Statute · California Penal Code
Cal. Penal Code § 2974 — Disposition of Mentally Disordered Prisoners Upon Discharge
Cal. Penal Code § 2974
- Type
- Statute
- Source
- California Penal Code
- Jurisdiction
- California
- Date
- 2020-01-01
- Current through
- Nov 2, 2026 (California Legislative Counsel)
Before releasing any inmate or terminating supervision of any parolee who is a danger to self or others, or gravely disabled as a result of a mental health disorder, and who does not come within the provisions of Section 2962, the Director of Corrections may, upon probable cause, place, or cause…
Citator
Cal. Penal Code § 2974 — Disposition of Mentally Disordered Prisoners Upon Discharge is in force in the current edition of the Code, and nothing recorded condemns it.
Before releasing any inmate or terminating supervision of any parolee who is a danger to self or others, or gravely disabled as a result of a mental health disorder, and who does not come within the provisions of Section 2962, the Director of Corrections may, upon probable cause, place, or cause to be placed, the person in a state hospital pursuant to the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act, Part 1 (commencing with Section 5000) of Division 5 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.