California Welfare and Institutions Code

§ 4109.5

WIC § 4109.5 Effective Jan 1, 2015Div. 4 · Part 2 · Ch. 1

Statute text

(a)Whenever the department proposes the closure of a state hospital, it shall submit as part of the Governor’s proposed budget to the Legislature a complete program, to be developed jointly by the State Department of State Hospitals and the county in which the state hospital is located, for absorbing as many of the staff of the hospital into the local mental health programs as may be needed by the county. Those programs shall include a redefinition of occupational positions, if necessary, and a recognition by the counties of licensed psychiatric technicians for treatment of persons with developmental disabilities, persons with mental health disorders, drug abusers, and alcoholics.

(b)The Director of State Hospitals shall submit all plans for the closure of state hospitals as a report with the department’s budget. This report shall include all of the following:

(1)The land and buildings affected.

…

Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 144, Sec. 65. (AB 1847) Effective January 1, 2015.