Making Laura ’s Law Available Throughout California

The 2008 goal of the California Treatment Advocacy Coalition (CTAC) is to make assisted outpatient treatment available in all Californian counties to help those who are rendered incapable of accessing obviously needed treatment by the symptoms of a severe mental illness like schizophrenia.  

That means that it is up to each of us to urge the Board of Supervisors of our own county to adopt this valuable court-ordered community treatment mechanism. 

Nevada County’s new AOT program proves that Laura’s Law can be adopted and that MHSA can pay for it.  That does not make getting AOT for a county easy, but it does put the program on an even playing field with all others.

AOT is an extremely effective tool to care for certain individuals and allows the sickest patients to get help before the point of immediate physical danger, removing them from the revolving door of repeated emergency room visits and jail that are so costly to counties.  CTAC will continue to work on the implementation of Laura’s Law to bring treatment to all of those in need in California.  It is the Board of Supervisors that decides whether not your county adopts Laura’s Law – please write to or visit your Supervisor.  The message is simple – Adopt Laura’s Law.

If you would like to join the California Treatment Advocacy Coalition, please email us at [email protected].

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