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California 20252026

SB 989

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

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

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Measure details

Jurisdiction
California
Session
20252026
Chamber
upper
Classification
bill
Subjects
CommunityAssistance,Recovery,andEmpowerment(CARE)CourtProgram
Introduced / first action
2026-02-05 00:00:00

Source-supplied abstracts

Existing law, the Community Assistance, Recovery, and Empowerment (CARE) Act, authorizes specified persons, including a person with whom the respondent resides, family members, and first responders, among others, 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. This bill would authorize a first responder to contact the county behavioral health agency in the county in which the individual resides or is found to request the agency file a petition to commence the CARE process. The bill would require the agency to review the request and determine whether to file a petition within 30 business days. The bill would require the agency, upon completion of the review, to notify the first responder that made the referral of specified information, including whether or not a petition was filed. Because the bill would require a higher level of service from county agencies, this bill would create a state-mandated local program. This bill would require the department to create a referral form to be used by the first responders and would require the department to issue guidance on the procedure to request that the agency file a petition to commence the CARE process. The bill would also require the agency to include specified data in their annual report to the department. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.

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Actions

  1. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.

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  2. Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. 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 73. Noes 0. Page 6529.) Ordered to the Senate.

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  5. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  6. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (August 13).

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  7. Assembly Rule 63 suspended.

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

  9. Coauthors revised.

  10. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  11. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

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  12. From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 16).

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  13. Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and JUD.

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

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  15. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4497.) Ordered to the Assembly.

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  16. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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

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  18. From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 4260.) (May 14).

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  19. Set for hearing May 14.

  20. May 4 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.

  21. Set for hearing May 4.

  22. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0. Page 3977.) (April 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  23. Set for hearing April 21.

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

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  25. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 3901.) (April 15). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

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  26. Set for hearing April 15.

  27. Re-referred to Coms. on HEALTH and JUD.

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

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  29. Referred to Com. on RLS.

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  30. From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 8.

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

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