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- Signed into law in 1967, the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act (LPS) introduced strict 72-hour limits to emergency psychiatric holds, specific criteria for detention, additional time limits for extended commitment, and greater judicial oversight of the process.
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Mar 10, 2019 · And the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act made it virtually impossible to compel treatment prior to extreme decompensation. The consequence became clear quickly. The number of mentally ill people entering the criminal justice system doubled the first year after the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act was enacted.
The Act in effect ended all hospital commitments by the judiciary system, except in the case of criminal sentencing, e.g., convicted sexual offenders, and those who were "gravely disabled", defined as unable to obtain food, clothing, or housing.
Dec 8, 2016 · 1967 Reagan signs the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act and ends the practice of institutionalizing patients against their will, or for indefinite amounts of time. This law is regarded by some as a “patient’s bill of rights”.
California was the first state to aggressively undertake deinstitutionalization, implementing the Lanterman-Petris-Short (LPS) Act in 1969, which made it much more difficult to...
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.
Aug 4, 2020 · Signed into law in 1967, the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act (LPS) introduced strict 72-hour limits to emergency psychiatric holds, specific criteria for detention, additional time limits for extended commitment, and greater judicial oversight of the process.
Named after its authors, State Assemblyman Frank Lanterman and California State Senators Nicholas C. Petris and Alan Short, the LPS Act sought to, “end the inappropriate, indefinite, and involuntary commitment of persons with mental health disorders.”
