California Law (Last Updated: March 4, 2014) |
Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC |
Division 4. MENTAL HEALTH |
Part 2. ADMINISTRATION OF STATE INSTITUTIONS FOR THE MENTALLY DISORDERED |
Chapter 2.5. Families of Persons With Serious Mental Disorders |
Section 4241.
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It is the intent of the Legislature, by this chapter, to support an organized program of self-help in which families exchange information, advice, and emotional support to enable them to maintain and strengthen family life and secure or provide more effective treatment, care, and rehabilitation for mentally disordered family members.
It is further the intent of the Legislature to utilize an existing organized statewide network of families, who have mentally disordered family members, as a means of delivering the services designated in this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 1225, Sec. 1.)