{"data":{"id":"us-ca/wic-5344","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"WIC § 5344","heading":"","body":"Any expenditure for the custody, evaluation, treatment, or other procedures for services rendered a person pursuant to this article shall be considered an expenditure made under the provisions of Part 2 (commencing with Section 5600) of this division, and shall be paid as are other expenditures pursuant to that part. No person shall be admitted to a state hospital for care and treatment of his or her use of controlled substances prior to screening and referral by an agency designated in the county Short-Doyle plan to provide the services.","path":["Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC","DIVISION 5. COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES [5000. - 5987.]","PART 1. THE LANTERMAN-PETRIS-SHORT ACT [5000. - 5550.]","CHAPTER 2. Involuntary Treatment [5150. - 5349.1.]","ARTICLE 8. Community Controlled Substances Treatment Services [5340. - 5344.]"],"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":"6260aef75bd45dcd25d8c4c88d5ee861ef62b50b2b68dd7b7491aecc5e5d6b2f","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/wic-5343","next":"us-ca/wic-5345"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}