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DIVISION 5. COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES 5000-5952›PART 1.5. CHILDREN'S CIVIL COMMITMENT AND MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT ACT OF 1988 5585-5585.59›CHAPTER 1. General Provisions 5585-5585.25

§ 5585.10

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

This part shall be construed to promote the legislative intent and purposes of this part as follows:

(a) To provide prompt evaluation and treatment of minors with mental health disorders, with particular priority given to seriously emotionally disturbed children and adolescents.

(b) To safeguard the rights to due process for minors and their families through judicial review.

(c) To provide individualized treatment, supervision, and placement services for gravely disabled minors.

(d) To prevent severe and long-term mental disabilities among minors through early identification, effective family service interventions, and public education.

(Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 144, Sec. 99. (AB 1847) Effective January 1, 2015.)

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