BILL NUMBER: AB 2357	CHAPTERED  09/29/06

	CHAPTER  774
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 29, 2006
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 29, 2006
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 22, 2006
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 21, 2006
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 7, 2006
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 17, 2006

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Members Karnette and Yee
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Canciamilla, Koretz, Lieber, Richman,
and Wolk)
   (Coauthors: Senators Aanestad, Kuehl, Scott, and Torlakson)

                        FEBRUARY 23, 2006

   An act to amend Section 5349.5 of the Welfare and Institutions
Code, relating to mental health.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2357, Karnette  Assisted outpatient mental health treatment.
   Existing law, Laura's Law, establishes a demonstration project in
which a county may elect to participate in an assisted outpatient
mental health treatment program. Under Laura's Law a court may order
an adult to obtain assisted outpatient treatment if prescribed
criteria are met, including, but not limited to, that the person
suffers from mental illness, that there has been a clinical
determination that the person is unlikely to survive safely in the
community without supervision, and that the person has a history of
not complying with treatment. Existing law repeals these provisions
on January 1, 2008.
   This bill would extend the repeal date to January 1, 2013.
   The bill would also require the State Department of Mental Health
to submit a report and evaluation to the Governor and the Legislature
by July 31, 2011.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 5349.5 of the Welfare and Institutions Code is
amended to read:
   5349.5.  (a) This article shall remain in effect only until
January 1, 2013, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later
enacted statute that is enacted on or before January 1, 2013, deletes
or extends that date.
   (b) The State Department of Mental Health shall submit a report
and evaluation of all counties implementing any component of this
article to the Governor and to the Legislature by July 31, 2011. The
evaluation shall include data described in subdivision (d) of Section
5348.