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UPDATE - Forensic Mental Health Legal Issues (July 2009, English, 5077.01)
Cover Pages (PDF) (HTML) (RTF)
Chapter 1 - Incompetent to Stand Trial (IST) Commitment (PDF) (HTML) (RTF)
Chapter 2 - Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity (NGRI) Commitment and Restoration of Sanity (PDF) (HTML) (RTF)
Chapter 3 - Sexually Violent Predators (SVP's) (PDF) (HTML) (RTF)
Chapter 4 - Mentally Disordered Offenders (MDO's) (PDF) (HTML) (RTF)
Chapter 5 - Conditional Release Program (CONREP) (PDF) (HTML) (RTF)

NEW - Psychiatric Service and Emotional Support Animals (htm) or (pdf) (September 2009, 8 pages, English, #5483.01

Summary of Select Regulations Regarding Behavioral Restraint and Seclusion (htm) or (pdf) (April 2008, 53 pages, English, #5457.01)

The Right to Refuse Psychotropic Medication for Forensic Mental Health Clients (htm) or (pdf) (February 2008, 25 pages, English, #5455.01)

Access to and Amendment of Health Records (htm) or (pdf) (December 2007, 10 pages, English, #5112.01)

Handbook for Challenging Lanterman-Petris-Short (LPS) Conservatorships (May 2002, 49 pages, English, #5110.01); also available in:
Spanish #5110.02
Audiotape #5110.AT

Individual Mental Health Rehabilitation Services (htm) or (pdf) (September 2006, 22 pages, English, #5182.01)
Chinese: Individual Mental Health Rehabilitation Services (#5182.04)
Korean: Individual Mental Health Rehabilitation Services (#5182.03)
Spanish: Individual Mental Health Rehabilitation Services (#5182.02)
Hmong: Individual Mental Health Rehabilitation Services (#5182.09)
Vietnamese: Individual Mental Health Rehabilitation Services (#5182.05)

Advance Health Care Directives for Mental Health - A Trainer's Manual (htm) or (pdf) (December 2005; 56 pages, English, #5407.01)

LPS Case Summaries (htm) or (pdf) (August 2005, 43 pages, English, #5018.01)

Medi-Cal Mental Health Managed Care Information/Access Hotlines (htm) or (pdf) (April 2005, 6 pages, English, #5294.01)

Confidentiality of Mental Health Records/Information (htm) or (pdf) (September 2004, 7 pages, English, #5029.01)

County Jails: Mental Health Services (htm) or (pdf) (June 2004, 32 pages, English, #5181.01)
Spanish: County Jails: Mental Health Services (#5181.02)

California Mental Health Firearms Prohibition (htm) or (pdf) (April 2004, 4 pages, English, #5425.01)

Sample Petition for NGI (Penal Code 1026) State Hospital Committees to be Transferred into the CONREP Program (pdf) (September 2003, 16 pages, English, #5453.01)

Advance Directives (htm) or (pdf) (April 2003, 1 page, English, #5386.01)
Chinese: Advance Directives (#5386.04)
Korean: Advance Directives (#5386.03)
Spanish: Advance Directives (#5386.02)
Vietnamese: Advance Directives (#5386.05)

Advance Health Care Directives (pdf) - fill in the form on your computer and print it out (but you cannot save the filled-in form). March 2003, 41 pages, English, #5088.01
Spanish - Directivas anticipadas de atención de la salud, #5088.02

A Tale of Two Settings: Institutional and Community-Based Mental Health Service in California Since Realignment in 1991 (htm) or (pdf) (January 2003, 65 pages, #5403.01)

Electroconvulsive Treatment (ECT) (htm) or (pdf) (October 2002, 8 pages, English, #5398.01)

Client Advocacy Plan for Assisting with Community Reintegration (pdf) (July 2002, 6 pages, #5389.01)

Forensic Mental Health Issues (htm) or (pdf) (November 2009, 1 page, English, #5385.01)

Overview of the Medi-Cal System - Chapter 17 - Appeals and Fair Hearings: When Medi-Cal, County Mental Health Plan or Managed Care Plan says "No" (click on Chapter 17, print from 258 to 273) (March 2002, 15 pages, English, #5377.01)

Involuntary Psychiatric Treatment: California's 72-Hour Hold & 14-Day Certification (pdf) (September 2001, 10 pages, English, #5024.01)
Spanish: Involuntary Psychiatric Treatment: California's 72-Hour Hold & 14-Day Certification (#5024.02)
Korean: Involuntary Psychiatric Treatment: California's 72-Hour Hold & 14-Day Certification (#5024.03)
Vietnamese: Involuntary Psychiatric Treatment: California's 72-Hour Hold & 14-Day Certification ( #5024.05).

Your Rights in Residential Care Facilities (pdf) (September 2001, 12 pages, English, #5025.01)
Spanish: Your Rights in Residential Care Facilities (pdf) (#5025.02)
Korean: Your Rights in Residential Care Facilities (pdf) (#5025.03)
Vietnamese: Your Rights in Residential Care Facilities (pdf) (#5025.05).

Medi-Cal Mental Health Managed Care Information/Access Hotlines (pdf) (June 2001, 6 pages, English, #5294.01)

You Have the Right (read on line in htm) or You Have The Right (tri-fold brochure in pdf) (April 2001, 2 pages, English, #5028.01)
Spanish side 1, Spanish side 2 (#5028.02);
Chinese side 1, Chinese side 2 (#5028.04);
Vietnamese side 1, Vietnamese side 2 (#5028.05)

County Mental Health Responsibility to Provide Community Services (htm) or (pdf) (May 2000, 10 pages, English, (#5105.01)

An Analysis of the GAO's Recent Report on Medicaid Managed Care Mental Health "Carveout" Programs and the Implications for California (November 1999, 8 pages, English, #5103.01)

Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus - Penal Commitment - Instructions for Preparing & Filing Petition in State Court (htm) or (pdf) (March 1999, 17 pages, English, #5111.01)

Consumer Handouts and Appeal Forms (these are taken from our manual on Discharge and Aftercare Planning) (March 1998, 28 pages, English, #5278.01; call 1-800-776-5746 or TTY: 800.719.5798 to order your copy)

Discharge & Aftercare Planning Rights for People with Mental Disabilities (March 1998, 171 pages, English, #5277.01; call 1-800-776-5746 or TTY: 800.719.5798 to order your copy)

Duties and Responsibilities of Patients Rights Advocates and Advocacy Programs in California (htm) or (pdf) (May 1997, 4 pages, English, #5280.01)

Consent Rights of Psychiatric Patients on Long-Term Commitments (htm) or (pdf) August 1996, 11 pages, English, #5081.01)
Cambodian: Consent Rights of Psychiatric Patients (#5081.06)
Korean: Consent Rights of Psychiatric Patients (#5081.03)
Laotian: Consent Rights of Psychiatric Patients (#5081.12)
Spanish: Consent Rights of Psychiatric Patients (#5081.02)
Vietnamese: Consent Rights of Psychiatric Patients ( #5081.05)

Summary of Grave Disability (htm) or (pdf) (July 1996, 3 pages, English, #5083.01

Access to the Courts (htm) or (pdf) (July 1996, 2 pages, English, #5079.01)
Spanish: Access to the Courts (#5079.02)
Korean: Access to the Courts (#5079.03)
Vietnamese: Access to the Courts ( #5079.05)

Rights Afforded to Persons Under LPS (htm) or (pdf) (July 1996, 2 pages, English, #5080.01)
Spanish: Rights Afforded to Persons Under LPS (#5080.02)
Korean: Rights Afforded to Persons Under LPS (#5080.03)
Vietnamese: Rights Afforded to Persons Under LPS (#5080.05)

LPS Conservatorships (July 1996, 4 pages, English, #5082.01; also available in:
Spanish #5082.02
Korean #5082.03
Vietnamese #5082.05

Patients' Rights Advocacy Manual (March 1996, 180 pages, English, #5020.01; call 1-800-776-5746 or TTY: 800.719.5798 to order your copy)

Conditional Release Program (CONREP) (htm) or (pdf) (June 1995, 2 pages, English, #5170.01)
Chinese: Conditional Release Program (CONREP) ( #5170.04)
Spanish: Conditional Release Program (CONREP) ( #5170.02)
Korean: Conditional Release Program (CONREP) ( #5170.03)
Vietnamese: Conditional Release Program (CONREP) ( #5170.05)

Incompetent to Stand Trial (IST) (June 1995, 2 pages, English, #5171.01)
Chinese: Incompetent to Stand Trial (#5171.04)
Spanish: Incompetent to Stand Trial (#5171.02)
Korean: Incompetent to Stand Trial (#5171.03)
Vietnamese: Incompetent to Stand Trial (#5171.05)

Not Guilty By Reason of Insanity (NGRI) and Restoration of Sanity
(June 1995, 2 pages, English, #5172.01)
Chinese: Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity ( #5172.04)
Spanish: Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity (#5172.02)
Korean: Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity (#5172.03)
Vietnamese: Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity (#5172.05).

Patient Choice: Deciding Between Psychotropic Medication & Physical Restraints in an Emergency (March 1993, 9 pages, English, #5098.01; call 1-800-776-5746 or TTY: 800.719.5798 to order your copy)

So You Want to Hire A Consumer (May 1992, 10 pages, English, #5096.01; call 1-800-776-5746 or TTY: 800.719.5798 to order your copy)

Representing Patients in Capacity Hearings (December 1991, 80 pages, English, #5119.01; call 1-800-776-5746 or TTY: 800.719.5798 to order your copy)

Monitoring Psychiatric Facilities (September 1990, 80 pages, English, #5019.01; call 1-800-776-5746 or TTY: 800.719.5798 to order your copy)

Probable Cause Hearing Manual (October 1990, 93 pages, English, #5022.01; call 1-800-776-5746 or TTY: 800.719.5798 to order your copy)

Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness (PAIMI Legislation, Health & Welfare 42 U.S.C. 10801-10851), 18 pages, available in English (#5222.01).

Other publications: If these materials are not on line, you may order copies directly from the publisher by title, or from us by publication number. Again, we will appreciate your sending a donation in the amount suggested so that we can continue our advocacy activities for people with disabilities - such as making these materials available.

Contractor Operations Manual for Preadmission Screening and Resident Review/Mental Illness (PASRR/MI) Level II Evaluations (June 2009, 90 pages, English, #5431.01) Also available from the California Department of Mental Health, Program Compliance, PASRR Section, 1600 9th Street, Sacramento CA 94814, (916) 657-5321.

California Network of Mental Health Clients - QIC Manual for Quality Improvement Committee + Page 29, Page 33A, Page 33B, Page 33C (Revised June 2005, 49 pages + four attached flow charts, #5457.01

EEOC Enforcement Guidance on the Americans with Disabilities Act and Psychiatric Disabilities (February 2002, 26 pages, English, #5439.01)

Recovery Workbook (January 1994) Available from The Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation, Sargent College of Allied Health Professions, Boston University, Boston MA 92215, 617-353-2713.

Your Rights to Use Old Medical Bills to Meet Your Share of Cost (October 1993, 4 pages, English, #5113.01)
Spanish: Your Rights to Use Old Medical Bills to Meet Your Share of Cost (#5113.02)
Available from the California Department of Health Services (Notice 1HK).

How the Americans with Disabilities Act Protects You Against Employment Discrimination - Mental Health Consumers in the Workplace (June 2000, 26 pages, English, #5197.01) Available from Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law.

Requesting a Reasonable Accommodation Under the ADA - Sample letters for individuals with mental health disabilities (14 pages, English, #5284.01) Available from the LIBRA Project.

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