Conservatorship for Persons with a Grave Disability

Cal. WIC § 5352.5

California Statutes

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a) Conservatorship proceedings may be initiated for any person committed to a state hospital or local mental health facility or placed on outpatient treatment pursuant to

Section or of the Penal Code or transferred pursuant to

Section 4011.6 of the Penal Code upon recommendation of the medical director of the state hospital, or a designee, or professional person in charge of the local mental health facility, or a designee, or the local mental health director, or a designee, to the conservatorship investigator of the county of residence of the person prior to his or her admission to the hospital or facility or of the county in which the hospital or facility is located. The initiation of conservatorship proceedings or the existence of a conservatorship shall not affect any pending criminal proceedings.

The custody status of a person who is subject to the conservatorship investigation shall not be the sole reason for not scheduling an investigation by the conservatorship investigator. (

b) Subject to the provisions of Sections and 5250, conservatorship proceedings may be initiated for any person convicted of a felony who has been transferred to a state hospital under the jurisdiction of the State Department of State Hospitals pursuant to

Section of the Penal Code by the recommendation of the medical director of the state hospital to the conservatorship investigator of the county of residence of the person or of the county in which the state hospital is located. (

c) Subject to the provisions of Sections and 5250, conservatorship proceedings may be initiated for any person committed to the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of Juvenile Justice, or on parole from a facility of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of Juvenile Justice, by the Chief Deputy Secretary for Juvenile Justice or a designee, to the conservatorship investigator of the county of residence of the person or of the county in which the facility is situated. (

d) The county mental health program providing conservatorship investigation services and conservatorship case management services for any persons except those transferred pursuant to

Section 4011.6 of the Penal Code shall be reimbursed for the expenditures made by it for the services pursuant to the Short-Doyle Act (commencing with

Section 5600) at percent of the expenditures. Each county Short-Doyle plan shall include provision for the services in the plan.

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CollectionCalifornia Statutes
CitationCal. WIC § 5352.5
Date2019-01-01
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SourceCA_STAT
IdentifierWIC5352.5.20184582

Conservatorship for Persons with a Grave Disability

Cal. WIC § 5352.5

California Statutes

Conservatorship for Persons with a Grave Disability

Cal. WIC § 5352.5

California Statutes

(

a) Conservatorship proceedings may be initiated for any person committed to a state hospital or local mental health facility or placed on outpatient treatment pursuant to

Section or of the Penal Code or transferred pursuant to

Section 4011.6 of the Penal Code upon recommendation of the medical director of the state hospital, or a designee, or professional person in charge of the local mental health facility, or a designee, or the local mental health director, or a designee, to the conservatorship investigator of the county of residence of the person prior to his or her admission to the hospital or facility or of the county in which the hospital or facility is located. The initiation of conservatorship proceedings or the existence of a conservatorship shall not affect any pending criminal proceedings.

The custody status of a person who is subject to the conservatorship investigation shall not be the sole reason for not scheduling an investigation by the conservatorship investigator. (

b) Subject to the provisions of Sections and 5250, conservatorship proceedings may be initiated for any person convicted of a felony who has been transferred to a state hospital under the jurisdiction of the State Department of State Hospitals pursuant to

Section of the Penal Code by the recommendation of the medical director of the state hospital to the conservatorship investigator of the county of residence of the person or of the county in which the state hospital is located. (

c) Subject to the provisions of Sections and 5250, conservatorship proceedings may be initiated for any person committed to the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of Juvenile Justice, or on parole from a facility of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of Juvenile Justice, by the Chief Deputy Secretary for Juvenile Justice or a designee, to the conservatorship investigator of the county of residence of the person or of the county in which the facility is situated. (

d) The county mental health program providing conservatorship investigation services and conservatorship case management services for any persons except those transferred pursuant to

Section 4011.6 of the Penal Code shall be reimbursed for the expenditures made by it for the services pursuant to the Short-Doyle Act (commencing with

Section 5600) at percent of the expenditures. Each county Short-Doyle plan shall include provision for the services in the plan.

Document details

CollectionCalifornia Statutes
CitationCal. WIC § 5352.5
Date2019-01-01
Typestatute
Languageen
SourceCA_STAT
IdentifierWIC5352.5.20184582