California’s San Francisco To Implement Its Own Version Of Mental Health Treatment Law

Circle Connections: Policy & Regulatory Updates San Francisco is poised to implement its own version of a California law that allows for court-ordered treatment for severely mentally ill patients. "Laura's Law" is named for Laura Wilcox, a college student who was murdered by a man with schizophrenia and a history of violence who had refused treatment. It lets counties throughout California opt into a system in which the mentally ill, like Wilcox's killer, can be forced into treatment. San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee said the city will roll out a version of the law on a permanent . . .