Mental health services: assisted outpatient treatment.
The Assisted Outpatient Treatment Demonstration Project Act of 2002, known as Laura's Law, as of July 1, 2021, requires a county or group of counties to provide mental health programs, as specified, unless a county or group of counties opts out by a resolution passed by the governing body stating the reasons for opting out and any facts or circumstances relied on in making that decision. Existing law authorizes participating counties to pay for the services provided from moneys distributed to the counties from various continuously appropriated funds, including the Mental Health Services Fund, when included in a county plan, as specified. Existing law authorizes a court to order a person who is the subject of a petition filed pursuant to specified requirements to obtain assisted outpatient treatment if the court finds, by clear and convincing evidence, that various conditions are met. Existing law requires a court to dismiss that petition if, after hearing all relevant evidence, it finds that the person who is the subject of the petition does not meet the criteria for assisted outpatient treatment. Existing law also requires the director to file an affidavit with the court that ordered the outpatient treatment affirming that the person who is the subject of the order continues to meet the criteria for assisted outpatient treatment, at specified intervals.
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California Legislature
20212022
SB 1035
California SB 1035 (20212022)
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Mental health services: assisted outpatient treatment.
California SB 1035 (20212022) — Mental health services: assisted outpatient treatment.
The Assisted Outpatient Treatment Demonstration Project Act of 2002, known as Laura's Law, as of July 1, 2021, requires a county or group of counties to provide mental health programs, as specified, unless a county or group of counties opts out by a resolution passed by the governing body stating the reasons for opting out and any facts or circumstances relied on in making that decision. Existing law authorizes participating counties to pay for the services provided from moneys distributed to the counties from various continuously appropriated funds, including the Mental Health Services Fund, when included in a county plan, as specified. Existing law authorizes a court to order a person who is the subject of a petition filed pursuant to specified requirements to obtain assisted outpatient treatment if the court finds, by clear and convincing evidence, that various conditions are met. Existing law requires a court to dismiss that petition if, after hearing all relevant evidence, it finds that the person who is the subject of the petition does not meet the criteria for assisted outpatient treatment. Existing law also requires the director to file an affidavit with the court that ordered the outpatient treatment affirming that the person who is the subject of the order continues to meet the criteria for assisted outpatient treatment, at specified intervals.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
SB 1035 Eggman Senate Third Reading By Bloom — 77–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 14–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass — 10–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 10–0 (pass) · upper
3rd Reading — 37–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. — 11–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Eggman — primary (person)
Bloom — coauthor (person)
Rubio — coauthor (person)
Stern — coauthor (person)
Waldron — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2022-02-15 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2022-02-15 Article IV Section 8(a) of the Constitution and Joint Rule 55 dispensed with February 7, 2022, suspending the 30 calendar day requirement.
2022-02-16 From printer.
2022-02-23 Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and JUD. referral-committee
2022-03-24 Set for hearing April 6.
2022-04-07 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 10. Noes 0. Page 3349.) (April 6). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-04-14 Set for hearing May 3 in JUD. pending receipt.
2022-04-18 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2022-04-27 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2022-05-04 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 0. Page 3595.) (May 3). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-05-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2022-05-23 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 3826.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-05-24 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2022-05-27 Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and JUD. referral-committee
2022-06-15 Coauthors revised.
2022-06-15 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 14). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2022-06-28 Coauthors revised.
2022-06-28 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 28). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-06-29 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2022-08-22 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 5995.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-08-23 In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
2022-08-30 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2022-09-29 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2022-09-29 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 828, Statutes of 2022. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bb628bed-f9ca-49cc-bed6-75c1277dba4d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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