California Welfare and Institutions Code CHAPTER 1 - General

• Section 4000.
  There is in the California Health and Human Services Agency a State Department of State Hospitals.(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 24, Sec. 63. (AB 1470)...
• Section 4001.
  As used in this division “state hospital” means any hospital specified in Section 4100.(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 24, Sec. 64. (AB 1470) Effective June...
• Section 4004.
  The department is under the control of an executive officer known as the Director of State Hospitals.(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 24, Sec. 65. (AB...
• Section 4005.
  With the consent of the Senate, the Governor shall appoint, to serve at his or her pleasure, the Director of State Hospitals. He or she...
• Section 4005.1.
  The State Department of State Hospitals, the State Department of Health Care Services, and the State Department of Social Services may adopt and enforce rules...
• Section 4005.4.
  All regulations heretofore adopted by the State Department of Health pursuant to authority now vested in the State Department of Mental Health by Section 4005.1...
• Section 4005.5.
  All regulations relating to state hospitals previously adopted by the State Department of Mental Health pursuant to authority now vested in the State Department of...
• Section 4005.6.
  All regulations heretofore adopted by the State Department of Mental Health pursuant to authority vested in the State Department of Health Care Services by Section...
• Section 4005.7.
  All regulations heretofore adopted by the State Department of Mental Health, and its successor, pursuant to authority vested in the State Department of Health Care...
• Section 4006.
  With the approval of the Department of Finance and for use in the furtherance of the work of the State Department of State Hospitals, the...
• Section 4007.
  The department may expend in accordance with law all money now or hereafter made available for its use, or for the administration of any statute...
• Section 4008.
  (a) The department may expend money in accordance with law for the actual and necessary travel expenses of officers and employees of the department who are...
• Section 4009.
  The department may appoint and fix the compensation of such employees as it deems necessary, subject to the laws governing civil service.(Repealed and added by...
• Section 4010.
  Except as in this chapter otherwise prescribed, the provisions of the Government Code relating to state officers and departments shall apply to the State Department...
• Section 4011.
  (a) The State Department of Health Care Services has jurisdiction over the execution of the laws relating to the care, custody, and treatment of persons with...
• Section 4011.5.
  In counties where hospitals under the jurisdiction of the State Department of State Hospitals are located, the state hospitals shall ensure that appropriate special education...
• Section 4012.
  The State Department of State Hospitals, the State Department of Health Care Services, and other departments as necessary, may:(a) Disseminate educational information relating to the prevention,...
• Section 4012.5.
  The State Department of State Hospitals may obtain psychiatric, medical and other necessary aftercare services for judicially committed patients on leave of absence from state...
• Section 4015.
  (a) The State Department of State Hospitals shall, in coordination with the task force described in subdivision (c) and with other state entities, including, but not...
• Section 4016.
  In every place in which a person with a mental health disorder may be involuntarily held, the persons confined therein shall be permitted access to,...
• Section 4017.
  (a) The department may provide information to the Controller to guide distribution of resources dedicated for mental health services under Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 17600)...
• Section 4021.
  (a) When the department has reason to believe that a person held in custody as having a mental health disorder is wrongfully deprived of his or...
• Section 4022.
  When complaint is made to the department regarding the officers or management of a hospital or institution for persons with mental health disorders, or regarding...
• Section 4023.
  (a) The State Department of State Hospitals shall report to the agency described in subdivision (i) of Section 4900 the following incidents involving a resident of...
• Section 4023.5.
  (a) The Secretary of California Health and Human Services shall, no later than January 10, 2015, provide to the fiscal and appropriate policy committees of the...
• Section 4023.6.
  (a) The Office of Law Enforcement Support within the California Health and Human Services Agency shall investigate both of the following:(1) Any incident at a developmental center...
• Section 4023.7.
  (a) The Office of Law Enforcement Support shall be responsible for contemporaneous oversight of investigations that (1) are conducted by the State Department of State Hospitals...
• Section 4023.8.
  (a) (1) Commencing October 1, 2016, the Office of Law Enforcement Support shall issue regular reports, no less than semiannually, to the Governor, the appropriate policy and...
• Section 4024.
  The State Department of State Hospitals proposed allocations for level-of-care staffing in state hospitals that serve persons with mental disabilities shall be submitted to the...
• Section 4024.7.
  The Governor or the Director of Health Care Services shall appoint, subject to confirmation by the Senate, a Deputy Director of Mental Health and Substance...
• Section 4025.
  Charges made by the department for the care and treatment of each patient in a facility maintained by the department shall not exceed the actual...
• Section 4027.
  The State Department of State Hospitals may adopt regulations concerning patients’ rights and related procedures applicable to the inpatient treatment of mentally ill offenders receiving...

Last modified: October 22, 2018