California Association of Local Behavioral Health Boards & Commissions
  • Home
  • Resources
    • All Resources (Listing)
    • Brown Act
    • Cultural Competence
    • Data Notebooks
    • Duties
    • Legislation
    • Legislation (CA WIC)
    • Legislation (2018)
    • MHSA Plans & Updates
    • Region Map and Listing
    • Related Organizations
    • Reports
    • Templates/Sample Docs
    • Training
    • Leadership
    • Websites (County)
  • News/Issues
    • News/Issues (Full Listing)
    • News/Issues A - D >
      • Board & Commission News
      • Children's Issues
      • Coordinated Care
      • Co-Occurring >
        • Dementia
        • Developmental Disabilities
        • Substance Use Disorder
        • Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
      • Crisis Services
      • Cultural Issues
      • Disaster Recovery/Readiness
    • News/Issues E - P >
      • Employment
      • Homeless / Housing
      • Hospitals
      • Jails & Prisons
      • Laura's Law
      • Law Enforcement
      • LGBTQ
      • Navigator Programs
      • Patients' Rights
      • Peer Supports
    • News/Issues Q - Z >
      • Stigma
      • Seniors
      • Substance Use Disorder (SUD)
      • Suicide
      • Veterans
      • Warm Line
      • Whole Person Care
      • Workforce
      • Youth Issues (Ages 16-25)
  • Association Docs
  • Meetings and Training
  • FAQs
  • Contact Us
  • Home
  • Resources
    • All Resources (Listing)
    • Brown Act
    • Cultural Competence
    • Data Notebooks
    • Duties
    • Legislation
    • Legislation (CA WIC)
    • Legislation (2018)
    • MHSA Plans & Updates
    • Region Map and Listing
    • Related Organizations
    • Reports
    • Templates/Sample Docs
    • Training
    • Leadership
    • Websites (County)
  • News/Issues
    • News/Issues (Full Listing)
    • News/Issues A - D >
      • Board & Commission News
      • Children's Issues
      • Coordinated Care
      • Co-Occurring >
        • Dementia
        • Developmental Disabilities
        • Substance Use Disorder
        • Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
      • Crisis Services
      • Cultural Issues
      • Disaster Recovery/Readiness
    • News/Issues E - P >
      • Employment
      • Homeless / Housing
      • Hospitals
      • Jails & Prisons
      • Laura's Law
      • Law Enforcement
      • LGBTQ
      • Navigator Programs
      • Patients' Rights
      • Peer Supports
    • News/Issues Q - Z >
      • Stigma
      • Seniors
      • Substance Use Disorder (SUD)
      • Suicide
      • Veterans
      • Warm Line
      • Whole Person Care
      • Workforce
      • Youth Issues (Ages 16-25)
  • Association Docs
  • Meetings and Training
  • FAQs
  • Contact Us

Patients' Rights

Picture
Each local mental health director shall appoint, or contract for the services of, one or more county patients' rights advocates.  The duties of these advocates shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
​
(a) To receive and investigate complaints from or concerning recipients of mental health services residing in licensed health or community care facilities regarding abuse, unreasonable denial or punitive withholding of rights guaranteed under the provisions of Division 5 (commencing with Section 5000 ).

(b) To monitor mental health facilities, services and programs for compliance with statutory and regulatory patients' rights provisions.

(c) To provide training and education about mental health law and patients' rights to mental health providers.

(d) To ensure that recipients of mental health services in all licensed health and community care facilities are notified of their rights.

(e) To exchange information and cooperate with the patients' rights program.


AB 2316 Patients' Rights Advocates
New Training Requirements - August 2018

Picture

​

OFFICE

717 K STREET, SUITE 427
SACRAMENTO, CA 95814

mission

cALBHB/C supports the work of california's 59 local mental/ behavioral health boards and commissions by providing resources, training, and opportunities for communication and statewide advocacy.

Local boards are responsible for reviewing community mental health needs, services, facilities and special problems, and serve in an advisory capacity to local governing bodies and local mental/behavioral health directors per CA Welfare and Institutions Code 5604.2.
Donations are welcome. CALBHB/C is a nonprofit organization.