The Judicial Council is seeking comment on its draft rules and forms for the pilot CARE Court program. The Community Assistance, Recovery and Empowerment Court will allow people with mental health diseases to be forcibly committed to treatment and housing programs at the petition of concerned third parties. The program is debuting in Riverside County, along with six other pilot counties, Oct. 1, and will start in San Bernardino County and the rest of the state Dec. 1, 2024.
The Probate and Mental Health Advisory Committee proposed 11 rules of court and 11 forms to implement the act. The proposal can be read in full here.
The committee
