California Welfare and Institutions Code ARTICLE 2 - Patients’ Rights Program

• Section 5510.
  (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...
• Section 5511.
  The Director of State Hospitals or the executive director of each state hospital may contract with independent persons or agencies to perform patients’ rights advocacy...
• Section 5512.
  Training of county patients’ rights advocates shall be provided by the contractor specified in Section 5510 responsible for the provision of protection and advocacy services...
• Section 5513.
  The patients’ rights program shall serve as a liaison between county patients’ rights advocates and the State Department of Health Care Services.(Amended by Stats. 2012,...
• Section 5514.
  There shall be a five-person Patients’ Rights Committee formed through the California Behavioral Health Planning Council. This committee, supplemented by two ad hoc members appointed...

Last modified: October 22, 2018