California state Sen. Susan Talamantes Eggman (D-Stockton) teamed up with other local officials and health agencies to update the state’s current mental health system and conservatorships laws.
Bill SB43 was introduced to legislators in March, which would allow for early intervention in response to an individual’s mental health crisis and update the criteria for determining if a person is “gravely disabled,” the bill states.
The reform would tie into California’s existing Lanterman-Petris-Short (LPS) conservatorship law in an effort to prevent serious physical and mental harm to oneself or others due to a serious mental illness.
San Francisco Mayor London Breed (C) speaks during a press conference as San Francisco police chief William Scott (L) and San Francisco Department of Public Health director Dr. Grant Colfax (R) look on at San Francisco City Hall on March 16, 2020. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
Eggman is the chairperson of the California Senate Committee on Health….