Leland Yee
- Democratic
Author
Existing law provides that no monetary liability and no cause of action arises against a psychotherapist, as defined, for failing to warn and protect from a patient's threatened violent behavior except if the patient has communicated to the psychotherapist a serious threat of physical violence against a reasonably identifiable victim or victims. Existing law also specifies that no monetary liability and no cause of action shall arise against a psychotherapist who, under those circumstances, discharges his or her duty to warn and protect by making reasonable efforts to communicate the threat to the victim or victims and to a law enforcement agency. This bill would revise these provisions by removing any duty to warn. The bill would also express the intent of the Legislature that this bill changes only the name of the duty described above from a duty to warn and protect to a duty to protect.
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 149, Statutes of 2012.
Approved by the Governor.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 5562.) Ordered to the Senate.
Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.
From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 26).
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 3496.) Ordered to the Assembly.
Ordered to special consent calendar.
Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 3389.) (May 1).
Set for hearing May 1.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
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| SB1134 | HTML |
| 02/21/12 - Introduced | |
| 03/28/12 - Amended Senate | |
| 05/08/12 - Amended Senate | |
| 07/03/12 - Enrolled | |
| 07/17/12 - Chaptered |
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