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Cal. Welf. & Inst. Code § 5002

General Provisions

Known as the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act

The act spans §§ 5000–5550 (263 sections).

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case In Re Lee (1978)

Most recently applied in In Re Lee (March 1978)

Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 144, Sec. 84

(a) Persons with mental health disorders and persons impaired by chronic alcoholism may no longer be judicially committed.

(b) Persons with mental health disorders shall receive services pursuant to this part. Persons impaired by chronic alcoholism may receive services pursuant to this part if they elect to do so pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 5225) of Chapter 2.

(c) Persons with epilepsy may no longer be judicially committed.

(d) This part shall not be construed to repeal or modify laws relating to the commitment of mentally disordered sex offenders, persons with an intellectual disability, and mentally disordered criminal offenders, except as specifically provided in Section 4011.6 of the Penal Code, or as specifically provided in other statutes.

Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.