health Facilities and Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facilities §§ 4080–4083 · 5 sections
    § 4080 (a) Psychiatric health facilities, as defined in Section 1250.2 of the Health and Safety Code, shall only be licensed by the State Department of Health Care…
    § 4080.5 (a) A psychiatric health facility may admit persons diagnosed only with a severe substance use disorder, as defined in subdivision (o) of Section 5008, under…
    § 4081 (a) (1) Psychiatric residential treatment facilities, as defined in Section 1250.10 of the Health and Safety Code, shall be licensed by the State Department of…
    § 4082 (a) Each new or renewal application for a psychiatric residential treatment facility license shall be accompanied by a licensing fee and an application fee…
    § 4083 (a) Each psychiatric residential treatment facility shall provide the State Department of Health Care Services the data as specified in subdivision (c) of…
  2. ARTICLE 4. Social Rehabilitation Facilities and Community Residential Treatment Programs §§ 4090–4091 · 2 sections
    § 4090 (a) The State Department of Health Care Services shall establish, by regulation, standards for the programs listed in Chapter 2.5 (commencing with Section…
    § 4091 Nothing in Section 4090 limits the authority of the State Department of Health Care Services to delegate the evaluation and enforcement of the program…
  3. ARTICLE 5. Programs for Seriously Emotionally Disturbed Children and Court Wards and Dependents §§ 4094–4096.6 · 11 sections
    § 4094 (a) The State Department of Mental Health shall establish, by regulations adopted at the earliest possible date, but no later than December 31, 1994, program…
    § 4094.1 The State Department of Health Care Services and the State Department of Social Services, in consultation with community treatment providers, local mental…
    § 4094.2 (a) For the purpose of establishing payment rates for community treatment facility programs, the private nonprofit agencies selected to operate these programs…
    § 4094.5 Regulations for community treatment facilities adopted pursuant to Section 4094 shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) Only a child with…
    § 4094.6 The patients’ rights provisions contained in Sections 5325, 5325.1, 5325.2, and 5326 shall be available to any child admitted to, or eligible for admission to,…
    § 4094.7 (a) A community treatment facility may have both secure and nonsecure beds. However, the State Department of Health Care Services shall limit the total number…
    § 4095 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that essential and culturally relevant mental health assessment, case management, and treatment services be available…
    § 4096 (a) This section governs interagency placement committees related to the placement of a dependent child or a ward into short-term residential therapeutic…
    § 4096.5 (a) This section governs standards for the mental health program approval for short-term residential therapeutic programs, which is required under subdivision…
    § 4096.55 (a) The State Department of Social Services, in collaboration with the State Department of Health Care Services, shall make available nursing resources…
    § 4096.6 (a) For the purpose of this section, “family-based aftercare services” means an array of integrated services and supports that meets all of the following…
4. CHAPTER 4. Brandon’s Law § 4097 · 1 section
  - § 4097 (a) The Legislature recognizes that some consumers with mental health diagnoses have disabling conditions, and that these consumers and their families are…
5. CHAPTER 6. Suicide Prevention Programs §§ 4098–4098.5 · 6 sections
  - § 4098 The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) The Surgeon General of the United States has described suicide prevention as a serious public…
  - § 4098.1 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the California Suicide Prevention Act of 2000.
  - § 4098.2 (a) The State Department of Health Care Services, contingent upon appropriation in the annual Budget Act, may establish and implement a suicide prevention,…
  - § 4098.3 The department may contract with an outside agency to establish and implement a targeted public awareness and education campaign on suicide prevention and…
  - § 4098.4 (a) The department may contract with local mental health organizations and professionals with expertise in the assessment and treatment of suicidal behaviors…
  - § 4098.5 The department may establish and implement, or contract with an outside agency for the development of a multicounty, 24-hour, centralized suicide crisis line…
PART 2. ADMINISTRATION OF STATE INSTITUTIONS FOR THE MENTALLY DISORDERED §§ 4100–4336 · 94 sections
1. CHAPTER 1. Jurisdiction and General Government §§ 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
2. CHAPTER 2. Boards of Trustees and Other Advisory Boards §§ 4200–4203 · 5 sections
  - § 4200 (a) Each state hospital under the jurisdiction of the State Department of State Hospitals shall have a hospital advisory board of eight members appointed by…
  - § 4201 No person shall be eligible for appointment to a hospital advisory board if he is a Member of the Legislature or an elective state officer, and if he becomes…
  - § 4202 The advisory boards of the several state hospitals are advisory to the State Department of State Hospitals and the Legislature with power of visitation and…
  - § 4202.5 (a) The chairman of a hospital advisory board advising a hospital for persons with mental health disorders shall meet annually with the hospital director, the…
  - § 4203 The Atascadero State Hospital shall have an advisory board of seven persons appointed by the Governor, each of whom holds office for the term of three years.…
3. CHAPTER 2.5. Families of Persons With a Serious Mental Health Disorder §§ 4240–4245 · 6 sections
  - § 4240 The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) The symptoms and behaviors of persons with a serious mental health disorder may cause severe…
  - § 4241 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature, by this chapter, to support an organized program of self-help in which families exchange information, advice, and…
  - § 4242 As used in this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) “Family” means persons whose children, spouses, siblings, parents, grandparents, or grandchildren…
  - § 4243 (a) All funds appropriated for the purposes of this chapter shall be used to contract with an organization to establish a statewide network of families who…
  - § 4244 The Director of State Hospitals shall enter into a contract with the successful bidder to provide services that shall include, but not be necessarily limited…
  - § 4245 Contracts entered in pursuant to this chapter shall: (a) Have an annual contract period from July 1 through June 30 of each fiscal year unless the Director of…
4. CHAPTER 3. Officers and Employees §§ 4300–4321 · 22 sections
  - § 4300 As used in this chapter, “officers” of a state hospital means: (a) Medical director. (b) Hospital administrator. (c) Hospital director. (d) Chief of police…
  - § 4301 (a) The Director of State Hospitals shall appoint and define the duties, subject to the laws governing civil service, of all of the following officers: (1) A…
  - § 4302 The Director of State Hospitals shall have the final authority for determining all other employee needs after consideration of program requests from the…
  - § 4303 Salaries of resident and other officers and wages of employees shall be included in the budget estimates of, and paid in the same manner as other expenses of,…
  - § 4304 The primary purpose of a state hospital is the medical and nursing care of patients with mental health disorders. The efforts and direction of the officers and…
  - § 4305 (a) Subject to the rules and regulations established by the department, and under the supervision of the hospital director, the medical director of a state…
  - § 4306 (a) Subject to the rules and regulations established by the department, under the supervision of the hospital director, the hospital administrator shall be…
  - § 4307 The hospital director is the chief executive officer of the hospital and is responsible for all hospital operations.
  - § 4308 (a) If a vacancy occurs in a hospital under the jurisdiction of the Director of State Hospitals, the Director of State Hospitals shall appoint, as provided in…
  - § 4309 The hospital director is responsible for the overall management of the hospital. In the hospital director’s absence, one of the other hospital officers, or in…
  - § 4311 (a) The chief of police services at the hospital shall be responsible for preserving the peace in the hospital buildings and grounds and may arrest or cause…
  - § 4312 The hospital director may establish rules and regulations not inconsistent with law or departmental regulations, concerning the care and treatment of patients,…
  - § 4313 The chief of police services, supervising investigators, investigators, and each hospital police officer have the powers and authority conferred by law upon…
  - § 4313.5 (a) Designated investigators of state hospitals shall request a sexual assault forensic medical examination for any resident of a state hospital who is a…
  - § 4314 (a) The Director of State Hospitals may set aside and designate any space on the grounds of any of the institutions under the jurisdiction of the department…
  - § 4316 (a) Subject to rules and regulations adopted by the department, the hospital director may establish a sheltered workshop at a state hospital to provide…
  - § 4317 At each state hospital at which there is established a sheltered workshop, there shall be a sheltered workshop fund administered by the clinical director. The…
  - § 4317.5 The hospital director, subject to rules and regulations adopted by the department, may in addition to establishing a sheltered workshop, provide other…
  - § 4318 Each state hospital shall, prior to the discharge of any patient who was placed in the facility under a county Short-Doyle plan, prepare a written recommended…
  - § 4319 To ensure a continuous level of competency for all state hospital treatment personnel under the jurisdiction of the State Department of State Hospitals, the…
  - § 4320 To ensure an adequate supply of licensed psychiatric technicians for state hospitals, the State Department of State Hospitals, to the extent necessary, shall…
  - § 4321 (a) (1) The criminal history check authorized by this section is limited to an employee, prospective employee, contractor, subcontractor, and volunteer whose…
5. CHAPTER 4. County Use of State Hospitals §§ 4330–4336 · 9 sections
  - § 4330 The State Department of Mental Health, or its successor, the State Department of State Hospitals, shall be reimbursed for use of state hospital beds by…
  - § 4331 (a) No later than July 1, 1992, and in each subsequent year, each county acting singly or in combination with other counties shall contract with the State…
  - § 4332 (a) Contracts entered into pursuant to Section 4331 shall do all of the following: (1) Specify the number of beds to be provided. (2) Specify the rate or rates…
  - § 4333 (a) In the event a county or counties elect to reduce their state hospital resources, beginning July 1, 1992, systemwide state hospital net bed reduction in…
  - § 4333.5 (a) The State Department of State Hospitals shall encourage the counties to use state hospital facilities, in addition to utilizing state hospital beds…
  - § 4334 The State Department of State Hospitals, in collaboration with counties, shall do all of the following: (a) Prepare and publish a catalogue of available state…
  - § 4335 Nothing in this chapter is intended to prevent the department from entering into innovative arrangements with counties for delivery of state hospital services.…
  - § 4335.2 (a) As used in this section, “department” means the State Department of State Hospitals. (b) The Legislature finds and declares that the purpose of this…
  - § 4336 (a) As used in this section, “department” means the State Department of State Hospitals. (b) (1) The department shall implement a growth cap program for all…
PART 3. DEPARTMENTAL PROGRAM INITIATIVES §§ 4340–4369.4 · 37 sections
1. CHAPTER 1. Self-Help Programs § 4340 · 1 section
  - § 4340 The State Department of Health Care Services may maintain a statewide mental health prevention program directed toward a reduction in the need for utilization…
2. CHAPTER 2. Human Resource Development §§ 4341–4341.5 · 2 sections
  - § 4341 (a) To ensure the availability of an adequate number of persons from all disciplines necessary to implement appropriate and effective services to a person with…
  - § 4341.5 In order to ensure an adequate number of qualified psychiatrists and psychologists with forensic skills, the State Department of State Hospitals shall, to the…
3. CHAPTER 4. Primary Intervention Program §§ 4343–4352.5 · 14 sections
  - § 4343 The Legislature recognizes that prevention and early intervention services have long been slighted in the community mental health programs and has identified,…
  - § 4344 Primary intervention programs shall be developed in accordance with the guidelines and principles set forth in this chapter. To this end, school districts,…
  - § 4345 The Director of Mental Health shall develop guidelines for primary intervention programs in accordance with the following: (a) School-based programs shall…
  - § 4346 (a) Each primary intervention program shall have a core team consisting of school-based mental health professionals, including credentialed school…
  - § 4347 School districts or publicly funded preschools receiving funds under this chapter shall demonstrate a capability for referral to appropriate public and private…
  - § 4348 (a) (1) Subject to the availability of funding each year, the State Department of Mental Health shall award primary intervention program grants pursuant to a…
  - § 4349 The State Department of Mental Health shall, on the basis of applications submitted pursuant to a request for proposal, select recipients of primary…
  - § 4349.5 Grants that have been awarded prior to the effective date of this section shall continue to be subject to the provisions of this chapter, including the grant…
  - § 4349.7 Proposals submitted to the department between April 1, 1992, and May 1, 1992, pursuant to Sections 4343 to 4350, inclusive, that received a passing score shall…
  - § 4350 (a) The role of the school district or preschool in each approved primary intervention program shall be to do all of the following: (1) Arrange for mental…
  - § 4350.5 (a) School districts or county superintendents of schools proposing to serve as grant recipients pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 4348…
  - § 4351 The department shall provide for training of program personnel. Funds for this purpose may be appropriated under Section 11489 of the Health and Safety Code,…
  - § 4352 (a) The State Department of Mental Health shall conduct a review of each primary intervention program at least once during the first year of funding, and…
  - § 4352.5 Up to 10 percent of the total state funds available annually for the primary intervention program from all sources may be utilized by the department for…
4. CHAPTER 5. Persons With Acquired Traumatic Brain Injury §§ 4353–4358.5 · 9 sections
  - § 4353 The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) There is a large population of persons who have suffered traumatic brain injuries resulting in…
  - § 4354 For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “Acquired traumatic brain injury” is an injury that is sustained after birth from an…
  - § 4354.5 The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Traumatic brain injuries have a long-term impact on the survivors, their families, caregivers, and…
  - § 4355 (a) On or before July 1, 2024, the department shall determine requirements related to service delivery, uniform data collection, and other aspects of program…
  - § 4356 Using data collected consistent with requirements established pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 4355, the department shall monitor and evaluate the…
  - § 4357 (a) Service providers shall identify the needs of consumers and deliver services designed to meet those needs. (b) Service providers shall match not less than…
  - § 4357.1 (a) The department may make grants from the funds in the Traumatic Brain Injury Fund, established in Section 4358, to service providers for the purpose of…
  - § 4358 There is hereby created in the State Treasury the Traumatic Brain Injury Fund, the moneys in which may, upon appropriation by the Legislature, be expended for…
  - § 4358.5 Funds deposited into the Traumatic Brain Injury Fund pursuant to subdivision (f) of Section 1464 of the Penal Code may be matched by federal vocational…
5. CHAPTER 6. Conditional Release Program §§ 4360–4360.5 · 2 sections
  - § 4360 (a) The State Department of State Hospitals shall provide mental health treatment and supervision in the community for judicially committed persons. The…
  - § 4360.5 (a) The State Department of State Hospitals shall establish a statewide panel of independent evaluators responsible for Forensic Conditional Release Program…
6. CHAPTER 6.5. Diversion Funding for Individuals with Serious Mental Disorders § 4361 · 1 section
  - § 4361 (a) As used in this section, “department” means the State Department of State Hospitals. (b) The purpose of this chapter is to, subject to appropriation by the…
7. CHAPTER 6.7. State Department of State Hospitals: Contracting Facilities §§ 4361.5–4361.7 · 3 sections
  - § 4361.5 For purposes of this chapter, “department” means the State Department of State Hospitals.
  - § 4361.6 (a) Subject to an appropriation by the Legislature for this express purpose, the department may contract as follows: (1) For subacute bed capacity, including,…
  - § 4361.7 (a) Subject to an appropriation by the Legislature for this express purpose, the department may contract for medical, evaluation, and other services as…
8. CHAPTER 8. State Program Of Problem Gambling §§ 4369–4369.4 · 5 sections
  - § 4369 There is within the State Department of Public Health, the Office of Problem Gambling.
  - § 4369.1 As used in this chapter, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “Affected individual” means a person who experiences adverse psychiatric or physical…
  - § 4369.2 (a) The office shall develop a gambling disorder prevention program, which shall consist of all of the following: (1) A toll-free telephone service for…
  - § 4369.3 In designing and developing the overall program, the office shall do all of the following: (a) Develop a statewide plan to address gambling disorders. (b)…
  - § 4369.4 All state agencies, including, but not limited to, the California Horse Racing Board, the California Gambling Control Commission, the Department of Justice,…
PART 4. SCHOOL-BASED EARLY MENTAL HEALTH INTERVENTION AND PREVENTION SERVICES FOR CHILDREN ACT §§ 4370–4390 · 7 sections
1. CHAPTER 1. General Provisions and Definitions §§ 4370–4372 · 3 sections
  - § 4370 This part shall be known and may be cited as the School-based Early Mental Health Intervention and Prevention Services for Children Act of 1991.
  - § 4371 The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Each year in California over 65,000 teenagers become adolescent mothers and 230 teenagers commit…
  - § 4372 For the purposes of this part, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “Cooperating entity” means any federal, state, or local, public or private nonprofit…
2. CHAPTER 2. School-Based Early Mental Health Intervention and Prevention Services Matching Grant Program §§ 4380–4383 · 3 sections
  - § 4380 Subject to the availability of funding each year, the Legislature authorizes the director, in consultation with the Superintendent of Public Instruction, to…
  - § 4381 No funding shall be made available to any program or facility pursuant to this chapter unless all of the following conditions are met: (a) The program facility…
  - § 4383 (a) For the 1991–92 and 1992–93 fiscal years, a local schoolsite may be awarded funding from the director pursuant to this part and from the Superintendent of…
3. CHAPTER 3. School-Based Early Mental Health Intervention and Prevention Services Matching Grant Program Evaluations and Reports § 4390 · 1 section
  - § 4390 The Legislature finds that an evaluation of program effectiveness is both desirable and necessary and accordingly requires the following: No later than June…