2011 California Code
Welfare and Institutions Code
DIVISION 7. MENTAL INSTITUTIONS [7100 - 7700]
ARTICLE 5. Transfer of Patients
Section 7325.5


CA Welf & Inst Code § 7325.5 (through 2012 Leg Sess) What's This?

Notwithstanding Section 5328, information regarding a person s name, reason for commitment, age, physical description, and any other information which the medical director of the treatment facility considers essential in aiding apprehension of the escapee shall be released if the person has escaped from a state mental health facility, and the person was committed to the state mental health facility by a court after being found not guilty by reason of insanity pursuant to Section 1026 of the Penal Code, unable to stand trial due to mental condition pursuant to Section 1370 of the Penal Code, or a mentally disordered sex offender pursuant to Division 6 (commencing with Section 6000).

(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1415, Sec. 2. Effective September 27, 1982.)

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