California Welfare and Institutions Code

§ 5600.4

WIC § 5600.4 Effective Jan 1, 2023Div. 5 · Part 2 · Ch. 1

Statute text

Community mental health services should be organized to provide an array of treatment options in the following areas, to the extent resources are available:

(a)Precrisis and Crisis Services. Immediate response to individuals in precrisis and crisis and to members of the individual’s support system, on a 24-hour, seven-day-a-week basis. Crisis services may be provided offsite through mobile services. The focus of precrisis services is to offer ideas and strategies to improve the person’s situation, and help access what is needed to avoid crisis. The focus of crisis services is stabilization and crisis resolution, assessment of precipitating and attending factors, and recommendations for meeting identified needs.

(b)Comprehensive Evaluation and Assessment. Includes, but is not limited to, evaluation and assessment of physical and mental health, income support, housing, vocational training and employment, and social support services needs. Evaluation and assessment may be provided offsite through mobile services.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 589, Sec. 14. (AB 2317) Effective January 1, 2023.