California Welfare and Institutions Code

§ 5848.5

WIC § 5848.5 Effective Oct 12, 2023Div. 5 · Part 3.8

Statute text

(a)The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:

(1)California has realigned public community mental health services to counties, and it is imperative that sufficient community-based resources be available to meet the mental health needs of eligible individuals.

(2)Increasing access to effective prevention, early intervention, outpatient, and crisis stabilization services provides an opportunity to reduce costs associated with expensive inpatient and emergency room care and better meet the needs of individuals with mental health disorders in the least restrictive manner possible.

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Legislative history

Repealed (in Sec. 65) and added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 790, Sec. 66. (SB 326) Effective October 12, 2023. Operative January 1, 2025, by its own provisions.