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  1. www.simmrinlawgroup.com › faqs › how-do-youHow Do You Involuntarily Commit Someone in California?

    Is a Court Order Required to Involuntarily Commit Someone? Yes, admission into a California state hospital to be involuntarily committed requires a court order to show that the patient poses a danger to themselves or others.

  2. namisantaclara.org › wp-content › uploadsState of California Involuntary Treatment Information

    By the end of the 72 hours, one of the following things must happen: The person may be released; The person may sign in as a voluntary patient; The person may be put on a 14-day “5250” involun. ary hold (a "certification for intensive treatment").Doe. the.

  3. www.sfdph.org › dph › files5150/5585 Involuntary Detention Manual - SF

    their basic human rights. Consequently, in the California cases evaluating the potential for rights deprivations, the courts have repeatedly affirmed the Legislature’s intent that the rights of involuntarily detained persons with psychiat ric disabilities be protected by the LPS Act (e.g., Keyea v. Rushen 178 Cal. App. 3d at p. 534, 228. Cal.

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  4. www.courts.ca.gov › 48654Adult Civil Mental Health - California Courts

    • Care Act
    • Laura’s Law / AOT
    • Lanterman-Petris-Short (LPS) Act

    The Community Assistance, Recovery, and Empowerment (CARE) Act authorizes specified adult persons to petition a civil court to create a voluntary CARE agreement or a court-ordered CARE plan that can include treatment, housing support, and other services for persons with untreated schizophrenia or other psychotic disorders. The CARE Act creates a ne...

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    Assisted Outpatient Treatment, known as Laura’s Law, allows for court-ordered assisted outpatient treatment for defendants with serious mental illness who are unable to survive safely in the community without supervision. Laura’s Law permits counties to utilize courts, probation, and mental health systems to address the needs of individuals who mee...

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    California’s civil mental health law is the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act, or LPS, named after the three legislators who originally drafted the legislation. Designed to, among other things, “end the inappropriate, indefinite, and involuntary commitment of persons with mental health disorders, developmental disabilities, and chronic alcoholism,” “provi...

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  5. cdn.mdedge.com › files › s3fs-publicWhat is your liability for involuntary commitment based on ...

    in the possibility of recovery.” 15 Involuntary hospitalization also can have serious practi - cal consequences. Commitment can lead to social stigma, loss of gun rights, increased risks of losing child custody, housing prob-lems, and possible disqualification from some professions.19 Having seen many involuntary patients

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  6. www.mhanational.org › issues › involuntary-mentalInvoluntary Mental Health Treatment | Mental Health America

    Involuntary mental health treatment is a serious curtailment of liberty. Involuntary mental health treatment occurs in a variety of contexts. The most common type of involuntary mental health treatment is court-ordered commitment to an inpatient mental health facility.

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  8. calhospital.org › wp-content › uploadsMental Health Law Manual - California Hospital Association

    Mental health services provided to an involuntary patient in a private, non-designated hospital emergency department are subject to the CMIA rather than LPS. Mental health services provided by a consulting psychotherapist to a medical patient (who is not on a psychiatric hold) are subject to the CMIA rather than LPS.