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CA AB1825

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/11/2026

Primary Sponsor

Maggy Krell

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Origin

State Assembly

2025-2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Establishes specific factors for determining whether a parolee with severe mental health disorder poses substantial danger to others, including history of violent behavior, recent threats or acts of violence, treatment compliance history, and prior state hospital commitments

  • Requires exit plans for released prisoners to include Medi-Cal application submission, assessment for Assisted Outpatient Treatment or CARE Act petition eligibility, and evaluation for grave disability

  • Adds individuals transitioning from state hospitals (after 6+ months) to the list of those presumptively eligible for county full-service partnership mental health programs, alongside those leaving prisons or jails

  • Extends targeted Medi-Cal services eligibility to qualifying inmates of state hospitals for 90 days prior to release, matching existing provisions for inmates of public institutions

  • Clarifies that counties are not required to enroll presumptively eligible individuals in full-service partnerships if enrollment would exceed program funding capacity

Legislative Description

Health care: state hospitals.

Last Action

Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.

3/10/2026

Committee Referrals

Public Safety3/9/2026

Full Bill Text

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