California Penal Code

§ 2962

PEN § 2962 Effective Jan 1, 2022Title 1 · Part 3 · Ch. 7 · Art. 4

Statute text

As a condition of parole, a prisoner who meets the following criteria shall be provided necessary treatment by the State Department of State Hospitals as follows:

(a)(1) The prisoner has a severe mental health disorder that is not in remission or that cannot be kept in remission without treatment.

(2)The term “severe mental health disorder” means an illness, disease, or condition that substantially impairs the person’s thought, perception of reality, emotional process, or judgment; or that grossly impairs behavior; or that demonstrates evidence of an acute brain syndrome for which prompt remission, in the absence of treatment, is unlikely. The term “severe mental health disorder,” as used in this section, does not include a personality or adjustment disorder, epilepsy, intellectual disability or other developmental disabilities, or addiction to or abuse of intoxicating substances.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 626, Sec. 58. (AB 1171) Effective January 1, 2022.