CA AB2853

Requires the State Department of Health Care Services to seek input from specified stakeholders when establishing guidelines for applying the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act across counties to ensure uniform application.

Guidelines must include minimum standards explaining how to determine if a person meets the definition of "gravely disabled" and whether a person is a danger to themselves or others.

Specifies stakeholders to include County Behavioral Health Directors Association of California, California Behavioral Health Planning Council, Department of Justice, Judicial Council, CalVoices, National Alliance on Mental Illness, Disability Rights California, California Police Chiefs Association, California Hospital Association, and other behavioral health and law enforcement groups.

Removes the requirement to establish a maximum period of time for detaining a person for evaluation to determine if they should be taken into custody for a 72-hour involuntary commitment.