Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC
DIVISION 7. MENTAL INSTITUTIONS [7100 - 7700]
( Division 7 repealed and added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 1667. ) CHAPTER 2. State Hospitals for the Mentally Disordered [7200 - 7375]
( Heading of Chapter 2 renumbered from Chapter 3 by Stats. 1979, Ch. 373. ) ARTICLE 4. Property and Support of Patients [7275 - 7296]
( Article 4 added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 1667. ) 7280.
The guardian or conservator of the estate of a person who is confined in a state hospital may, from time to time, pay to the state hospital moneys out of the estate to be used for the future personal needs of the person while in a state hospital and for burial expenses. These sums shall be credited to the patient’s personal deposit account, subject to the provision relating to the deposit of funds in the patients’ personal deposit fund.
(Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 144, Sec. 122. (AB 1847) Effective January 1, 2015.)