California Welfare and Institutions Code

§ 4335.2

WIC § 4335.2 Effective Sep 29, 2022Div. 4 · Part 2 · Ch. 4

Statute text

(a)As used in this section, “department” means the State Department of State Hospitals.

(b)The Legislature finds and declares that the purpose of this section is to establish a program for the department to perform reevaluations primarily through telehealth evaluations for felony incompetent to stand trial (IST) individuals in jail who have been waiting for admission to the department. The goals of this program are:

(1)To permit the department to conduct reevaluations of IST defendants committed to the department and awaiting admission to department facilities.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 738, Sec. 12. (AB 204) Effective September 29, 2022.