CA SB931

Expands authority to recommend conservatorship to include professional persons in charge of providing mental health treatment at county jails or their designees, in addition to existing agencies providing comprehensive evaluation or intensive treatment facilities.

Allows conservatorship recommendations for gravely disabled persons without requiring them to be inpatients if a professional has examined and evaluated them and determined future inpatient examination is unnecessary.

Prohibits conservatorship investigators from refusing to schedule an investigation based solely on the custody status of a person subject to conservatorship investigation.

Clarifies that initiating conservatorship proceedings or the existence of a conservatorship does not affect any pending criminal proceedings against the person.