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 02/10/26 - Introduced

 SB-1016 Community Assistance, Recovery, and Empowerment (CARE) Court Program and court-ordered evaluations.(2025-2026)

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 Date Published: 07/02/2026 09:00 PM

SB1016:v94#DOCUMENTBill Start

 Amended
 IN 
 Assembly
 July 02, 2026

 Amended
 IN 
 Senate
 May 14, 2026

 Amended
 IN 
 Senate
 April 28, 2026

 Amended
 IN 
 Senate
 March 26, 2026

 Amended
 IN 
 Senate
 March 25, 2026

 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
 2025–2026 REGULAR SESSION

 Senate Bill

No. 1016

Introduced by Senator Blakespear
(Principal coauthor: Senator Umberg)
(Coauthor: Assembly Member Dixon)(Coauthors: Assembly Members Addis, Dixon, and Sanchez)

February 10, 2026

An act to amend Sections 5206, 5207, 5211, 5975, 5976.5, 5977, 5977.4, 5979, 5983, and 5985 of, the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to mental health.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

SB 1016, as amended, Blakespear.
 Community Assistance, Recovery, and Empowerment (CARE) Court Program and court-ordered evaluations.

Existing law, the Community Assistance, Recovery, and Empowerment (CARE) Act (CARE Act), authorizes specified persons, including a person with whom the respondent resides, family members, and first responders, among others, to petition a civil court to create a voluntary CARE agreement or a court-ordered CARE plan and implement services, to be provided by county behavioral health agencies, to provide behavioral health care, including stabilization medication, housing, and other enumerated services, to adults who are currently experiencing a severe mental illness and have a diagnosis identified in the disorder class schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders, or bipolar I disorder with psychotic features, and who meet other specified criteria. Existing law requires the Judicial Council to develop a mandatory form for use to file a CARE process petition with the court and any other
 forms necessary for the CARE process, to be signed under the penalty of perjury, and requires the form to contain certain information, including either a specified affidavit of a licensed behavioral health professional or evidence the respondent was detained for a minimum of two intensive treatments pursuant to specified provisions of law.

Existing law, the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act (LPS Act), generally provides for the evaluation, treatment, and civil commitment of persons with mental health disorders and other specified persons. Existing law authorizes, under a superior court order, an evaluation of a person alleged, as a result of mental disorder, to be a danger to themselves or others or to be gravely disabled, and authorizes any individual to apply to the person or agency designated by the county for a petition to the court requesting that an evaluation of the person’s condition be made. Existing law requires persons who have been detained for evaluation to be
 released, referred for care and treatment on a voluntary basis, certified for intensive treatment, or recommended for conservatorship under the LPS Act. and provides the forms to use for these evaluations. The CARE Act authorizes a court to terminate a respondent’s participation in the CARE process if the court determines that the respondent is not participating in the CARE process or is not adhering to their CARE plan, as specified, and authorizes the court to order the court-ordered evaluation under the LPS Act.

This bill would, among other things, authorize a petitioner of a CARE Act petition to request that the court order a mental health evaluation under the LPS Act if the petitioner believes that the person may not be willing or able to participate in the CARE process and a CARE plan or CARE agreement due to the severity of their mental disorder or lack of insight into their mental disorder, and would require the Judicial Council to include on the mandatory petition form an option for the petitioner to request
 that evaluation. The bill would authorize the court to issue an order for a mental health evaluation under the LPS Act if the CARE Act petition or report prepared by the county behavioral health agency establishes