Cal. WIC § 4012
This is the official text of Cal. WIC § 4012, part of California’s Welfare and Institutions Code — governs public social services, juvenile justice, and mental health/developmental disability services.
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Official statutory text
The State Department of State Hospitals, the State Department of Health Care Services, and other departments as necessary, may:
(a) Disseminate educational information relating to the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of mental illness.
(b) Upon request, advise a public officer, organization, or agency interested in the mental health of the people of the state.
(c) Conduct such educational and related work as will tend to encourage the development of proper mental health facilities throughout the state.
(d) Coordinate state activities involving other departments whose actions affect a person with a mental health condition.
(e) Coordinate with, and provide information to, other states and national organizations, on issues involving mental health.
(f) Disseminate information and federal and private foundation funding opportunities to a county or city that administers mental health programs.
(a) Disseminate educational information relating to the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of mental illness.
(b) Upon request, advise a public officer, organization, or agency interested in the mental health of the people of the state.
(c) Conduct such educational and related work as will tend to encourage the development of proper mental health facilities throughout the state.
(d) Coordinate state activities involving other departments whose actions affect a person with a mental health condition.
(e) Coordinate with, and provide information to, other states and national organizations, on issues involving mental health.
(f) Disseminate information and federal and private foundation funding opportunities to a county or city that administers mental health programs.
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