The Legislature places a high priority on ensuring that regional center clients and their families can avail themselves of mental health services which are appropriate to meet their needs. The purpose of this article is to determine methods of identifying these clients as well as the type and extent of services which should be available.
Cal. Welf. & Inst. Code § 4696
Regional Center Clients Requiring Mental Health Services
Known as the Lanterman Developmental Disabilities Services Act
The act spans §§ 4500–4885 (423 sections).
Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 36, Sec. 1
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