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California’s Mental Health Transformation Overwhelmingly Passes …

(5 days ago) WEBState of California. WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW: Tonight, the California Legislature approved a cornerstone piece of Governor Newsom’s broader, multi-year behavioral health and homelessness agenda.With the passage of these two bills, …

https://www.gov.ca.gov/2023/09/14/mhsa-reform-passes-legislature/

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California poised to amend landmark mental health law - Los …

(Just Now) WEBSept. 15, 2023 Updated 3:29 PM PT. California lawmakers gave final approval late Thursday to a significant overhaul of the state’s landmark 1967 behavioral health law, part of an ongoing effort

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-09-15/california-poised-to-enact-key-changes-to-landmark-mental-health-law

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New California Mental Health and Addiction Treatment Laws

(7 days ago) WEBHowever, this new law is part of an ongoing effort to modernize California mental health services and in March 2023, Governor Newsom proposed a 2024 ballot initiative that is intended to, among other things, create thousands of new beds for mental health treatment. SB 1338: Creates the Community Assistance, Recovery, and …

https://www.mintz.com/insights-center/viewpoints/2146/2023-05-04-new-california-mental-health-and-addiction-treatment

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2022 Edition — Mental Health in California - California …

(1 days ago) WEBA number of positive changes have helped strengthen California’s mental health system. These changes include federal and state laws mandating parity in coverage of mental and physical illness, …

https://www.chcf.org/publication/2022-edition-mental-health-california/

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Mental Health Law Manual - California Hospital Association

(2 days ago) WEBWelcome to the thirteenth edition of the Mental Health Law Manual — a handbook on laws governing mental health treatment. The California Hospital Association has published this manual to help health care professionals understand the laws governing mental health treatment as well as the rights and protections of the patients they serve.

https://calhospital.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/mentalhealth2019_webpreview.pdf

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New California Law Aims to Force People With Mental Illness or

(9 days ago) WEBThe law takes effect in 2024, but counties can postpone implementation until 2026. The changes will serve as another tool to help the state reform its mental health system.

https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2023-10-10/california-gov-gavin-newsom-signs-bill-expanding-conservatorship-law

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Will new legislation help those with mental illness? - Los Angeles …

(4 days ago) WEBApril 9, 2023 5 AM PT. When lawmakers, mayors, psychiatrists and mental health advocates gathered last month to unveil a bill that would “enact major changes to California’s behavioral health

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-04-09/sb-43-gravely-disabled-mental-illness-bill

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California law aims to force people with mental illness to get help

(7 days ago) WEBSACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — More Californians with untreated mental illness and addiction issues could be detained against their will and forced into treatment under a new law signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom, a move to help overhaul the state’s mental health system and address its growing homelessness crisis. The new law, …

https://apnews.com/article/california-newsom-mental-health-conservatorship-baef68d08e1f8fd57869f40db2f2adce

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California mental health crisis: Newsom unveils ‘new strategy’

(1 days ago) WEBGov. Gavin Newsom today unveiled a much anticipated proposal to address a mental health crisis increasingly visible on trash-strewn sidewalks and in cramped jail cells around California. The proposal, known as the Community Assistance, Recovery and Empowerment (or CARE) Court, would provide a framework for courts to compel people …

https://calmatters.org/health/2022/03/newsom-california-mental-illness-treatment/

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Mental Health 21 California Hospital Mental Health Law …

(Just Now) WEBMental Health Law Manual. can be found on the Internet. I. FEDERAL LAW A federal statute is written by a United States Senator or Representative. It is voted on by the United States Senate A state law must be obeyed in California only. As a general rule, if a California law conflicts with a federal law, the .

https://calhospital.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Mental-Health-2021_Member.pdf

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California Law Aims to Strengthen Access to Mental Health Services

(3 days ago) WEBTo find out what agency that is, call the customer service line of your health plan. If it is the Department of Managed Health Care, you can request an independent review by calling 888-466-2219 or logging on to HealthHelp.ca.gov. If your regulator is the California Department of Insurance, call 800-927-4357.

https://californiahealthline.org/news/article/california-law-aims-to-strengthen-access-to-mental-health-services/

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MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ACT As of January 27, 2020

(2 days ago) WEBAs of January 27, 2020. This Act shall be known and may be cited as the “Mental Health Services Act.”. SECTION 2. Findings and Declarations. The people of the State of California hereby find and declare all of the following: Mental illnesses are extremely common; they affect almost every family in California.

https://mhsoac.ca.gov/sites/default/files/MHSA%20Jan2020_0.pdf

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Minor Consent for Mental Health Care — Implementing Assembly …

(4 days ago) WEBAnother California law, Health and Safety Code (HSC § 124260), allows minors to consent to their own outpatient mental health care if they are mature enough to participate intelligently in the services; but Welfare and Institutions Code § 14029.8 states these services cannot be billed to Medi-Cal. As a result, youth with private insurance

https://youthlaw.org/resources/minor-consent-mental-health-care-implementing-assembly-bill-665

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CARE Act - California Health and Human Services

(3 days ago) WEBCommunity Assistance, Recovery & Empowerment Act The CARE Act creates a new pathway to deliver mental health and substance use disorder services to the most severely impaired Californians who too often suffer in homelessness or incarceration without treatment. The CARE Act moves care and support upstream, providing the most …

https://www.chhs.ca.gov/care-act/

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Senator Wiener Announces Legislation To Remove Barriers To …

(1 days ago) WEBSACRAMENTO – Today, Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) announced Senate Bill (SB) 294, the Youth Mental Health Access Act. SB 294 removes barriers to youth accessing mental health treatments by requiring that any life threatening mental health treatment denials made by private insurance companies be automatically …

https://sd11.senate.ca.gov/news/senator-wiener-announces-legislation-remove-barriers-youth-mental-health-access

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Judge locks in deadline for California prisons to start mental health

(9 days ago) WEBSACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) — A federal judge on Monday ordered the state of California to implement a pilot program for inmates suffering from personality disorders. It's the latest move by U.S. District Court Chief Judge Kimberly Mueller in a sprawling class action over the number of mental health professionals in California prisons.

https://www.courthousenews.com/judge-locks-in-deadline-for-california-prisons-to-start-mental-health-treatment-program/

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California lawmakers to delay health care worker minimum wage

(3 days ago) WEBUpdated May 21, 2024 6:14 AM. California lawmakers may delay for a month a planned wage hike for health care workers as negotiations continue over how to implement the new minimum wage law at a

https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article288597929.html

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Pittsburg police shoot man who wouldn't leave hotel room: video

(6 days ago) WEBAs the lawsuit lays out the story, Porter flew to the Bay Area from the state of Georgia and began experiencing a mental health crisis while staying at the Hampton Inn on California Avenue.

https://www.ktvu.com/news/man-sues-pittsburg-police-after-being-shot-during-mental-health-crisis

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Rams QB Stetson Bennett Says He Stepped Away From Football …

(8 days ago) WEBLos Angeles Rams quarterback Stetson Bennett says he stepped away from football last year to address his mental health. Los Angeles Rams quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo, left, Matthew Stafford, center

https://www.usnews.com/news/sports/articles/2024-05-28/rams-qb-stetson-bennett-says-he-stepped-away-from-football-last-year-to-address-mental-health

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Health-care workforce implications of the

(3 days ago) WEBThe Dobbs v Jackson Women's Health Organization Supreme Court decision, which revoked the constitutional right to abortion in the USA, has impacted the national medical workforce. Impacts vary across states, but providers in states with restrictive abortion laws now must contend with evolving legal and ethical challenges …

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(24)00581-6/fulltext

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California Wants to Change the Law for Thousands of Migrants

(1 days ago) WEBThe law will affect roughly 45,000 students at the affected colleges and universities, which include 10 UC schools, 23 Cal State universities and 116 community colleges, according to The Orange

https://www.newsweek.com/migrants-california-colleges-undocumented-campus-1905766

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Why more police departments are training officers in crisis

(5 days ago) WEB"When [police] arrived, they had acknowledged that this was a mental health crisis," Bella Quinto Collins told ABC News of the deadly Dec. 23, 2020, episode that unfolded in Antioch, California.

https://abc30.com/why-more-police-departments-are-training-officers-in-crisis-interve/14887724/

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