CHAPTER 1. General

Heading of Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 1393.

§§ 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…