California Welfare and Institutions Code

§ 5510

WIC § 5510 Effective Jun 27, 2012Div. 5 · Part 1 · Ch. 6.2 · Art. 2

Statute text

(a)The Legislature finds and declares as follows:

(1)The State of California accepts its responsibility to ensure and uphold the right of persons with mental disabilities and an obligation, to be executed by the State Department of State Hospitals and the State Department of Health Care Services, to ensure that mental health laws, regulations and policies on the rights of recipients of mental health services are observed and protected in state hospitals and in licensed health and community care facilities.

(2)Persons with mental illness are vulnerable to abuse, neglect, and unreasonable and unlawful deprivations of their rights.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 34, Sec. 106. (SB 1009) Effective June 27, 2012.