CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20252026 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 367Introduced by Senator AllenFebruary 13, 2025 An act to amend Section 5200 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to mental health. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 367, as introduced, Allen. Mental health.Existing law, the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act, provides generally for the evaluation, treatment, and civil commitment of persons with mental health disorders and other specified persons. Existing law authorizes, under a superior court order, an evaluation of a person alleged, as a result of mental disorder, to be a danger to themselves or others or to be gravely disabled. This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to those provisions.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. Section 5200 of the Welfare and Institutions Code is amended to read:5200. Any A person alleged, as a result of mental disorder, to be a danger to others, or to himself, others or themselves or to be gravely disabled, may be given an evaluation of his their condition under a superior court order pursuant to this article. The provisions of this article shall be carried out with the utmost consideration for the privacy and dignity of the person for whom a court-ordered evaluation is requested.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20252026 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 367Introduced by Senator AllenFebruary 13, 2025 An act to amend Section 5200 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to mental health. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 367, as introduced, Allen. Mental health.Existing law, the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act, provides generally for the evaluation, treatment, and civil commitment of persons with mental health disorders and other specified persons. Existing law authorizes, under a superior court order, an evaluation of a person alleged, as a result of mental disorder, to be a danger to themselves or others or to be gravely disabled. This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to those provisions.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20252026 REGULAR SESSION
Senate Bill
No. 367
Introduced by Senator AllenFebruary 13, 2025
Introduced by Senator Allen
February 13, 2025
An act to amend Section 5200 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to mental health.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 367, as introduced, Allen. Mental health.
Existing law, the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act, provides generally for the evaluation, treatment, and civil commitment of persons with mental health disorders and other specified persons. Existing law authorizes, under a superior court order, an evaluation of a person alleged, as a result of mental disorder, to be a danger to themselves or others or to be gravely disabled. This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to those provisions.
Existing law, the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act, provides generally for the evaluation, treatment, and civil commitment of persons with mental health disorders and other specified persons. Existing law authorizes, under a superior court order, an evaluation of a person alleged, as a result of mental disorder, to be a danger to themselves or others or to be gravely disabled.
This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to those provisions.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 5200 of the Welfare and Institutions Code is amended to read:5200. Any A person alleged, as a result of mental disorder, to be a danger to others, or to himself, others or themselves or to be gravely disabled, may be given an evaluation of his their condition under a superior court order pursuant to this article. The provisions of this article shall be carried out with the utmost consideration for the privacy and dignity of the person for whom a court-ordered evaluation is requested.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 5200 of the Welfare and Institutions Code is amended to read:5200. Any A person alleged, as a result of mental disorder, to be a danger to others, or to himself, others or themselves or to be gravely disabled, may be given an evaluation of his their condition under a superior court order pursuant to this article. The provisions of this article shall be carried out with the utmost consideration for the privacy and dignity of the person for whom a court-ordered evaluation is requested.
SECTION 1. Section 5200 of the Welfare and Institutions Code is amended to read:
### SECTION 1.
5200. Any A person alleged, as a result of mental disorder, to be a danger to others, or to himself, others or themselves or to be gravely disabled, may be given an evaluation of his their condition under a superior court order pursuant to this article. The provisions of this article shall be carried out with the utmost consideration for the privacy and dignity of the person for whom a court-ordered evaluation is requested.
5200. Any A person alleged, as a result of mental disorder, to be a danger to others, or to himself, others or themselves or to be gravely disabled, may be given an evaluation of his their condition under a superior court order pursuant to this article. The provisions of this article shall be carried out with the utmost consideration for the privacy and dignity of the person for whom a court-ordered evaluation is requested.
5200. Any A person alleged, as a result of mental disorder, to be a danger to others, or to himself, others or themselves or to be gravely disabled, may be given an evaluation of his their condition under a superior court order pursuant to this article. The provisions of this article shall be carried out with the utmost consideration for the privacy and dignity of the person for whom a court-ordered evaluation is requested.
5200. Any A person alleged, as a result of mental disorder, to be a danger to others, or to himself, others or themselves or to be gravely disabled, may be given an evaluation of his their condition under a superior court order pursuant to this article. The provisions of this article shall be carried out with the utmost consideration for the privacy and dignity of the person for whom a court-ordered evaluation is requested.