California Welfare and Institutions Code

§ 5600.3

WIC § 5600.3 Effective Jan 1, 2025Div. 5 · Part 2 · Ch. 1

Statute text

To the extent resources are available, the primary goal of the use of funds deposited in the mental health account of the local health and welfare trust fund should be to serve the target populations identified in the following categories, which shall not be construed as establishing an order of priority:

(a)(1) A child or adolescent with serious emotional disturbance.

(2)For the purposes of this part, a “child or adolescent with serious emotional disturbance” means a minor under 18 years of age who has a mental disorder, as identified in the most recent edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, other than a primary substance use disorder or developmental disorder that results in behavior inappropriate to the child’s age according to expected developmental norms. Members of this target population shall meet one or more of the following criteria:

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 948, Sec. 21.5. (AB 2119) Effective January 1, 2025.