RECOMMENDATION(S):
APPOINT the County Counsel, or designee, to serve on a panel to identify and recommend prospective commissioners, referees, or hearing officers to the Superior Court for the purpose of resolving certain matters involving inmates who appear unable to consent to or refuse psychiatric medication.
FISCAL IMPACT:
No fiscal impact.
BACKGROUND:
With the increased number of individuals with serious mental disorders in detention facilities, the ability to administer psychiatric medication within the facilities has become increasingly important. In 2017, the Legislature amended Penal Code section 2603 to authorize the involuntary administration of psychiatric medication to inmates under certain limited circumstances.
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