{"id":5883,"date":"2014-06-29T11:11:31","date_gmt":"2014-06-29T19:11:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/?p=5883"},"modified":"2017-05-28T22:56:16","modified_gmt":"2017-05-29T06:56:16","slug":"san-francisco-poised-to-implement-lauras-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/5883\/san-francisco-poised-to-implement-lauras-law\/","title":{"rendered":"San Francisco Poised to Implement Laura&#8217;s Law"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5485\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/plugins\/2013\/04\/capture3.jpg\" alt=\"Laura's Law\" width=\"500\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/plugins\/2013\/04\/capture3.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/plugins\/2013\/04\/capture3-300x192.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>By <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/author\/rstone\/\">Ralph E. Stone<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>June 29, 2014<\/p>\n<p>The Board of Supervisors appears poised to finally implement Laura&#8217;s Law in San Francisco at a meeting tentatively set for July 8.\u00a0 Supervisor David Campos, a long-time opponent of involuntary treatment of the mentally ill, reportedly agreed to support the move if certain amendments are added. \u00a0With Campos&#8217; vote, Laura&#8217;s Law is likely to pass avoiding a November referendum on the issue.<\/p>\n<p>The amendments are window dressing in an attempt to appease opponents of Laura&#8217;s Law.\u00a0 To qualify for treatment, a person must have been hospitalized or jailed stemming from mental health issues twice in the past three years and have been violent to themselves or someone else in the past four years. The treatment would be administered at an outpatient facility and would not permit compelled medication.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.berkeleydailyplanet.com\/issue\/2011-09-22\/article\/38444?headline=Laura-s-Law-in-a-Nutshell=\" target=\"_blank\">Laura&#8217;s Law<\/a>\u00a0is an assisted outpatient treatment (AOT) program that allows court-ordered, intensive outpatient treatment for persons with severe mental illness who refuse medication because their illness impairs their ability to make rational decisions.<\/p>\n<p>California implemented Laura&#8217;s Law in 2002 and has been extended to 2017, but only Nevada and Orange counties have implemented it fully with Los Angeles County opting for a small pilot project. \u00a0Forty-five states permit the use of assisted outpatient treatment.<\/p>\n<p>One of the Campos amendments would prohibit compelled medication. \u00a0This amendment illustrates a common misconception about Laura&#8217;s Law.\u00a0 AOT orders cannot authorize forced medication. Before a person can be compelled to take medication, a\u00a0Riese hearing\u00a0is required. \u00a0In a Riese hearing, the person has a right to an advocate or counsel. \u00a0In other words, if a person does not follow AOT treatment plan, a Riese hearing can be invoked.\u00a0 In short, an AOT plan can include medication only by an order issued by a judge.<\/p>\n<p>Laura\u2019s Law is not about the physical act of forced medication. Forced medication can &#8212; and should\u00a0\u2013- only happen at a licensed medical facility.\u00a0 One of the goals of Laura&#8217;s Law is to eliminate the need for forced medication.<\/p>\n<p>Opponents of Laura&#8217;s Law argue that any involuntary treatment trample the civil rights of the mentally ill. The response to these opponents was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.treatmentadvocacycenter.org\/about-us\/our-blog\/69-no-state\/2577-we-are-making-a-mockery-of-civil-rights-personally-speaking\">well stated<\/a> by Don Edward Green, former Contra Costa County probate judge:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;Laura&#8217;s Law provides a very thorough protection of the civil rights of the persons with severe mental illness. But, you may hear claims that Laura&#8217;s Law\u00a0is an infringement of civil rights. At the core of our civil rights is our ability to choose to do what we want. When a person is unable to understand the nature and consequences of their decisions because of their illness, that person is fundamentally deprived of the ability to exercise any civil rights&#8230;\u00a0 We make a mockery of civil rights when we ignore people with severe mental illness, leaving them on the streets until they do something we characterize as a crime, then we lock them in our overcrowded jails and prisons.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I urge the Board of Supervisors to implement Laura&#8217;s Law with or without the unnecessary amendments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Board of Supervisors appears poised to finally implement Laura&#8217;s Law in San Francisco at a meeting tentatively set for July 8.  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