California Welfare and Institutions Code

§ 16010.10

WIC § 16010.10 Effective Jan 1, 2023Div. 9 · Part 4 · Ch. 1

Statute text

(a)It is the intent of the Legislature to ensure that the admission of dependents, nonminor dependents, and wards of the juvenile courts in psychiatric residential treatment facilities, as defined by Section 1250.10 of the Health and Safety Code, occur only when medically necessary and only as the least restrictive setting for psychiatric services. It is further the intent of the Legislature that county child welfare agencies and probation departments maintain communication with any dependent’s, nonminor dependent’s, or ward’s treatment team in a psychiatric residential treatment facility in order to ensure the dependent, nonminor dependent, or ward is receiving all necessary services while in the facility and is placed in a less restrictive facility at the earliest possible time. Further, the child welfare agency or probation department shall be engaged with the treatment team in order to effectively implement the aftercare plan developed pursuant to Section 1262 of the Health and Safety Code.

(b)Prior to any voluntary admission of a minor dependent or ward into a psychiatric residential treatment facility, the child welfare agency or probation department shall obtain authorization from the juvenile court, pursuant to Section 6552, for admission to the facility in the manner described by Section 361.23 or 727.13, as applicable.

(c)For a dependent, ward, or nonminor dependent admitted to a psychiatric residential treatment facility, the county child welfare agency or probation department, as applicable, shall do all of the following:

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 589, Sec. 16. (AB 2317) Effective January 1, 2023.