2019 California Code
Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC
DIVISION 5 - COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
PART 1 - THE LANTERMAN-PETRIS-SHORT ACT
CHAPTER 5 - Housing Conservatorship for Persons with Serious Mental Illness and Substance Use Disorders
Section 5462.

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), a conservatorship initiated pursuant to this chapter shall automatically terminate six months after the appointment of the conservator by the superior court, or after a shorter period if ordered by the court. If upon the termination of an initial or a succeeding period of conservatorship the conservator determines that conservatorship is still required, the conservator may petition the superior court for the conservator’s reappointment as conservator for a succeeding six-month period or any shorter period.

(b) Any program in which a conservatee is placed shall release the conservatee at the conservatee’s request when the conservatorship terminates. A petition for reappointment filed by the conservator or a petition for appointment filed by a public guardian or public conservator shall be transmitted to the program at least 30 days before the automatic termination date.

(c) Every 60 days, a conservator shall file a report with the court regarding the conservatee’s progress and engagement with treatment.

(1) The report shall set forth the reasons demonstrating the following:

(A) Continuing the conservatorship.

(B) The treatment plan for the following 60 days.

(C) That the treatment plan is the least restrictive alternative.

(2) If the court is not satisfied that the conservatorship continues to be justified, the court shall terminate the conservatorship.

(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 467, Sec. 5. (SB 40) Effective October 2, 2019. Repealed as of January 1, 2024, pursuant to Section 5466.)