Mobile crisis teams or units: procedures.

Assembly Member Ramos's mobile crisis response legislation authorizes county behavioral health directors to establish specialized procedures for emergency situations involving individuals with intellectual, developmental, or behavioral health conditions. The measure applies to counties that operate or contract mobile crisis teams, adding new provisions to existing frameworks for crisis intervention services.

The bill creates a dedicated chapter in California's Welfare and Institutions Code to address mobile crisis response procedures. Under these provisions, county behavioral health directors may develop protocols for handling emergencies involving people with autism and other intellectual or developmental disabilities, as well as those experiencing behavioral health crises. The authorization builds upon current requirements for regional centers and county mental health agencies to coordinate crisis intervention services for individuals served by both systems.

This measure operates within the existing structure of behavioral health crisis services, including the Miles Hall Lifeline and Suicide Prevention Act, the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act's involuntary commitment provisions, and Medi-Cal's community-based mobile crisis intervention services. The bill requires no new appropriations, indicating implementation would occur through currently available resources and administrative frameworks.