California Welfare and Institutions Code

§ 5500

WIC § 5500 Effective Jan 1, 2015Div. 5 · Part 1 · Ch. 6.2 · Art. 1

Statute text

As used in this chapter:

(a)“Advocacy” means those activities undertaken on behalf of persons who are receiving or have received mental health services to protect their rights or to secure or upgrade treatment or other services to which they are entitled.

(b)“Mental health client” or “client” means a person who is receiving or has received services from a mental health facility, service, or program and who has personally or through a guardian ad litem, entered into an agreement with a county patients’ rights advocate for the provision of advocacy services.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 144, Sec. 97. (AB 1847) Effective January 1, 2015.