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Each day someone in Orange County who is
suffering with a mental illness, goes untreated.
Many aren’t receiving care because ....
Laura’s Law has not been implemented in Orange County.
Laura’s Law is a California State law that can help remove some
of the barriers that stand between illness and recovery.
The law was written such that, each individual California county
can decide whether or not to implement this law.
of the barriers that stand between illness and recovery.
The law was written such that, each individual California county
can decide whether or not to implement this law.
Watch this short video about
Laura's Law implementation in Nevada County, CA
Laura's Law implementation in Nevada County, CA
Comment by
Judge Tom Anderson
Presiding Judge, Superior Court of California
County of Nevada
Presiding Judge, Superior Court of California
County of Nevada
"Laura's Law provides an effective tool to help people who are in
serious danger of being involuntarily hospitalized or incarcerated or
worse. The impact of Laura’s Law interventions has been proven to save
people from severe mental health deterioration, increase voluntary
participation in their own mental health care, increase personal and
social stability, decrease the need for crisis intervention and saving
of lots of taxpayer money. There is no good reason to not implement
Laura’s Law. In fact, under the current circumstances (considering the
budget issues and standards of care) the failure to utilize Laura’s Law
might be considered negligent."
Please also watch the video posted under, "Poor Insight"to understand why Laura's Law is needed to help those too ill to help themselves.
