The department has jurisdiction over the following facilities:

(a) Atascadero State Hospital.

Terms Used In California Welfare and Institutions Code 4100

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • County: includes "city and county. See California Welfare and Institutions Code 14
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • state hospital: means any hospital specified in Section 4100. See California Welfare and Institutions Code 4001

(b) Coalinga State Hospital.

(c) Metropolitan State Hospital.

(d) Napa State Hospital.

(e) Patton State Hospital.

(f) (1) The Admission, Evaluation, and Stabilization (AES) Center in the County of Kern, and other AES Centers as defined by regulation.

(2) The Director of State Hospitals may adopt emergency regulations in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division of 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code) to implement this subdivision. The adoption of emergency regulations under this paragraph is deemed to address an emergency, for purposes of Sections 11346.1 and 11349.6 of the Government Code, and the Director of State Hospitals is hereby exempted for this purpose from the requirements of subdivision (b) of § 11346.1 of the Government Code.

(g) A county jail treatment facility under contract with the State Department of State Hospitals to provide competency restoration services.

(h) A facility under contract with the State Department of State Hospitals pursuant to Section 4361.6, excluding community-based restoration of competency services that are operated by the county.

(i) Any other State Department of State Hospitals facility subject to available funding by the Legislature.

(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 143, Sec. 348. (AB 133) Effective July 27, 2021.)

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