SB 1042 Summary

• Replaces all references to the "State Department of Mental Health" with "State Department of State Hospitals" throughout California law, reflecting an organizational restructuring.

• Makes technical, non-substantive changes to Education Code, Family Code, Government Code, Health and Safety Code, Penal Code, Probate Code, and Welfare and Institutions Code sections.

• Appropriates $1,000 from the General Fund to the State Department of State Hospitals for administration.

• Takes effect immediately as a bill providing appropriations related to the Budget Bill.