California Welfare and Institutions Code

§ 5978

WIC § 5978 Effective Jan 1, 2026Div. 5 · Part 8 · Ch. 2

Statute text

(a)A court may refer an individual from assisted outpatient treatment, from conservatorship proceedings pursuant to Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 5350) of Part 1 of Division 5 (LPS conservatorship), from misdemeanor proceedings pursuant to Section 1370.01 of the Penal Code, or from felony proceedings pursuant to Section 1370 of the Penal Code to the CARE Act court.

(b)The CARE Act court may consider a referral made pursuant to this section to be a petition satisfying the requirements of paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 5977 if both of the following conditions are met:

(1)The referral contains all of the information required to be included in a CARE process petition pursuant to Section 5975.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 528, Sec. 8. (SB 27) Effective January 1, 2026. Section conditionally operative as provided in Section 5970.5.