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Lawmakers in the past have seen their attempts to amend the landmark 1967 Lanterman-Petris-Short Act fail over concerns that such efforts would impinge upon civil liberties.
Lawmakers in the past have seen their attempts to amend the landmark 1967 Lanterman-Petris-Short Act fail over concerns that such efforts would impinge upon civil liberties.
A new proposal in the California Legislature could allow more people with mental illnesses to be detained against their will.
The CARE Act — like other attempts to legislate treatment for severe mental illness in California — is constrained by the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act.