CA AB2262

Allows defendants who are or were eligible for public mental health services or Social Security Disability Insurance benefits due to mental illness to petition the court for a sentence including mental health treatment after conviction but before sentencing.

Permits courts to order placement in residential mental health treatment facilities instead of state prison or county jail if it does not pose unreasonable risk to public safety and is in the interest of justice.

Requires ineligibility for residential mental health treatment if the defendant's conviction is for a violent felony as defined in Section 667.5 or if statute requires serving the entire sentence only in state prison.

Authorizes courts to order the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation or county jail authority to place defendants in mental health programs within correctional facilities within 30 days of sentencing and to prepare postrelease mental health treatment plans six months before release.

Allows defendants or prosecutors to petition the court at any time to recall and resentence defendants to different mental health treatment or traditional sentencing, with the defendant receiving credit for time already served.