Susan Eggman
- Democratic
- Senator
- District 5
Author
Existing law authorizes a peace officer or a professional designated by the county to take a person into custody for a period of up to 72 hours for assessment, evaluation, and crisis intervention, or placement for evaluation and treatment, when the person is a danger to self or others, or is gravely disabled, as a result of a mental health disorder. Existing law authorizes a court to order the evaluation of a person who is alleged to be a danger to self or others as a result of a mental disorder, or the evaluation of a criminal defendant who appears to be a danger to self or others, or to be gravely disabled, as a result of chronic alcoholism or the use of narcotics or restricted dangerous drugs. Existing law authorizes a person who is detained or under court order pursuant to those provisions to be certified, under certain conditions, for not more than 14 days of intensive treatment related to the mental health disorder or impairment by chronic alcoholism. Existing law requires that a certification review hearing be held, as specified, and governs the procedure for presenting evidence at the hearing. Existing law requires the hearing to be conducted by either a court-appointed commissioner or a referee, or a certification review hearing officer. Existing law authorizes the person to be detained for involuntary care, protection, and treatment related to the mental disorder or impairment by chronic alcoholism if, at the conclusion of the certification review hearing, the person conducting the hearing finds that there is probable cause that the person certified is a danger to self or others or is gravely disabled as a result of a mental disorder or impairment by chronic alcoholism, as specified. This bill would authorize the evidence considered in the certification review hearing to include information on the person's medical condition, as defined, and how that condition bears on certifying the person as a danger to themselves or to others or as gravely disabled. Existing law requires a person's involuntary detention for intensive treatment to be terminated and the person released if the person certified is no longer a danger to self or others as a result of mental disorder or impairment by chronic alcoholism. If the person needs continuing medical treatment after the termination of the involuntary detention, this bill would require that person to be informed that continuing medical treatment is recommended.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 1056.) Ordered to the Assembly.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.
Set for hearing May 3.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0. Page 876.) (April 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Set for hearing April 21.
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 687.) (April 6).
Set for hearing April 6.
Art. IV. Sec. 8(a) of the Constitution dispensed with.
Joint Rule 55 suspended. (Ayes 32. Noes 4. Page 272.)
(Ayes 32. Noes 4.)
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 20.
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| SB516 | HTML |
| 02/17/21 - Introduced | |
| 04/08/21 - Amended Senate | |
| 06/10/21 - Amended Assembly |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 04/02/21- Senate Judiciary | |
| 04/19/21- Senate Health | |
| 05/05/21- Sen. Floor Analyses |
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