AB 2553 Summary

• Amends Section 5500 of the Welfare and Institutions Code relating to mental health advocacy definitions and provisions

• Makes a technical, nonsubstantive change to the definition of "mental health client" by adding a comma after "has" in the phrase describing agreements with county patients' rights advocates

• Maintains existing requirements for state departments to contract with nonprofit entities for protection and advocacy services to persons with mental disabilities

• Preserves existing duties of county patients' rights advocates to monitor mental health facilities for compliance with patients' rights provisions and investigate complaints from mental health service recipients