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California 20252026

SB 1242

Community Assistance, Recovery, and Empowerment (CARE) Court Program.

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Source: Open States / PluralUpdated 2026-09-12 13:12:55 UTC.

Official record

Measure details

Jurisdiction
California
Session
20252026
Chamber
upper
Classification
bill
Subjects
CommunityAssistance,Recovery,andEmpowerment(CARE)CourtProgram
Introduced / first action
2026-02-19 00:00:00

Source-supplied abstracts

Existing law, the Community Assistance, Recovery, and Empowerment (CARE) Act, authorizes specified adult persons to petition a civil court to create a voluntary CARE agreement or a court-ordered CARE plan and implement services, to be provided by county behavioral health agencies, to provide behavioral health care, including stabilization medication, housing, and other enumerated services, to adults who are currently experiencing a severe mental illness and have a diagnosis identified in the disorder class schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders, and who meet other specified criteria. Existing law authorizes specified individuals to file a petition to commence the CARE process, including, but not limited to, a spouse, parent, sibling, child, grandparent, or an individual who stands in loco parentis to the respondent. Existing law requires the court to issue an order relieving the original petitioner if the petitioner is someone other than the director of a county behavioral health agency or their designee and appoint the director or their designee as the successor petitioner. Existing law requires the original petitioner to have specified rights to notice of proceedings if the petitioner is a parent or specified family member or the person with whom the respondent resides. Existing law authorizes the court to allow the original petitioner to participate in the respondent's CARE proceedings to the extent the respondent consents. This bill would authorize the original petitioner to provide specified information regarding the respondent, including the respondent's condition, treatment history, and housing status. The bill would require the CARE team to review specified parts of the provided information, including that relevant to the respondent's care and treatment, and would authorize the court to consider that information in evaluating the respondent's progress and compliance, among other things. The bill would specify that the respondent's consent is not required to receive this information from the original petitioner and that submission of this information does not confer party status on the original petitioner or create a right to direct treatment decisions, obtain discovery, access confidential records, receive protected health information, attend confidential proceedings, or otherwise participate in the proceedings without the respondent's consent, except as expressly provided by law.

Sponsors

Source-supplied history

Actions

  1. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.

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  2. Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

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  3. In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

  4. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 6475.) Ordered to the Senate.

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  5. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  6. Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

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  7. From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (August 13).

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  8. Assembly Rule 63 suspended.

  9. August 5 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.

  10. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  11. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

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  12. Referred to Com. on JUD.

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  13. In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

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  14. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 1. Page 4315.) Ordered to the Assembly.

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  15. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  16. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0. Page 4085.) (April 28).

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  17. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

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  18. Set for hearing April 28.

  19. Referred to Com. on JUD.

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  20. From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.

  21. Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

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