California § 5601 - As used in this part: (a)
Full text of California Public Contract Code - PCC § 5601 — As used in this part: (a), with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 5601. As used in this part: (a)
As used in this part: (a) âGoverning bodyâ means the county board of supervisors or boards of supervisors in the case of counties acting jointly; and in the case of a city, the city council or city councils acting jointly. (b) âConferenceâ means the County Behavioral Health Directors Association of California as established under former Section 5757. (c) Unless the context requires otherwise, âto the extent resources are availableâ means to the extent that funds deposited in the mental health account of the local health and welfare fund are available to an entity qualified to use those funds. (d) âPart 1â refers to the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act (Part 1 (commencing with Section 5000)). (e) âDirector of Health Care Servicesâ or âdirectorâ means the Director of the State Department of Health Care Services. (f) âInstitutionâ includes a general acute care hospital, a state hospital, a psychiatric hospital, a psychiatric health facility, a skilled nursing facility, including an institution for mental disease as described in Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 5900) of Part 5, an intermediate care facility, a community care facility or other residential treatment facility, or a juvenile or criminal justice institution. (g) âMental health serviceâ means any service directed toward early intervention in, or alleviation or prevention of, mental disorder, including, but not limited to, diagnosis, evaluation, treatment, personal care, day care, respite care, special living arrangements, community skill training, sheltered employment, socialization, case management, transportation, information, referral, consultation, and community services.
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