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New California law expands Newsom’s mental health court

Senate Bill 27 broadens CARE Court eligibility to include bipolar psychosis and merges initial hearings to improve efficiency, with 3,092 petitions filed by October.

Summary by Times-Standard
In 2023, Gov. Gavin Newsom launched a new program intended to revolutionize the way counties provide mental health care to some of their most vulnerable residents. CARE Court provides a new pathway for the courts to coordinate mental health and substance use treatment, medications and housing placements for people in the grip of psychosis, including those sleeping outside on the street. But CalMatters investigations have found that so far, the p…

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Cal Matters broke the news in Sacramento, United States on Saturday, December 27, 2025.
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