Mental health: involuntary treatment.
Summary
Existing law, the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act, provides for the involuntary commitment and treatment of persons with specified mental disorders for the protection of the persons committed. Under the act, when a person, as a result of a mental health disorder, is a danger to others, or to themselves, or gravely disabled, the person may, upon probable cause, be taken into custody and placed in a facility designated by the county and approved by the State Department of Health Care Services for up to 72 hours for evaluation and treatment. This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to those provisions.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2020
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Feb 21, 2020
Last action Feb 24, 2020
Floor votes
How they voted
No floor votes recorded yet.
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
3
Key actions
0
Committee
1
Feb 22, 2020
Assembly · Reported by committee
From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
Feb 21, 2020
Assembly · Introduced
Introduced. To print.
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
JW
Jim Wood
DDemocratic
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