{"data":{"id":"us-ca/gov-856","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"GOV § 856","heading":"","body":"(a) Neither a public entity nor a public employee acting within the scope of his employment is liable for any injury resulting from determining in accordance with any applicable enactment:\n(1) Whether to confine a person for mental illness or addiction.\n(2) The terms and conditions of confinement for mental illness or addiction.\n(3) Whether to parole, grant a leave of absence to, or release a person confined for mental illness or addiction.\n(b) A public employee is not liable for carrying out with due care a determination described in subdivision (a).\n(c) Nothing in this section exonerates a public employee from liability for injury proximately caused by his negligent or wrongful act or omission in carrying out or failing to carry out:\n(1) A determination to confine or not to confine a person for mental illness or addiction.\n(2) The terms or conditions of confinement of a person for mental illness or addiction.\n(3) A determination to parole, grant a leave of absence to, or release a person confined for mental illness or addiction.","path":["Government Code - GOV","TITLE 1. GENERAL [100. - 7931.000.]","DIVISION 3.6. CLAIMS AND ACTIONS AGAINST PUBLIC ENTITIES AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES [810. - 998.3.]","PART 2. LIABILITY OF PUBLIC ENTITIES AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES [814. - 895.8.]","CHAPTER 5. Medical, Hospital and Public Health Activities [854. - 856.6.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"ea01e22617655e585dc199450e43a077f8a103fb9e8e80fc1f23e356ef56d358","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/gov-855.8","next":"us-ca/gov-856.2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}