ARTICLE 4. Sexually Violent Predators
Article 4 added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 763, Sec. 3.
§§ 6600–6609.3 · 29 sections
- § 6600 As used in this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) (1) “Sexually violent predator” means a person who has been convicted of a…
- § 6600.05 (a) Coalinga State Hospital shall be used whenever a person is committed to a secure facility for mental health treatment pursuant to this article and is…
- § 6600.1 If the victim of an underlying offense that is specified in subdivision (b) of Section 6600 is a child under the age of 14, the offense shall constitute a…
- § 6601 (a) (1) When the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation determines that an individual who is in custody under the jurisdiction of the…
- § 6601.3 (a) Upon a showing of good cause, the Board of Parole Hearings may order that a person referred to the State Department of State Hospitals pursuant to…
- § 6601.5 Upon filing of the petition and a request for review under this section, a judge of the superior court shall review the petition and determine whether the…
- § 6602 (a) A judge of the superior court shall review the petition and shall determine whether there is probable cause to believe that the individual named in the…
- § 6602.5 (a) No person may be placed in a state hospital pursuant to the provisions of this article until there has been a determination pursuant to Section 6601.3 or…
- § 6603 (a) A person subject to this article is entitled to a trial by jury, to the assistance of counsel, to the right to retain experts or professional persons to…
- § 6603.3 (a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), no attorney may disclose or permit to be disclosed to a person subject to this article, family members of the…
- § 6603.5 No employee or agent of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, the Board of Parole Hearings, or the State Department of State Hospitals shall…
- § 6603.7 (a) Except as provided in Section 6603.3, the court, at the request of the victim of a sex offense relevant in a proceeding under this article, may order the…
- § 6604 The court or jury shall determine whether, beyond a reasonable doubt, the person is a sexually violent predator. If the court or jury is not satisfied beyond a…
- § 6604.1 (a) The indeterminate term of commitment provided for in Section 6604 shall commence on the date upon which the court issues the initial order of commitment…
- § 6604.9 (a) A person found to be a sexually violent predator and committed to the custody of the State Department of State Hospitals shall have a current examination…
- § 6605 (a) (1) The court, upon receiving a petition for unconditional discharge, shall order a show cause hearing at which the court can consider the petition and any…
- § 6606 (a) A person who is committed under this article shall be provided with programming by the State Department of State Hospitals which shall afford the person…
- § 6607 (a) If the Director of State Hospitals determines that the person’s diagnosed mental disorder has so changed that the person is not likely to commit acts of…
- § 6608 (a) A person who has been committed as a sexually violent predator shall be permitted to petition the court for conditional release with or without the…
- § 6608.1 A person who is released on outpatient status or granted conditional release pursuant to this article shall be monitored by a global positioning system (GPS)…
- § 6608.5 (a) After a judicial determination that a person would not be a danger to the health and safety of others in that it is not likely that the person will engage…
- § 6608.6 (a) A court may make a finding of extraordinary circumstances only after the committed person’s county of domicile has petitioned the court to make this…
- § 6608.7 The State Department of State Hospitals may enter into an interagency agreement or contract with the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation or with local…
- § 6608.8 (a) For any person who is proposed for community outpatient treatment under the forensic conditional release program, the department shall provide to the court…
- § 6608.9 (a) On or before January 1, 2027, the State Department of State Hospitals shall conduct an analysis of the benefits and feasibility of establishing…
- § 6609 Within 10 days of a request made by the chief of police of a city or the sheriff of a county, the State Department of State Hospitals shall provide the…
- § 6609.1 (a) (1) When the State Department of State Hospitals makes a recommendation to the court for community outpatient treatment for any person committed as a…
- § 6609.2 (a) When any sheriff or chief of police is notified by the State Department of State Hospitals of its recommendation to the court concerning the disposition of…
- § 6609.3 (a) At the time a notice is sent pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 6609.1, the sheriff, chief of police, or district attorney notified of the…