California Legal Codes and Statutes

§ 7280

Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 144, Sec. 122. (AB 1847) Effective January 1, 2015.

The guardian or conservator of the estate of a person who is confined in a state hospital may, from time to time, pay to the state hospital moneys out of the estate to be used for the future personal needs of the person while in a state hospital and for burial expenses. These sums shall be credited to the patient’s personal deposit account, subject to the provision relating to the deposit of funds in the patients’ personal deposit fund.

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Cal. Welf. & Inst. Code § 7280 (2026)
https://ca.codecond.com/codes/wic/division-7-mental-institutions/chapter-2-state-hospitals-for-the-mentally-disordered/article-4-property-and-support-of-patients/section-7280

Other sections in Article 4 - Property and Support of Patients

§ 7275§ 7276§ 7277§ 7277.1§ 7278§ 7279§ 7280§ 7281§ 7281.1§ 7282§ 7282.1§ 7283§ 7288§ 7289§ 7289.1§ 7290§ 7293§ 7294§ 7295§ 7296

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