Cal. WIC § 5652.5
This is the official text of Cal. WIC § 5652.5, 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
(a) Each county shall utilize available private and private nonprofit mental health resources and facilities in the county prior to developing new county-operated resources or facilities when these private and private nonprofit mental health resources or facilities are of at least equal quality and cost as county-operated resources and facilities and shall utilize available county resources and facilities of at least equal quality and cost prior to new private and private nonprofit resources and facilities. All the available local public or private and private nonprofit facilities shall be utilized before state hospitals are used.
(b) Nothing in this section shall prevent a county from restructuring its systems of care in the manner it believes will provide the best overall care.
(b) Nothing in this section shall prevent a county from restructuring its systems of care in the manner it believes will provide the best overall care.
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