California Welfare and Institutions Code CHAPTER 1 - Jurisdiction and General Government
- Section 4440.
The department has jurisdiction over the following institutions:Fairview State Hospital.Frank D. Lanterman State Hospital.Porterville State Hospital.Sonoma State Hospital.(Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 144, Sec. 82....
- Section 4440.1.
The department may contract with the State Department of State Hospitals to provide services to persons with developmental disabilities in state hospitals under the jurisdiction...
- Section 4440.5.
A state hospital under the jurisdiction of the department may also be known as a developmental center.(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 582, Sec. 2.)
- Section 4441.
Except as otherwise specifically provided elsewhere in this code, all of the institutions under the jurisdiction of the State Department of Developmental Services shall be...
- Section 4441.5.
The State Department of Developmental Services shall develop policies and procedures, by no later than 30 days following the effective date of the Budget Act...
- Section 4442.
Each state hospital is a corporation.(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1252.)
- Section 4443.
Each such corporation may acquire and hold in its corporate name by gift, grant, devise, or bequest property to be applied to the maintenance of...
- Section 4444.
All lands necessary for the use of state hospitals except those acquired by gift, devise, or purchase, shall be acquired by condemnation as lands for...
- Section 4445.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 4444, the Director of General Services, with the consent of the State Department of Developmental Services, may grant rights-of-way for...
- Section 4446.
(a) Notwithstanding Section 4444, the Director of General Services may enter into an agreement with the City of Santa Clara for the dedication of a public...
- Section 4447.
Notwithstanding Section 4444, the Director of General Services with the consent of the State Department of Developmental Services, may grant a right-of-way for road purposes...
- Section 4448.
The department shall participate with the City of Porterville in the construction of an interceptor sewer between the Porterville State Hospital facilities and the sewer...
- Section 4449.
The State Department of Developmental Services has general control and direction of the property and concerns of each state hospital specified in Section 4440. The...
- Section 4450.
The medical superintendent shall make triplicate estimates, in minute detail, as approved by the State Department of Developmental Services of such supplies, expenses, buildings, and...
- Section 4451.
The state hospitals may manufacture supplies, materials, and assisting devices which are for the benefit of individuals with disabilities who otherwise would not have access...
- Section 4452.
All money belonging to the state and received by state hospitals from any source, except appropriations, shall, at the end of each month, be deposited...
- Section 4453.
The state hospitals and the officers thereof shall make such financial statements to the Controller as the Controller requires.(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1252.)
- Section 4454.
The authorities for the several hospitals shall furnish to the State Department of Developmental Services the facts mentioned in Section 4425 and such other obtainable...
- Section 4455.
The department may permit, subject to such conditions and regulations as it may impose, any religious or missionary corporation or society to erect a building...
- Section 4456.
The department may establish and supervise under its rules and regulations training schools or courses for employees of the department or of state institutions under...
- Section 4457.
Whenever a trial is had of any person charged with escape or attempt to escape from a state hospital, whenever a hearing is had on...
- Section 4459.
The State Department of Developmental Services shall investigate and examine all nonresident persons judicially committed to any state hospital and shall cause such persons, when...
- Section 4460.
In order to be entitled to hospitalization in this state, an adult developmentally disabled person or the parent or guardian or conservator of a developmentally...
- Section 4461.
(a) All expenses incurred in returning such persons to other states shall be paid by this state, the person, or his or her relatives, but the...
- Section 4462.
The State Department of Developmental Services, when it deems it necessary, may, under conditions prescribed by the director, transfer any patients of a state institution...
- Section 4463.
The Director of Developmental Services may authorize the transfer of persons from any institution within the department to any institution authorized by the federal government...
- Section 4464.
The State Department of Developmental Services shall send to the Department of Veterans Affairs whenever requested a list of all persons who have been patients...
- Section 4465.
The Director of Developmental Services may deposit any funds of patients in the possession of each hospital administrator of a state hospital in trust with...
- Section 4466.
Whenever any patient in any state institution subject to the jurisdiction of the State Department of Developmental Services dies, and any personal funds or property...
- Section 4467.
Whenever any patient in any state institution subject to the jurisdiction of the State Department of Developmental Services escapes, or is discharged or is on...
- Section 4468.
Before any money or other personal property or documents are delivered to the State Treasurer, State Controller, or public administrator, or sold at auction or...
- Section 4469.
At the time of delivering any money or other personal property to the State Treasurer or State Controller under the provisions of Section 4126 or...
- Section 4470.
When any personal property has been destroyed as provided in Section 4466 or 4467, no suit shall thereafter be maintained by any person against the...
- Section 4471.
All day hospitals and rehabilitation centers maintained by the State Department of Developmental Services shall be subject to the provisions of this code pertaining to...
- Section 4472.
The state hospitals under the jurisdiction of the State Department of Developmental Services shall comply with the California Food Sanitation Act, Article 1 (commencing with...
- Section 4473.
Whenever a patient dies in a state hospital for the developmentally disabled and the coroner finds that the death was by accident or at the...
- Section 4474.
Each patient in a state hospital for the developmentally disabled who has resided in the state hospital for a period of at least 30 days...
- Section 4474.1.
(a) Whenever the State Department of Developmental Services proposes the closure of a state developmental center, the department shall be required to submit a detailed plan...
- Section 4474.11.
(a) Notwithstanding any other law, on or before October 1, 2015, the Department of Developmental Services shall submit to the Legislature a plan or plans to...
- Section 4474.12.
(a) The department shall seek to modify the contract in existence on January 1, 2017, for the conduct of a movers longitudinal study to include all...
- Section 4474.15.
(a) The State Department of Developmental Services shall include an update to the Legislature in the 2017–18 May Revision regarding how the department will provide access...
- Section 4474.2.
(a) Notwithstanding any other law, the department may operate any facility, provide its employees to assist in the operation of any facility, or provide other necessary...
- Section 4474.3.
The provisions of Section 10411 of the Public Contract Code shall not apply to any person who provides developmental services and supports to individuals transitioning...
- Section 4474.4.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the Secretary of California Health and Human Services shall verify that the State Department of Developmental...
- Section 4474.5.
(a) In order to meet the unique medical health needs of consumers transitioning from Agnews Developmental Center into Alameda, San Mateo, and Santa Clara Counties pursuant...
- Section 4474.6.
(a) The State Department of Developmental Services and the State Department of Health Care Services shall coordinate the transition of health care services for Medi-Cal eligible...
- Section 4474.8.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the State Department of Developmental Services shall continue the operation of the Agnews Outpatient Clinic and...
Last modified: October 22, 2018