Welf. & Inst. Code, § 5652.5 · Chapter 2. The County Performance Contract
Welf. & Inst. Code, § 5652.5
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(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.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Repealed and added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 89, Sec. 125. Effective June 30, 1991.
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