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California Law (Last Updated: March 4, 2014) |
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Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC |
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Division 7. MENTAL INSTITUTIONS |
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Chapter 2. State Hospitals for the Mentally Disordered |
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ARTICLE 4. Property and Support of Patients |
Section 7275.
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The husband, wife, father, mother, or children of a patient in a state hospital for the mentally disordered, the estates of these persons, and the guardian or conservator and administrator of the estate of the patient shall cause him or her to be properly and suitably cared for and maintained, and shall pay the costs and charges for transportation to a state institution. The husband, wife, father, mother, or children of a patient in a state hospital for the mentally disordered and the administrators of their estates, and the estate of the person shall be liable for his or her care, support, and maintenance in a state institution of which he or she is a patient. The liability of these persons and estates shall be a joint and several liability, and the liability shall exist whether the person has become a patient of a state institution pursuant to the provisions of this code or pursuant to the provisions of Sections 1026, 1368, 1369, 1370, and 1372 of the Penal Code.
This section does not impose liability for the care of persons with intellectual disabilities in state hospitals.