CA AB1725

Authorizes courts to recommend conservatorships to investigating officers when a probate conservatee may be gravely disabled due to mental disorder or chronic alcoholism and refuses voluntary treatment, requiring counsel appointment if the proposed conservatee cannot afford it

Requires investigating officers to petition superior court for conservatorship establishment within 30 days if they concur with recommendations from either professional facilities or courts

Removes substance abuse as a standalone basis for conservatorship eligibility, limiting grounds to mental disorder or chronic alcoholism impairment

Requires existing probate conservators to disclose records and information to facilitate investigations when conservatorship is recommended by courts

Imposes state-mandated local program costs subject to reimbursement procedures under Government Code Part 7