Legislation Brings Much-Needed Reform to Calif.; AB 1421 to Help Those With Severe Mental Illnesses Who Are Too Sick to Help Selves From: U.S. Newswire | Date: September 30, 2002 | Copyright 2002 U.S. Newswire. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information) Copyright information

ARLINGTON, Va., Sept. 30 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Treatment Advocacy Center, a national nonprofit dedicated to eliminating barriers to timely and humane treatment for millions of Americans with severe mental illnesses, commends California Gov. Gray Davis for signing California Assembly Bill 1421, updating the state's archaic mental illness treatment law. The new legislation allows court-ordered, intensive outpatient treatment for people with severe mental illnesses who refuse medication because their illness impairs their ability to make rational decisions. In those counties that adopt one, an ...

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