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San Francisco reports declines in emergency visits and arrests among Assisted Outpatient Treatment participants
Summary
City officials said the Assisted Outpatient Treatment program (AOT), implemented November 2, 2015 under California's Laura's Law (Assembly Bill 1421), is associated with statistically significant declines in psychiatric emergency contacts, inpatient hospitalizations and criminal-justice involvement among participants.
Angelica Almeida, director of the City’s Assisted Outpatient Treatment program, told the San Francisco Health Commission that AOT — the city-level implementation of Laura’s Law (Assembly Bill 1421) — has produced measurable reductions in short-term negative outcomes among people the program serves.
Almeida presented program data showing 227 information calls and 190 referrals to AOT since the program began in November 2015, with 82 referrals occurring in calendar year 2017. She said most referrals (94 percent in 2017) come from family members and treatment providers, and that referrals must be made by legally qualified requesting parties under state law.
The commission heard outcome figures Almeida described as statistically significant: overall contact with psychiatric emergency services fell from 81 percent of the population before AOT involvement…
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