Existing law, the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act, provides for the involuntary commitment and treatment of persons with specified mental disorders for the protection of the persons so committed. Under the act, when a person, as a result of mental health disorder, is a danger to others, or to himself or herself, or gravely disabled, he or she may, upon probable cause, be taken into custody by a peace officer, member of the attending staff of an evaluation facility, designated members of a mobile crisis team, or other designated professional person, and placed in a facility designated by the county and approved by the State Department of Social Services as a facility for 72-hour treatment and evaluation. Existing law requires, when determining if probable cause exists to take a person into custody, or cause a person to be taken into custody pursuant to the provisions described above, any person who is authorized to take or cause that person to be taken into custody to consider available relevant information about the historical course of the person's mental disorder, as specified, if the authorized person determines that information has a reasonable bearing on the determination described above.
California AB 1194 (20152016) — Mental health: involuntary commitment.
Existing law, the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act, provides for the involuntary commitment and treatment of persons with specified mental disorders for the protection of the persons so committed. Under the act, when a person, as a result of mental health disorder, is a danger to others, or to himself or herself, or gravely disabled, he or she may, upon probable cause, be taken into custody by a peace officer, member of the attending staff of an evaluation facility, designated members of a mobile crisis team, or other designated professional person, and placed in a facility designated by the county and approved by the State Department of Social Services as a facility for 72-hour treatment and evaluation. Existing law requires, when determining if probable cause exists to take a person into custody, or cause a person to be taken into custody pursuant to the provisions described above, any person who is authorized to take or cause that person to be taken into custody to consider available relevant information about the historical course of the person's mental disorder, as specified, if the authorized person determines that information has a reasonable bearing on the determination described above.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
AB 1194 EGGMAN Assembly Third Reading — 79–0 (pass) · lower
AB 1194 EGGMAN Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 80–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Eggman — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2015-02-27 Introduced. To print. introduction
2015-03-01 From printer. May be heard in committee March 31.
2015-03-02 Read first time. reading-1
2015-03-23 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2015-04-15 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2015-05-06 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
2015-05-07 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
2015-05-13 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 13). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2015-05-14 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2015-05-22 From Consent Calendar.
2015-05-22 Ordered to third reading.
2015-06-01 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1686.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2015-06-01 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2015-06-11 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2015-06-25 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2015-07-02 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 1). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2015-07-06 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
2015-08-17 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
2015-08-18 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2015-09-02 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
2015-09-03 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2015-09-08 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2579.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2015-09-08 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 10 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
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