ARTICLE 1. Establishment and General Government [7200 - 7207]
( Article 1 added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 1667. )
There are in the state the following state hospitals for the care, treatment, and education of the mentally disordered:
(a) Metropolitan State Hospital near the City of Norwalk, Los Angeles County.
(b) Atascadero State Hospital near the City of Atascadero, San Luis Obispo County.
(c) Napa State Hospital near the City of Napa, Napa County.
(d) Patton State Hospital near the City of San Bernardino, San Bernardino County.
(e) Coalinga State Hospital near the City of Coalinga, Fresno County.
(f) Any other State Department of State Hospitals facility subject to available funding by the Legislature.
(Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 718, Sec. 7. (AB 1340) Effective January 1, 2015.)
(a) After construction of the perimeter security fence is completed at Napa State Hospital, no patient whose placement has been required pursuant to the Penal Code shall be placed outside the perimeter security fences, with the exception of placements in the general acute care and skilled nursing units. The State Department of State Hospitals shall ensure that appropriate security measures are in place for the general acute care and skilled nursing units.
(b) Any alteration to the security perimeter structure or policies shall be made in conjunction with representatives of the City of Napa, the County of Napa, and local law enforcement agencies.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 33, Sec. 53. (SB 843) Effective June 27, 2016.)
The children’s treatment center at Camarillo State Hospital shall be known as the Norbert I. Rieger Children’s Treatment Center.
(Added by Stats. 1973, Ch. 80.)
All of the institutions under the jurisdiction of the State Department of State Hospitals shall be governed by the uniform rules and regulations of the State Department of State Hospitals and all of the provisions of Part 2 (commencing with Section 4100) of Division 4 of this code on the administration of state institutions serving persons with mental health disorders shall apply to the conduct and management of the state hospitals. All of the institutions under the jurisdiction of the State Department of Developmental Services shall be governed by the uniform rules and regulations of the State Department of Developmental Services and, except as provided in Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 7500) of this division, all of the provisions of Part 2 (commencing with Section 4440) of Division 4.1 of this code on the administration of state institutions
serving persons with developmental disabilities shall apply to the conduct and management of the state hospitals for persons with developmental disabilities.
(Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 144, Sec. 115. (AB 1847) Effective January 1, 2015.)
The State Department of State Hospitals shall regularly consult with the Napa State Hospital Task Force, which consists of local community representatives, on proposed policy or structural modifications to Napa State Hospital that may affect the Napa community, including, but not limited to, all of the following:
(a) Changes in the patient population mix.
(b) Construction of, or significant alterations to, facility structures.
(c) Changes in the hospital security plan.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 24, Sec. 153. (AB 1470) Effective June 27, 2012.)
The Director of General Services may grant to the San Bernardino Unified School District or to the County of San Bernardino under such terms, conditions, and restrictions as he deems to be for the best interests of the state, the necessary easements and rights-of-way over and across the Patton State Hospital property for all purposes of a public or private road. The right-of-way shall be across, along, and upon the following described property:
The westerly 33 feet of Lot 2 of Block 60 of Rancho San Bernardino as recorded in Book 7 of Maps, page 2, Records of San Bernardino County, State of California, saving and excepting the southerly 40 rods thereof.
(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 1667.)
(a) Grounds privileges or passes may be earned by patients, whose placement has been required pursuant to the Penal Code, at all state hospitals. Grounds privileges shall be restricted to areas of the state hospital that are designated as secured campus areas.
(b) Off-ground privileges or passes shall not be granted to patients, whose placement has been required pursuant to the Penal Code, at state hospitals. When a patient whose placement has been required pursuant to the Penal Code leaves a state hospital for any purpose other than discharge, the patient shall be accompanied by staff at all times.
(Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 294, Sec. 44. Effective August 18, 1997.)
The Director of General Services with the consent of the State Department of Developmental Services is hereby authorized to transfer to the City of Costa Mesa and to convey to said city all of the state’s rights, title and interest, and upon such terms and conditions and with such reservations and exceptions as in the opinion of the Director of General Services may be in the best interest of the state, and subject to such use or uses as may be agreed upon by the city and the State Department of Developmental Services with the approval of the Director of General Services, in all or any part of the real property consisting of approximately five acres lying at the southwest corner of the Fairview State Hospital property in Orange County, being a parcel of land lying within Lot A of the Banning Tract, in the Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana, City of Orange, State of California, as shown on a map of said tract filed in action No. 6385 in the Superior Court of the State of California in and for the City of Los Angeles, being an action for partition entitled Hancock Banning et al. vs. Mary H. Banning, more particularly described as follows:
Beginning at the most southeasterly corner of Parcel G as shown on a record of survey filed in Book 53, pages 34 through 36, of records of Surveys in the office of the County Recorder of Orange County, California; thence along the boundary of said Parcel G northwesterly along a curve concave southwesterly having a radius of 540.00 feet through a central angle of 23 degrees, 01 minutes, 33 seconds, an arc distance of 217.01 feet, thence north 34 degrees, 32 minutes, 30 seconds west, 97.50 feet to a point on a line parallel with and 280.00 feet measured at right angles northerly of the north line of Fairview Farms as shown on said record of Survey; thence departing from the boundary of said Parcel G north 89 degrees, 27 minutes, 30 seconds east along said parallel line 936.97 feet; thence south 0 degrees, 32 minutes, 30 seconds east, 280.00 feet to said north line of Fairview Farms; thence south 89 degrees, 27 minutes, 30 seconds, west, 800.00 feet to the point of beginning.
The conveyance of such property shall be subject to the following conditions:
(a) There shall be excepted and reserved in the state all deposits of minerals, including oil and gas, in the property and to the state, or persons authorized by the state, the right to prospect for, mine, and remove such deposits from the property.
(b) If the city shall cease to use the property for public purposes, all right, title, and interest of the county in and to the property shall cease and the property shall revert and rest in the state.
(Amended by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1252.)
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 4444, the Director of General Services, with the consent of the Director of State Hospitals, may grant a right-of-way for road purposes to the County of San Bernardino over and along a portion of the Patton State Hospital property adjacent to Arden Way and Pacific Street upon such terms and conditions and with such reservations and exceptions as in the opinion of the Director of General Services will be for the best interests of the state.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 24, Sec. 154. (AB 1470) Effective June 27, 2012.)
The Director of General Services, with the consent of the State Department of State Hospitals, may grant to the Regents of the University of California, upon such terms, conditions, and with such reservations and exceptions as in the opinion of the Director of General Services may be for the best interest of the state, the necessary easements and rights-of-way for a utilities relocation and campus access road on the Langley Porter Neuropsychiatric Institute property. The right-of-way shall be across, along and upon the following described property:
A strip of land approximately 40´ in width extending from the southerly line of Parnassus Avenue beginning at a point on the southerly boundary of Parnassus Avenue 331´ from the
westerly boundary of said parcel of land described by deed dated October 1, 1940, and extending in a southerly direction to the south boundary of Langley Porter property.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 24, Sec. 155. (AB 1470) Effective June 27, 2012.)