The State Department of Health Care Services may maintain a statewide mental health prevention program directed toward a reduction in the need for utilization of the treatment system and the development and strengthening of community support and self-help networks. The State Department of State Hospitals may support the establishment of self-help groups, which may be facilitated by an outside entity, subject to the approval of the hospital administrator, at state hospitals.

(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 34, Sec. 72. (SB 1009) Effective June 27, 2012.)