California Welfare and Institutions Code

§ 4119

WIC § 4119 Effective Jan 1, 2015Div. 4 · Part 2 · Ch. 1

Statute text

(a)The State Department of State Hospitals shall investigate and examine all nonresident persons residing in a state hospital and shall cause these persons, when found to be nonresidents as defined in this chapter, to be promptly and humanely returned under proper supervision to the states in which they have legal residence. The department may defer that action by reason of a patient’s medical condition.

(b)Prior to returning the judicially committed nonresident to his or her proper state of residency, the department shall do either of the following:

(1)Obtain the written consent of the prosecuting attorney of the committing county, the judicially committed nonresident person, and the attorney of record for the judicially committed nonresident person.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 144, Sec. 66. (AB 1847) Effective January 1, 2015.