California Welfare and Institutions Code

§ 4097

WIC § 4097 Effective Jan 1, 2023Div. 4 · Part 1 · Ch. 4

Statute text

(a)The Legislature recognizes that some consumers with mental health diagnoses have disabling conditions, and that these consumers and their families are vulnerable and at risk of being easily victimized by fraudulent marketing practices that adversely impact the delivery of health care.

(b)To protect the health, safety, and welfare of this vulnerable population, an operator of a licensed psychiatric or mental health facility, as defined in subdivision (c), shall not do any of the following:

(1)Make a false or misleading statement or provide false or misleading information about the entity’s products, goods, services, or geographical locations in its marketing, advertising materials, or media, or on its internet website or on a third-party internet website.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 172, Sec. 2. (SB 1165) Effective January 1, 2023.