Report 2013-103 Recommendation Responses
Report 2013-103: Armed Persons With Mental Illness: Insufficient Outreach From the Department of Justice and Poor Reporting From Superior Courts Limit the Identification of Armed Persons With Mental Illness (Release Date: October 2013)
Recommendation for Legislative Action
The Legislature should amend state law to specify that all mental health-related prohibiting events must be reported to Justice within 24 hours regardless of the entity required to report.
Description of Legislative Action
The Legislature has not taken action to address this specific recommendation.
- Legislative Action Current As-of: October 2018
California State Auditor's Assessment of Annual Follow-Up Status: No Action Taken
Description of Legislative Action
Legislation has not been introduced to address this specific recommendation.
- Legislative Action Current As-of: December 2017
California State Auditor's Assessment of Annual Follow-Up Status: No Action Taken
Description of Legislative Action
Assembly Bill 1591 (Achadjian/Gray, Chapter 141, Statutes of 2014) requires a court to notify the Justice of a court order finding a person to be a danger to others as a result of a mental disorder or illness, or adjudicated to be a mentally disordered sex offender as soon as possible, but not later than one court day after issuing the order.
- Legislative Action Current As-of: January 2015
California State Auditor's Assessment of 1-Year Status: Partially Implemented
Assembly Bill 1591 requires the court to notify Justice as soon as possible, but not later than one court day after issuing the order. In order to fully implement our recommendation, the Legislature should consider amending state law to require the notification within 24 hours.