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1. calmatters.org › commentary › 2019Hard truths about deinstitutionalization, then and now

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   Mar 10, 2019 · Reagan signed the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act in 1967, all but ending the practice of institutionalizing patients against their will. When deinstitutionalization began 50 years ago, California mistakenly relied on community treatment facilities, which were never built.

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   Lanterman–Petris–Short Act. The Lanterman–Petris–Short (LPS) Act ( Chapter 1667 of the 1967 California Statutes, codified as Cal. Welf & Inst. Code, sec. 5000 et seq.) regulates involuntary civil commitment to a mental health institution in the state of California.

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   What is the Lanterman Petris Short Act?

   • The Lanterman–Petris–Short (LPS) Act ( Chapter 1667 of the 1967 California Statutes, codified as Cal. Welf & Inst. Code, sec. 5000 et seq.) regulates involuntary civil commitment to a mental health institution in the state of California. The act set the precedent for modern mental health commitment procedures in the United States.

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   How did the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act affect California?

   • When deinstitutionalization began 50 years ago, California mistakenly relied on community treatment facilities, which were never built. And the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act made it virtually impossible to compel treatment prior to extreme decompensation. The consequence became clear quickly.

   Hard truths about deinstitutionalization, then and now

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   When did the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act start?

   • Gov. Reagan signed the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act in 1967, all but ending the practice of institutionalizing patients against their will. When deinstitutionalization began 50 years ago, California mistakenly relied on community treatment facilities, which were never built.

   Hard truths about deinstitutionalization, then and now

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   Should the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act be overhauled?

   • For more than five decades, the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act has been the foundation for how California treats or fails to treat people with severe mental illness. Now, legislators from both parties seek to overhaul it in ways that reflect advances in medicine, and a better understanding of its failings.

   The complicated birth of the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act

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4. capitolweekly.net › the-complicated-birth-of-theThe complicated birth of the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act ...

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   Democratic and Republican legislators unanimously supported the compromise, and the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act was born. Ronald Reagan, not yet nine months into his first term as governor, had expressed support for the concept of the legislation.

5. journals.sagepub.com › doi › 10From the “Magna Carta” to “Dying in the Streets”: Media ...

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   Jan 22, 2022 · Abstract. This article analyzes 575 newspaper articles across 53 years of reporting on California’s landmark 1967 Lanterman-Petris-Short (LPS) Act to examine framings of the challenges people with severe mental illness pose to the social order and shifting responses to them.

6. www.calbhbc.org › uploads › 5/8/5LANTERMAN PETRIS SHORT (LPS) Act - California Association of ...

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   LANTERMAN PETRIS SHORT (LPS) Act — Reforming the LPS to improve CA’s Mental Health. With thousands dying1 and decompensating in California’s streets and institutions, the relentless cycle between homelessness, hospitalization and the criminal justice system for unserved and un-derserved individuals with severe mental illness must stop.

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7. repository.uclawsf.edu › cgi › viewcontentCivil Commitment in California: A Defense Perspective on the ...

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   The implementation of California's Lanterman-Petris-Short Act' represented a major attempt by the state legislature to strike a balance between various libertarian, therapeutic, and public welfare concerns generated by involuntary hospitalization of the mentally ill. The act

8. www.disabilityrightsca.org › system › filesThe History of the Lanterman-Petris- Short (LPS) Act

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   Bill AB 1220 - Senator Petris and Assemblyman Lanterman AKA - The Mental Health Act of 1967. It passed the Assembly: 77 yes votes, 1 no and 2 abstentions. It went to the state Senate’s Governmental Efficiency and Economy Committee. Slide 21 Senator Short and SB 677 Lanterman and Petris did not give up on their bill.