California Welfare and Institutions Code

§ 5695

WIC § 5695 Effective Jan 1, 2025Div. 5 · Part 2 · Ch. 2.5 · Art. 6

Statute text

The Legislature finds and declares the following:

(a)The Legislature has declared its intent to provide, at the local level, a range of appropriate mental health services for minors with serious emotional disturbance. These programs include both outpatient and nonsecure residential care and treatment.

(b)The Legislature recognizes that, while some minors will benefit from this care and treatment, there exists a population within that group who have been adjudged wards of the juvenile court pursuant to Section 602 who have serious emotional disturbance and by lack of behavior control and offense history, are not benefiting from existing programs, including the 24-hour facilities currently being operated under juvenile court law (Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 200) of Part 1 of Division 2).

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 948, Sec. 35. (AB 2119) Effective January 1, 2025.