Henry Stern
- Democratic
- Senator
- District 27
Author
Existing law, the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act, authorizes the involuntary commitment and treatment of persons with specified mental health disorders for the protection of the persons so committed. Under the act, if a person, as a result of a mental health disorder, is a danger to others, or to themselves, or is gravely disabled, the person may, upon probable cause, be taken into custody and placed in a facility designated by the county and approved by the State Department of Social Services as a facility for 72-hour treatment and evaluation. Existing law provides for judicial review of the involuntary commitment and requires reasonable attempts to be made by the mental health facility to notify family members or any other person designated by the patient of the time and place of judicial review. This bill would authorize a family member, friend, or acquaintance with personal knowledge of the person receiving treatment to make a request to testify in the judicial review proceedings, in writing, to the counsel of a party to the judicial review. The bill would require the receiving counsel, or their designee, to determine whether the requester's testimony will assist the proceeding and, within a reasonable time, respond to the requester, in writing, with an approval or denial.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1064.) Ordered to the Assembly.
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.
From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 1019.) (May 4).
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
Set for hearing May 4.
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 876.) (April 21).
Set for hearing April 21.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
Joint Rule 55 suspended. (Ayes 32. Noes 4. Page 272.)
(Ayes 32. Noes 4.)
Art. IV. Sec. 8(a) of the Constitution dispensed with.
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 12.
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| SB340 | HTML |
| 02/09/21 - Introduced | |
| 03/08/21 - Amended Senate | |
| 04/26/21 - Amended Senate |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 04/19/21- Senate Health | |
| 04/30/21- Senate Judiciary | |
| 05/05/21- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 06/17/22- Assembly Health |
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