Disability Rights California

California’s CARE Court: A Step in the Right Direction or ‘Terrifying’ Step Backwards?

The questions come as Orange County looks to implement the new system aimed at addressing severely mentally ill homeless people over the next year.

OC is state’s largest county to adopt court-ordered outpatient mental health treatment. Hearing marked by outpouring of emotional testimony.

A cautious Board of Supervisors will decide whether Orange will be the first large California county to approve Laura’s Law.

The Medi-Cal funded program was scheduled to be cut on Dec. 1.
The new version would serve about half the current users, according
to the state.

Supporters of day health care programs want to ensure that
patients won’t be institutionalized.

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