Voice of OC (https://voiceofoc.org/tag/mentally-ill/)
A lack of funding for treatment programs and over-reliance on isolation techniques and medication means most mentally ill inmates have needs that are going unmet, according to a new grand jury report.
Supervisor says OC might become the first large California county to adopt legislation that allows courts to order treatment for mentally ill adults.
Supervisor John Moorlach is among those urging Gov. Jerry Brown to sign a bill allowing state money to be used in implementing the mental health law.
County lawyers have advised that it’s illegal to use state funds
for fully implementing the law.
Supervisor John Moorlach says the county might adopt a law for
mentally ill street people that is “better” than current state
law.
County report concludes that the state law aimed at getting
treatment for severely mentally ill people would be too costly to
implement.