Patient Advocacy Resources

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Patient Advocacy Resource Directory

5150 Manual
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5256(b)/AB-2275 Hearing Fax Sheet

AB-2275: Due Process Hearings in Non-Designated Locations

Brochures

• Patient Advocacy Overview
  • English
  • Spanish
• Board & Care Facilities
  • English
  • Spanish
• Crisis House/Centers
  • English
  • Spanish
• Denial of Rights
  • English
  • Spanish
• Independent Clinical Review
  • English
  • Spanish
• Laura’s Law
  • English
  • Spanish
• LPS Conservatorships
  • English
  • Spanish
• Resolution of Appeals (English)
• Resolution of Grievances (English)
• Roger S. Hearings
  • English
  • Spanish
• Seclusion & Restraint
  • English
  • Spanish
• Skilled Nursing Facilities
• STRTP Residents’ Rights
• Substance Use Disorder Treatment Advocacy
  • English
  • Spanish
• Writ of Habeas Corpus
  • English
  • Spanish
• Your Right to Voluntary Treatment

Emergency Response Plans

• English
• Spanish
• Arabic
• Tagalog
• Vietnamese

Facilities We Monitor

• Board & Care Facilities
• Skilled Nursing Facilities
• Substance Use Disorder Facilities
• Other Facilities

Forms

• 5150 Form
  This form should only be used by sworn peace officers and individuals who are currently authorized to initiate 5150s by San Diego HHSA Behavioral Health Services
• 5150 Advisement
  • English
  • Spanish
• Notice of Certification for up to 14 Days Pursuant to 5250
• Notice of Certification for up to 30 Days Pursuant to 5270
• Riese Petition
• Notice of Request for Writ of Habeas Corpus
• Notice of Certification for Additional 14 Days Intensive Treatment
• 14-Day Hold and Hearing Information Sheet for Patients
• Patients’ Rights Denial – Monthly Tally

Grievance and Appeal Forms

• English
• Spanish
• Arabic
• Chinese
• Farsi
• Korean
• Russian
• Somali
• Tagalog
• Vietnamese

Minors Information

• Minor’s Admission Package for Private Hospitals
• Minor’s Rights Handbook – Private Hospital (English)
• Minor’s Rights Handbook – Private Hospital (Spanish)
• Minor’s Rights Handbook – Public Hospital
• Application for Approval of a Minor’s Request for Voluntary Inpatient Psychiatric Treatment [WIC 6552]

Other Documents

• Involuntary Detention Guidelines
• LPS Summary/Mental Health Law Flow Chart
• Patient Advocacy FAQs
• San Diego County Resolution on Designating Behavioral Health Professionals
• Weapons Restrictions in the Behavioral Health World

Posters

• Patients’ Rights Poster
  • English
  • Arabic
  • Farsi
  • Spanish
  • Tagalog
  • Vietnamese
• San Diego County Grievance Poster
  • English
  • English (large font)
  • Arabic
  • Chinese
  • Farsi
  • Korean
  • Russian
  • Somali
  • Spanish
  • Tagalog
  • Vietnamese

Rights Handbooks

• English
• Spanish
• Arabic
• Chinese
• Farsi
• Korean
• Russian
• Tagalog
• Vietnamese

Rights by Facility

• Residential Treatment Residents’ Rights (SUDs)
• Mental Health Rehabilitation Centers (MHRCs)
• Minors’ Resident Rights
• LPS Designated Facilities Patients’ Rights
• Skilled Nursing Facilities Residents’ Rights
• Crisis House Residents’ (Social Rehabilitation Facility) Rights
• Board and Care (Adult Residential Facility) Residents’ Rights

SB-43/Expansion of Grave Disability

• Expansion of Grave Disability (effective January 1, 2025)
• Grave Disability Observations (effective January 1, 2025)
• SB-43 Expansion of Grave Disability Video

Trainings & Presentations

• Analysis of Denial of Rights
• Minors – Due Process Rights
• 30-Day Holds (5270)