Gavin Newsom Signs CARE Act

Gavin Newsom Signs CARE Act

California Governor, Gavin Newsom signed the Community Assistance, Recovery, and Empowerment Court Program into law.

The Care Act would authorize specified adult persons to petition a civil court to create a voluntary CARE agreement or a court-ordered CARE plan and implement services, to be provided by county behavioral health agencies, to provide behavioral health care, including stabilization medication, housing, and other enumerated services to adults who are currently experiencing a severe mental illness and have a diagnosis identified in the disorder class schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders, and who meet other specified criteria.