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CA Welf & Inst Code § 4134 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 4 - MENTAL HEALTH|PART 2 - ADMINISTRATION OF STATE INSTITUTIONS FOR THE MENTALLY DISORDERED|CHAPTER 1 - Jurisdiction and General Government|Section 4134.

4134.  The state mental hospitals under the jurisdiction of the State Department of State Hospitals shall comply with the California Food Sanitation Act, Article 1 (commencing with Section 111950) of Chapter 4 of Part 6 of Division 104 of the Health and Safety Code.The state mental hospitals under the jurisdiction of the State Department of State Hospitals shall also comply with the California Retail Food Code (Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 113700) of Part 7 of Division 104 of the Health and Safety Code).Sanitation, health and hygiene standards that have been adopted by a city, county, or city and county that are more strict than those of the California Retail Food Code or the California Food Sanitation Act shall not be applicable to state mental hospitals that are under the jurisdiction of the State Department of State Hospitals.(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 24, Sec. 100. (AB 1470) Effective June 27, 2012.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 4135 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 4 - MENTAL HEALTH|PART 2 - ADMINISTRATION OF STATE INSTITUTIONS FOR THE MENTALLY DISORDERED|CHAPTER 1 - Jurisdiction and General Government|Section 4135.

4135.  Any person committed to the State Department of State Hospitals as a mentally abnormal sex offender shall remain a patient committed to the department for the period specified in the court order of commitment or until discharged by the medical director of the state hospital in which the person is a patient, whichever occurs first. The medical director may grant the patient a leave of absence upon the terms and conditions as the medical director deems proper. The petition for commitment of a person as a mentally abnormal sex offender, the reports, the court orders, and other court documents filed in the court in connection therewith shall not be open to inspection by any other than the parties to the proceeding, the attorneys for the party or parties, and the State Department of State Hospitals, except upon the written authority of a judge of the superior court of the county in which the proceedings were had.Records of the supervision, care, and treatment given to each person committed to the State Department of State Hospitals as a mentally abnormal sex offender shall not be open to the inspection of any person not in the employ of the department or of the state hospital, except that a judge of the superior court may by order permit examination of those records.The charges for the care and treatment rendered to persons committed as mentally abnormal sex offenders shall be in accordance with the provisions of Article 4 (commencing with Section 7275) of Chapter 3 of Division 7.(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 24, Sec. 101. (AB 1470) Effective June 27, 2012.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 4136 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 4 - MENTAL HEALTH|PART 2 - ADMINISTRATION OF STATE INSTITUTIONS FOR THE MENTALLY DISORDERED|CHAPTER 1 - Jurisdiction and General Government|Section 4136.

4136.  (a) Each patient in a state hospital who has resided in the state hospital for a period of at least 30 days shall be paid an amount of aid for his or her personal and incidental needs that, when added to his or her income, equals twelve dollars and fifty cents ($12.50) per month. If a patient elects to do so, a patient may save all or any portion of his or her monthly amount of aid provided for personal and incidental needs for expenditure in subsequent months.(b) Each indigent patient in a state hospital shall be allotted sufficient materials for one letter each week, including postage in an amount not to exceed the cost of one stamp for first-class mail for a one-ounce letter, at no cost to the patient.(c) Each newly admitted patient, for the first 30 days after his or her initial admission, shall be allotted sufficient materials for two letters each week, including postage for first-class mail for up to two one-ounce letters per week. The hospital administrator shall ensure that additional writing materials and postage are available for purchase by patients at the store or canteen on hospital grounds.(d) For purposes of this section, “indigent patient” means a patient whose income is no more than twelve dollars and fifty cents ($12.50) per month.(Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 144, Sec. 70. (AB 1847) Effective January 1, 2015.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 4137 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 4 - MENTAL HEALTH|PART 2 - ADMINISTRATION OF STATE INSTITUTIONS FOR THE MENTALLY DISORDERED|CHAPTER 1 - Jurisdiction and General Government|Section 4137.

4137.  Whenever a patient dies in a state mental hospital and the coroner finds that the death was by accident or at the hands of another person other than by accident, the State Department of State Hospitals shall determine upon review of the coroner’s investigation if the death resulted from the negligence, recklessness, or intentional act of a state employee. If it is determined that the death directly resulted from the negligence, recklessness, or intentional act of a state employee, the department shall immediately notify the State Personnel Board and any appropriate licensing agency and shall terminate the employment of the employee as provided by law. In addition, if the state employee is a licensed mental health professional, the appropriate licensing board shall inquire into the circumstances of the death, examine the findings of the coroner’s investigation, and make a determination of whether the mental health professional should have his or her license revoked or suspended or be subject to other disciplinary action. “Licensed mental health professional,” as used in this section, means a person licensed by any board, bureau, department, or agency pursuant to a state law and employed in a state mental hospital.(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 24, Sec. 102. (AB 1470) Effective June 27, 2012.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 4138 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 4 - MENTAL HEALTH|PART 2 - ADMINISTRATION OF STATE INSTITUTIONS FOR THE MENTALLY DISORDERED|CHAPTER 1 - Jurisdiction and General Government|Section 4138.

4138.  (a) Upon receiving a request from the director of a state hospital listed in Section 4100, the Director of State Hospitals may prohibit the possession or use of tobacco products on the grounds of the requesting facility. The Director of State Hospitals shall provide an implementation plan that shall include a phase-in period for any of the state hospitals listed in Section 4100 that prohibits the possession or use of tobacco products by patients or any other persons on hospital grounds, except on the premises of residential staff housing where patients are not present.(b) This prohibition shall include an exemption for departmentally approved religious ceremonies.(c) As part of the implementation plan, the department shall provide any requesting patient with a smoking cessation plan that may include, at minimum, an individual medical treatment plan, counseling, prescription drugs, or nicotine replacement, as determined to be medically necessary and appropriate.(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to restrict the outside activity time currently available to hospital patients.(e) If an implementation plan is adopted pursuant to subdivision (a), the store or canteen at any facility subject to the prohibition shall not sell tobacco products.(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 24, Sec. 103. (AB 1470) Effective June 27, 2012.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 4139 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 4 - MENTAL HEALTH|PART 2 - ADMINISTRATION OF STATE INSTITUTIONS FOR THE MENTALLY DISORDERED|CHAPTER 1 - Jurisdiction and General Government|Section 4139.

4139.  (a) Except as otherwise authorized by law, or when authorized by the director of the state hospital, and except as provided in subdivision (b), a person who possesses with the intent to deliver, or delivers, to a patient in a state hospital listed in Section 4100 any item listed in paragraphs (1) to (3), inclusive, that has been prohibited for possession by a patient either by statute or by regulation is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each item.(1) A cellular telephone or other wireless communication device, or any component thereof, including, but not limited to, a subscriber identity card (SIM card) or memory storage device.(2) Tobacco products, if the state hospital has a ban on tobacco products.(3) Money, in excess of the limitations and restrictions adopted by the state hospital.(b) If a person visiting a patient in a state hospital listed in Section 4100, upon being searched or subjected to a metal detector, is found to be in possession of an item prohibited for patient possession pursuant to subdivision (a), the item shall be subject to confiscation but shall be returned on the same day the person visits the patient, unless the item is held as evidence in a case where the person is cited for a violation of subdivision (a). If, upon investigation, it is determined that no prosecution will take place, the item shall be returned to the owner at the owner’s expense. Notice of this provision shall be posted in all areas where visitors are searched prior to visitation with a patient and outside the facility in a location easily visible to visitors so that they can leave prohibited items in their cars before entering the visitor area.(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 201, Sec. 1. (SB 796) Effective January 1, 2012.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 4141 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 4 - MENTAL HEALTH|PART 2 - ADMINISTRATION OF STATE INSTITUTIONS FOR THE MENTALLY DISORDERED|CHAPTER 1 - Jurisdiction and General Government|Section 4141.

4141.  (a) (1) Each state hospital shall update its injury and illness prevention plan at least once a year to include necessary safeguards to prevent workplace safety hazards in connection with workplace violence associated with patient assaults on employees.(2) Updated injury and illness prevention plans shall address, but shall not be limited to, all of the following:(A) Control of physical access throughout the hospital and grounds.(B) Alarm systems.(C) Presence of security personnel.(D) Training.(E) Buddy systems.(F) Communication.(G) Emergency responses.(3) (A) The department shall submit the updated injury and illness prevention plans to the Legislature every two years.(B) (i) The requirement for submitting the updated injury and illness prevention plans imposed pursuant to subparagraph (A) is inoperative four years after the date the first report is due, pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code.(ii) Updated injury and illness prevention plans submitted pursuant to subparagraph (A) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.(b) Each state hospital shall establish an injury and illness prevention committee comprised of hospital management and employees designated by the hospital’s director in consultation with the employee bargaining units. The committee shall be responsible for providing recommendations to the hospital director for updates to the injury and illness prevention plan. The committee shall meet at least four times per year.(c) Each state hospital shall develop an incident reporting procedure that can be used, at a minimum, to develop reports of patient assaults on employees and assist the hospital in identifying risks of patient assaults on employees. Data obtained from the incident reporting procedures shall be accessible to staff. The incident reporting procedure shall be designed to provide hospital management with immediate notification of reported incidents. The hospital shall provide for timely and efficient responses and investigations to incident reports made under the incident reporting procedure. Incident reports shall also be forwarded to the injury and illness prevention committee established pursuant to subdivision (b).(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 76, Sec. 203. (AB 383) Effective January 1, 2014.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 4142 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 4 - MENTAL HEALTH|PART 2 - ADMINISTRATION OF STATE INSTITUTIONS FOR THE MENTALLY DISORDERED|CHAPTER 1 - Jurisdiction and General Government|Section 4142.

4142.  (a) Notwithstanding any other law, whenever a patient is committed to the State Department of State Hospitals, a director of a state hospital or a clinician, as defined in subdivision (f), shall obtain the state summary criminal history information for the patient. The information shall be used to assess the violence risk of a patient, to assess the appropriate placement of a patient, to treat a patient, to prepare periodic reports as required by statute, or to determine the patient’s progress or fitness for release. The state summary criminal history information shall be placed in the patient’s confidential file for the duration of his or her commitment.(b) The information may be obtained through use of the California Law Enforcement Telecommunications System (CLETS). Law enforcement personnel shall cooperate with requests for state summary criminal history information authorized pursuant to this section and shall provide the information to the requesting entity in a timely manner.(c) A law enforcement officer or person authorized by this section to receive the information who obtains the information in the record and knowingly provides the information to a person not authorized by law to receive the information is guilty of a misdemeanor as specified in Section 11142 of the Penal Code.(d) Information obtained pursuant to this section shall not be used for any purposes other than those described in subdivision (a).(e) For purposes of this section, the State Department of State Hospitals law enforcement personnel, pursuant to Section 830.38 of the Penal Code, may act as the law enforcement personnel described in subdivision (b).(f) For purposes of this section, “clinician” means a state licensed mental health professional working within the State Department of State Hospitals who has received, and is current in, CLETS training that is appropriate for a person who has ongoing access to information from the CLETS and is not a CLETS operator, following the policies on training, compliance, and inspection required by the Department of Justice.(g) State summary criminal history information secured pursuant to this section shall remain confidential and access shall be limited to the director of the state hospital and the clinician. Within 30 days of discharge from the state hospital, the state summary criminal history information shall be removed from the patient’s file and destroyed.(Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 303, Sec. 572. (AB 731) Effective January 1, 2016.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 4143 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 4 - MENTAL HEALTH|PART 2 - ADMINISTRATION OF STATE INSTITUTIONS FOR THE MENTALLY DISORDERED|CHAPTER 1 - Jurisdiction and General Government|Section 4143.

4143.  (a) Commencing July 1, 2015, and subject to available funding, the State Department of State Hospitals may establish and maintain pilot enhanced treatment programs (ETPs), as defined in Section 1265.9 of the Health and Safety Code, and evaluate the effectiveness of intensive, evidence-based clinical therapy and treatment of patients described in Section 4144.(b) At least 60 days prior to activating an ETP, the State Department of State Hospitals shall submit written draft policies and procedures that will guide the operation of the ETP, including, but not limited to, admittance criteria, staffing levels, services to be provided to patients, a transition planning process, and training requirements, to the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature and to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee.(Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 26, Sec. 48. (SB 85) Effective June 24, 2015.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 4145 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 4 - MENTAL HEALTH|PART 2 - ADMINISTRATION OF STATE INSTITUTIONS FOR THE MENTALLY DISORDERED|CHAPTER 1 - Jurisdiction and General Government|Section 4145.

4145.  (a) The State Department of State Hospitals shall monitor the pilot enhanced treatment programs (ETP), evaluate outcomes, and report on its findings and recommendations. This report shall be provided to the fiscal and policy committees of the Legislature annually, beginning on January 10 of the first year after which the first ETP is opened and services have commenced, and shall be in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code. The evaluation shall include, but is not limited to, all of the following:(1) Comparative summary information regarding the characteristics of the patients served.(2) Compliance with staffing requirements.(3) Staff classification to patient ratio.(4) Average monthly occupancy.(5) Average length of stay.(6) The number of residents whose length of stay exceeds 90 days.(7) The number of patients with multiple stays.(8) The number of patients whose discharge was delayed due to lack of available beds in a standard treatment environment.(9) Restraint and seclusion use, including the number of incidents and duration, consistent with paragraph (3) of subdivision (d) of Section 1180.2 of the Health and Safety Code.(10) Serious injuries to staff and residents.(11) Serious injuries to staff and residents related to the use of seclusion and restraints as defined under Section 1180 of the Health and Safety Code.(12) Staff turnover.(13) The number of patients’ rights complaints, including the subject of the complaint and its resolution.(14) Type and number of training provided for ETP staff.(15) Staffing levels for ETPs.(b) The State Department of State Hospitals’ reporting requirements under Section 4023 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, shall apply to the ETPs.(Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 718, Sec. 6. (AB 1340) Effective January 1, 2015.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 4200 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 4 - MENTAL HEALTH|PART 2 - ADMINISTRATION OF STATE INSTITUTIONS FOR THE MENTALLY DISORDERED|CHAPTER 2 - Boards of Trustees and Other Advisory Boards|Section 4200.

4200.  (a) Each state hospital under the jurisdiction of the State Department of State Hospitals shall have a hospital advisory board of eight members appointed by the Governor from a list of nominations submitted to him or her by the boards of supervisors of counties within each hospital’s designated service area. If a state hospital provides services for both persons with mental health disorders and persons with developmental disabilities, there shall be a separate advisory board for the program provided to persons with mental health disorders and a separate board for the program provided to persons with developmental disabilities. To the extent feasible, an advisory board serving a hospital for persons with mental health disorders shall consist of one member who has been a patient in a state hospital and two members shall be the parents, spouse, siblings, or adult children of persons who are or have been patients in a state hospital, three representatives of different professional disciplines selected from primary user counties for patients under Part 1 (commencing with Section 5000) of Division 5, and two representatives of the general public who have demonstrated an interest in services to people with mental health disorders.(b) Of the members first appointed after the operative date of the amendments made to this section during the 1975–76 legislative session, one shall be appointed for a term of two years, and one for three years. Thereafter, each appointment shall be for the term of three years, except that an appointment to fill a vacancy shall be for the unexpired term only. No person shall be appointed to serve more than a maximum of two terms as a member of the board.(c) Notwithstanding any provision of this section, members serving on the hospital advisory board on the operative date of the amendments made to this section during the 1987–88 legislative session, may continue to serve on the board until the expiration of their term. The Legislature intends that changes in the composition of the board required by these amendments apply to future vacancies on the board.(Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 144, Sec. 71. (AB 1847) Effective January 1, 2015.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 4201 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 4 - MENTAL HEALTH|PART 2 - ADMINISTRATION OF STATE INSTITUTIONS FOR THE MENTALLY DISORDERED|CHAPTER 2 - Boards of Trustees and Other Advisory Boards|Section 4201.

4201.  No person shall be eligible for appointment to a hospital advisory board if he is a Member of the Legislature or an elective state officer, and if he becomes such after his appointment his office shall be vacated and a new appointment made. If any appointee fails to attend three consecutive regular meetings of the board, unless he is ill or absent from the state, his office becomes vacant, and the board, by resolution, shall so declare, and shall forthwith transmit a certified copy of such resolution to the Governor.(Amended by Stats. 1969, Ch. 459.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 4202 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 4 - MENTAL HEALTH|PART 2 - ADMINISTRATION OF STATE INSTITUTIONS FOR THE MENTALLY DISORDERED|CHAPTER 2 - Boards of Trustees and Other Advisory Boards|Section 4202.

4202.  The advisory boards of the several state hospitals are advisory to the State Department of State Hospitals and the Legislature with power of visitation and advice with respect to the conduct of the hospitals and coordination with community mental health programs. The members of the boards shall serve without compensation other than necessary expenses incurred in the performance of duty. They shall organize and elect a chairman. They shall meet at least once every three months and at such other times as they are called by the chairman, by the medical director, by the head of the department or a majority of the board. No expenses shall be allowed except in connection with meetings so held.(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 24, Sec. 105. (AB 1470) Effective June 27, 2012.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 4202.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 4 - MENTAL HEALTH|PART 2 - ADMINISTRATION OF STATE INSTITUTIONS FOR THE MENTALLY DISORDERED|CHAPTER 2 - Boards of Trustees and Other Advisory Boards|Section 4202.5.

4202.5.  (a) The chairman of a hospital advisory board advising a hospital for persons with mental health disorders shall meet annually with the hospital director, the community mental health directors, and the chairmen of the mental health advisory boards representing counties within the hospital’s designated service area.(b) The chairmen shall be allowed necessary expenses incurred in attending these meetings.(c) It is the intent of the Legislature that the department assist the development of annual regional meetings required by this section.(Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 144, Sec. 72. (AB 1847) Effective January 1, 2015.)