2009 California Welfare and Institutions Code - Section 4360 :: Chapter 6. Conditional Release Program

4360.  (a) The department shall provide mental health treatment and
supervision in the community for judicially committed persons. The
program established and administered by the department under this
chapter to provide these services shall be known as the Forensic
Conditional Release Program and may be used by the department in
accordance with this section to provide services in the community to
other patient populations for which the department has direct
responsibility.
   (b) The department may provide directly, or through contract with
private providers or counties, for these services, including
administrative and ancillary services related to the provision of
direct services. These contracts shall be exempt from the
requirements contained in the Public Contract Code and the State
Administrative Manual, and from approval by the Department of General
Services. Subject to approval by the department, a county or private
provider under contract to the department to provide these services
may subcontract with private providers for those services.