In order to further facilitate achieving the purposes of this act and the Lanterman Mental Retardation Act of 1969, it is desirable that there be a consolidation of the facilities standard setting, licensure and ratesetting functions of the various state departments under the jurisdiction of the Health and Welfare Agency.
Cal. Welf. & Inst. Code § 5117
General Provisions
Known as the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act
The act spans §§ 5000 to 5550 (263 sections).
Amended by Stats. 1979, Ch. 373.
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