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Assemblymember Allen Introduces Legislation to Extend "Laura's Law"
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Assemblymember Allen Introduces Legislation to Extend "Laura's Law"

Sacramento – Assemblymember Michael Allen today introduced AB 1569 to extend "Laura's Law."

"Laura's Law" – AB 1421, authored by then-Assemblymember Helen Thomson in 2002, permits counties to provide court-ordered outpatient treatment services for people with serious mental illnesses when a court finds that a person's recent history of hospitalizations or violent behavior, coupled with noncompliance with voluntary treatment, indicate the person is likely to become dangerous or gravely disabled without the court-ordered outpatient treatment.

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