Conservatorships: psychotropic medications and secured perimeter facilities.
This bill did not become law and its session has ended, so it can no longer move. It would have to be reintroduced.
- Stage
- Session ended
- Started in
- Senate
- Sponsors
- 2
- Latest action
- Aug 29, 2016
What it does
Existing law authorizes a conservator to place a conservatee in a secured perimeter residential care facility for the elderly, as specified, or to authorize the administration of certain prescribed medications upon a court's finding that among other things, the conservatee has dementia and a functional impairment. Existing law requires certain findings to be made by the court for each type of authority sought by the conservator and requires a petition for authority to be supported by a declaration of a licensed physician or psychologist, as specified, regarding these findings.
Where it stands
This bill did not become law and its session has ended, so it can no longer move. It would have to be reintroduced.
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Where it goes next
While a bill can still move, the questions are about people and money in California.