Amended
IN
Senate
July 08, 2021 |
Amended
IN
Assembly
May 06, 2021 |
Amended
IN
Assembly
March 18, 2021 |
Introduced by Assembly Member McCarty |
February 19, 2021 |
(a)A county may develop a training relating to taking, or causing to be taken, a person into custody pursuant to Section 5150.
(b)A county shall develop a written policy regarding designating members of a mobile crisis team and designating professional persons to take, or cause to be taken, individuals into custody pursuant to Section 5150. The policy shall address, at a minimum, the requirements an individual must satisfy, and the process, to receive that designation. The policy shall
require the county to designate individuals employed by a municipality within the county who are members of a mobile crisis team or professional persons to take, or cause to be taken, individuals into custody pursuant to Section 5150 if all of the following are true:
(1)The municipality submits a written request to the county.
(2)The individuals meet the requirements for designation included in the policy.
(3)If the county has developed a training pursuant to subdivision (a), the individuals have completed that training.
(4)The county does not have good cause to deny the request.
(c)Designated members of a mobile crisis team and designated professional persons who meet the requirements of the policy developed pursuant to subdivision (b) shall be permitted to take, or cause to take, a person into custody pursuant to Section 5150 and shall not be prohibited from transporting a person taken into custody pursuant to Section 5150.
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(d)An employee of a municipality who is a member of a mobile crisis team or a professional person, has been designated by the county pursuant to Section 5150.3, and is responsible for the detainment of the person shall not be civilly or criminally liable for any action by a person released at or before the end of the 72 hours pursuant to this article.