CARE Act Implementation Update July 2025
The report was released on June 28, 2025, by the California Department of Health Care Services. It presents data on the Community Assistance, Recovery, and Empowerment (CARE) Act, which created a new civil court process for people with severe functional impairment due to serious mental illness, defined as schizophrenia spectrum or other psychotic disorders, who are at risk of homelessness, avoidable psychiatric hospitalization, or mental health conservatorship . . .