{"data":{"id":"us-ca/wic-4653","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"WIC § 4653","heading":"","body":"Except for those developmentally disabled persons judicially committed to state hospitals, no developmentally disabled person shall be admitted to a state hospital except upon the referral of a regional center. Upon discharge from a state hospital, a developmentally disabled person shall be referred to an appropriate regional center.","path":["Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC","DIVISION 4.5. SERVICES FOR THE DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED [4500. - 4894.]","CHAPTER 5. Regional Centers for Persons With Developmental Disabilities [4620. - 4669.75.]","ARTICLE 2. Regional Center Responsibilities [4640. - 4659.2.]"],"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":"89e4b0212d9831e16ba96f49d7b35c6a4b194cc6709374c60b3f63b12d12a708","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/wic-4652.5","next":"us-ca/wic-4654"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}