Legal Commitments

The following graphic is a list of the legal categories of patients in all Department of State Hospital facilities. The graphics are separated into to two groups: those who are committed to the hospital by a civil court proceeding according to the Welfare and Institutions Code and those committed to a hospital by a criminal court proceeding according to the Penal Code.

LEGAL CLASSIFICATIONS OF PATIENTS
WELFARE & INSTITUTIONS CODE # CIVIL COMMITMENTS DSH-ASH DSH-CSH DSH-MSH DSH-NSH DSH-PSH
WIC 5008(h)(1)(b) Murphy Conservatorship: previously with felony charges; still considered dangerous; original charges not dismissed; renewable annually. Placed on penal code units. ✔   ✔ ✔  
WIC 5150 3-day involuntary hold for Danger to Self, Danger to Others or Grave Disability as the result of a mental disorder.       ✔  
WIC 5250 14-day involuntary hold for Danger to Self, Danger to Others, or Grave Disability as the result of a mental disorder. Probable cause hearing required.       ✔  
WIC 5270.15 Certification for additional 30 days.       ✔  
WIC 5304 180 Days Post Certification for Dangerousness; renewable at 6 month intervals     ✔ ✔  
WIC 5353 30-day Temporary Conservatorship     ✔ ✔  
WIC 5358 Full Conservatorship for Grave Disability; annual renewal. ✔   ✔ ✔  
WIC 6000 Voluntary admission       ✔  
WIC 6316 Mentally disordered sex offender.   ✔     ✔
WIC 6602 Sexually violent predator probable cause.   ✔      
WIC 6604 Sexually violent predator.   ✔      
             
LEGAL CLASSIFICATIONS OF PATIENTS
PENAL CODE # CRIMINAL COMMITMENTS DSH-ASH DSH-CSH DSH-MSH DSH-NSH DSH-PSH
PC 1026 Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity; sentenced for maximum amount of time allowed had he been found guilty of the crime; can be extended at two year intervals. ✔     ✔ ✔
PC 1370 Felony Incompetent to Stand Trial; maximum commitment of two years. ✔   ✔ ✔ ✔
PC 2684 CDCR inmate sent to DSH for psychiatric stabilization. ✔ ✔     ✔
PC 2962 Mentally Disordered Offender. A prisoner who as a result of a severe mental disorder is ordered into treatment by the court as a condition of his parole. Can be a Mentally Disordered Offender for up to three years. ✔     ✔ ✔
PC 2972 Prisoner who was paroled as a Mentally Disordered Offender and parole has ended. Placed on civil commitment at end of parole because still considered dangerous. One year commitment. Renewable annually. ✔ ✔   ✔ ✔
PC 2974 Parolee previously living in community; in need of acute hospitalization: 5-6 weeks.     ✔ ✔  
PC 4011.6 Inmate from jail for inpatient treatment involuntarily; LPS Criteria.     ✔    
PC 4011.8 Inmate from jail for inpatient treatment voluntarily.     ✔    

 

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