OFFICE OF PATIENTS' RIGHTS
Protection & Advocacy, Inc.
100 Howe Avenue, Suite 210N
Sacramento, CA 95825-8202
Telephone (916) 575-1610
Fax (916) 575-1613
 OPRinforequest@pai-ca.org

The Office of Patients' Rights is a unit within Protection & Advocacy, Inc. We are contracted through the Department of Mental Health. We have statutorily mandated duties that include:

• Ensuring that the mental health laws, regulations, and polices on the rights of recipients of mental health services are observed and protected in state hospitals and in licensed health and community care facilities.
• Providing training support and technical assistance to county and state hospital patient rights' advocates.
• Serving as a liaison between county patients' rights advocates and the Department of Mental Health,
• Responding to patients' rights complaints referred by local mental health directors or DMH.
• Analyze and make recommendations regarding legislation on patients' rights.
• Develop quality assurance service goals and measurable outcomes to improve the quality of California patients' rights program.

We also provide direct advocacy services on-site to the four state hospitals, Atascadero, Napa, Metropolitan and Patton.

Our central office is located in Sacramento (address above)
Michele Mudgett - Director
Agnes Lintz, J.D. - Patients' Rights Specialist
Griselda Alvarez - Office Manager