The Director of State Hospitals or the executive director of each state hospital may contract with independent persons or agencies to perform patients’ rights advocacy services in state hospitals.

(Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 144, Sec. 98. (AB 1847) Effective January 1, 2015.)

Terms Used In California Welfare and Institutions Code 5511

  • Advocacy: means those activities undertaken on behalf of persons who are receiving or have received mental health services to protect their rights or to secure or upgrade treatment or other services to which they are entitled. See California Welfare and Institutions Code 5500
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
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