California Gravely Disabled Definition After SB 43 (WIC 5008(h))
Whether documented findings meet California's "gravely disabled" definition as SB 43 rewrote it (WIC 5008(h)).
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Example
- Cause
- Severe substance use disorder
- Food
- Able to provide
- Clothing
- Able to provide
- Shelter
- Able to provide
- Personal safety
- Able to provide
- Necessary medical care
- Unable to provide
- The inability results from the condition
- Met
Result: A severe substance use disorder alone, unable to obtain necessary medical care: meets 5008(h)(1)(A).
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What you enter
- Cause
- Hold or proceeding
- Food
- Clothing
- Shelter
- Personal safety
- Necessary medical care
- The inability results from the condition
How this is calculated
Cal. Welfare & Institutions Code (WIC) 5008(h), as amended by SB 43 (2023) and SB 1238 (Stats. 2024, ch. 644). Read the source ↗
A reference and educational tool. Not medical, legal, or financial advice, and not a substitute for clinician judgment.