California Welfare and Institutions Code 5623.5 – Commencing October 1, 1991, and to the extent resources are …
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Commencing October 1, 1991, and to the extent resources are available, no county shall deny any person receiving services administered by the county mental health program access to any medication which has been prescribed by the treating physician and approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration and the Medi-Cal program for use in the treatment of psychiatric illness.
(Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 89, Sec. 107. Effective June 30, 1991.)
Terms Used In California Welfare and Institutions Code 5623.5
- County: includes "city and county. See California Welfare and Institutions Code 14
- to the extent resources are available: means to the extent that funds deposited in the mental health account of the local health and welfare fund are available to an entity qualified to use those funds. See California Welfare and Institutions Code 5601
