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DIVISION 5. COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES 5000-5952›PART 1. THE LANTERMAN-PETRIS-SHORT ACT 5000-5556›CHAPTER 6.2. Mental Health Advocacy 5500-5556›ARTICLE 5. Access to Records 5540-5546

§ 5544

California Welfare and Institutions Code · 2020-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

Any written client information obtained by county patients’ rights advocates may be used and disseminated in court or administrative proceedings, and to any public agencies, or authorized officials thereof, to the extent required in the providing of advocacy services defined in this chapter, and to the extent that authority to so disclose is obtained from the advocate’s clients.

(Added by Stats. 1981, Ch. 841, Sec. 7.)

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