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DIVISION 4. MENTAL HEALTH 4000-4390›PART 2. ADMINISTRATION OF STATE INSTITUTIONS FOR THE MENTALLY DISORDERED 4100-4336›CHAPTER 1. Jurisdiction and General Government 4100-4148

§ 4122

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

The State Department of State Hospitals, when it deems it necessary, may, under conditions prescribed by the director, transfer any patients of a state institution under its jurisdiction to another institution. Transfers of patients of state hospitals shall be made in accordance with Section 7300.

The expense of any transfer shall be paid from the moneys available by law for the support of the department or for the support of the institution from which the patient is transferred. Liability for the care, support, and maintenance of the transferred patient in the institution to which they have been transferred shall be the same as if they had originally been committed to the institution. The State Department of State Hospitals shall present to the county, not more frequently than monthly, a claim for the amount due the state for care, support, and maintenance of those patients and which the county shall process and pay pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 29700) of Division 3 of Title 3 of the Government Code.

(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 143, Sec. 349. (AB 133) Effective July 27, 2021.)

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