Bill Text: CA AB908 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Mental health: state hospitals: safety.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-02-01 - Died at Desk. [AB908 Detail]

Download: California-2011-AB908-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 908	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Achadjian

                        FEBRUARY 17, 2011

   An act relating to mental health.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 908, as introduced, Achadjian. Mental health: state hospitals:
safety.
   Existing law provides for state mental hospitals for the treatment
of mentally disordered persons. These hospitals are under the
jurisdiction of the State Department of Mental Health, which is
authorized by existing law to make regulations regarding the conduct
and management of these facilities.
   This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would address the safety of staff and other
individuals in state hospitals under the jurisdiction of the State
Department of Mental Health.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would address the safety of staff and other
individuals in state hospitals under the jurisdiction of the State
Department of Mental Health.