Earlier editions: 2020-112018-11
DIVISION 4. MENTAL HEALTH 4000-4390›PART 2. ADMINISTRATION OF STATE INSTITUTIONS FOR THE MENTALLY DISORDERED 4100-4336›CHAPTER 2.5. Families of Persons With a Serious Mental Health Disorder 4240-4245
§ 4241
California Welfare and Institutions Code · 2026 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California
(a) It is the intent of the Legislature, by this chapter, to support an organized program of self-help in which families exchange information, advice, and emotional support to enable them to maintain and strengthen family life and secure or provide more effective treatment, care, and rehabilitation for family members with mental health disorders.
(b) It is further the intent of the Legislature to utilize an existing organized statewide network of families, who have family members with mental health disorders, as a means of delivering the services designated in this chapter.
(Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 144, Sec. 74. (AB 1847) Effective January 1, 2015.)
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