California Non-Designated ED Psychiatric Detention (HSC 1799.111)
California detention in an emergency department that is not a designated 5150 facility: 24 hours at most, credited to a later 5150.
Open the tool → Runs in your browser. Data leaves only if you deliberately send a problem report from the interactive tool.
Example
- Detention began
- 2026-09-18T14:00
- Medically stable for transfer
- 2026-09-18T18:00
- First placement contact
- 2026-09-18T16:30
- 5150 written
- 2026-09-19T02:00
Result: The 12 h in the emergency department are credited, so the 5150 ends Monday, September 21, 2026, 2:00 pm, 60 h after it was written.
The tool opens with these values already filled in. Replace them with your own.
What you enter
- Detention began (YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM)
- Medically stable for transfer (YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM)
- First placement contact (YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM)
- 5150 written (YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM)
How this is calculated
Cal. Health & Safety Code (HSC) 1799.111, as amended by SB 43 (Stats. 2023, ch. 637), effective January 1, 2024. Read the source ↗
A reference and educational tool. Not medical, legal, or financial advice, and not a substitute for clinician judgment.