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Mono County behavioral-health director briefs supervisors on Care Court readiness and limits of local authority
Summary
Behavioral Health Director Robin Roberts outlined Care Court eligibility, process and limits, telling the Board that the county expects few full Care Court petitions but hopes the pathway will connect people with services who otherwise avoid care.
Robin Roberts, director of Mono County Behavioral Health, told the Board of Supervisors on Feb. 11 that the state’s Community Assistance, Recovery and Empowerment (Care Court) program creates a new civil‑court pathway for people with schizophrenia‑spectrum or other psychotic disorders to enter services but does not allow counties to force routine medication on people outside existing conservatorship law. Roberts traced the policy background to the Lanterman‑Petris‑Short (LPS) Act of the 1960s and said the Care Court is meant to create entry points, not to erase patient rights.
Roberts said Care Court allows “many people” (family members, law enforcement,…
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