California Bill To Extend Laura's Law Scheduled For Vote

ALERT FROM CALIFORNIA TREATMENT ADVOCACY COALITION
FROM: Carla Jacobs, Randall Hagar, Chuck Sosebee & Mark Gale
May 22, 2012

We need your help now! AB 1569, a bill to extend Laura's Law, will be heard in the Senate Committee on Health June 13 at 1:30 p.m. at the state capitol, Room 4203. Please reach out to the committee and your senators and urge them to support the bill.

(Laura's Law allows courts to order a narrowly defined group of seriously ill individuals to stay in treatment as a condition of living in the community. It also allows courts to order the mental health system to provide the treatment.)

Send or direct letters of support to Senator Ed Hernandez, chair of the Senate Committee on Health and to Senator Tom Harman, vice chair. Let them know that Laura's Law saves money - and lives. Contact information is below:

Senator Ed Hernandez, chair (Senate district 24)
Fax: (916) 445-0485
Mailing address: State Capitol, Room 4085, Sacramento, CA 95814-4900
Phone: (916) 651-4024
Email: senator.hernandez@senate.ca.gov

Senator Tom Harman, vice chair (district AD 73)
Fax: (916) 319-2173
Mailing address: State Capitol, Room 5094, Sacramento, CA 95814-4900
Phone: (916) 651-4035
Email: senator.harman@senate.ca.gov

Mail and Fax are Preferred to Email.
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