CA AB439

Deletes language prohibiting placement of incompetent minors in State Department of Developmental Services facilities without regional center director approval for developmental disability eligibility.

Removes developmental centers from the list of alternatives courts must consider when referring incompetent minors to services instead of juvenile hall confinement.

Maintains court requirement to refer incompetent minors to competency remediation services and consider alternatives including regional center placement, residential therapeutic programs, foster care, and civil commitment.

Takes effect immediately as an urgency statute upon Governor approval on July 31, 2019.