CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 2914Introduced by Assembly Member Robert RivasFebruary 21, 2020 An act relating to mental health. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 2914, as introduced, Robert Rivas. Mental health.Existing law requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to conduct assessments of all inmates regarding the inmates history of substance abuse, medical and mental health, education, family background, criminal activity, service in the Armed Forces of the United States, and social functioning for use in placing the inmate in programs that will aid in gender neutral language reentry to society and that will most likely reduce the inmates chances of reoffending. Existing law also authorizes a person in custody who has been charged with, or convicted of, a criminal offense to apply for inpatient or outpatient mental health services.This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to ensure that all individuals encountering the criminal justice system and who are experiencing a mental health crisis or mental illness receive the proper care and treatment.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to ensure that all individuals encountering the criminal justice system and who are experiencing a mental health crisis or mental illness receive the proper care and treatment.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 2914Introduced by Assembly Member Robert RivasFebruary 21, 2020 An act relating to mental health. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 2914, as introduced, Robert Rivas. Mental health.Existing law requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to conduct assessments of all inmates regarding the inmates history of substance abuse, medical and mental health, education, family background, criminal activity, service in the Armed Forces of the United States, and social functioning for use in placing the inmate in programs that will aid in gender neutral language reentry to society and that will most likely reduce the inmates chances of reoffending. Existing law also authorizes a person in custody who has been charged with, or convicted of, a criminal offense to apply for inpatient or outpatient mental health services.This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to ensure that all individuals encountering the criminal justice system and who are experiencing a mental health crisis or mental illness receive the proper care and treatment.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 2914
Introduced by Assembly Member Robert RivasFebruary 21, 2020
Introduced by Assembly Member Robert Rivas
February 21, 2020
An act relating to mental health.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2914, as introduced, Robert Rivas. Mental health.
Existing law requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to conduct assessments of all inmates regarding the inmates history of substance abuse, medical and mental health, education, family background, criminal activity, service in the Armed Forces of the United States, and social functioning for use in placing the inmate in programs that will aid in gender neutral language reentry to society and that will most likely reduce the inmates chances of reoffending. Existing law also authorizes a person in custody who has been charged with, or convicted of, a criminal offense to apply for inpatient or outpatient mental health services.This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to ensure that all individuals encountering the criminal justice system and who are experiencing a mental health crisis or mental illness receive the proper care and treatment.
Existing law requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to conduct assessments of all inmates regarding the inmates history of substance abuse, medical and mental health, education, family background, criminal activity, service in the Armed Forces of the United States, and social functioning for use in placing the inmate in programs that will aid in gender neutral language reentry to society and that will most likely reduce the inmates chances of reoffending. Existing law also authorizes a person in custody who has been charged with, or convicted of, a criminal offense to apply for inpatient or outpatient mental health services.
This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to ensure that all individuals encountering the criminal justice system and who are experiencing a mental health crisis or mental illness receive the proper care and treatment.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to ensure that all individuals encountering the criminal justice system and who are experiencing a mental health crisis or mental illness receive the proper care and treatment.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to ensure that all individuals encountering the criminal justice system and who are experiencing a mental health crisis or mental illness receive the proper care and treatment.
SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to ensure that all individuals encountering the criminal justice system and who are experiencing a mental health crisis or mental illness receive the proper care and treatment.
SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to ensure that all individuals encountering the criminal justice system and who are experiencing a mental health crisis or mental illness receive the proper care and treatment.
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