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Seclusion and Restraint

Senate Bill 130, chapter 750, statutes of 2003, amended the Health and Safety Code, adding §1180 that mandates DHCS to collect data for MHRCs, PHFs, and PRTFs regarding the use of seclusion and restraint (S&R) and to make the data publicly accessible on the Internet.

The S&R data collected and published quarterly on this website include all of the following:

the number of deaths that occur while persons are in seclusion or behavioral restraints, or where it is reasonable to assume that a death was proximately related to the use of seclusion or behavioral restraints;
the number of serious injuries sustained by persons while in seclusion or subject to behavioral restraints;
the number of serious injuries sustained by staff that occur during the use of seclusion or behavioral restraints;
the number of incidents of seclusion;
the number of incidents of use of behavioral restraints;
the duration of time spent per incident in seclusion;
the duration of time spent per incident subject to behavioral restraints;
the number of times an involuntary emergency medication is used to control behavior.

Seclusion and Restraint Definitions

Seclusion and Restraint Data Reports

Lanterman-Petris-Short (LPS) Act Data

Senate Bill (SB) 929 amended Welfare and Institutions (W&I) Code §5402 to require the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) to collect and report expanded data related to involuntary behavioral health treatment. On a quarterly basis, DHCS must collect data from each county behavioral health director, designated and approved facilities, and other entities involved in implementing Section 5150. This includes the number of detentions, the number of temporary and permanent conservatorships established, and the number of individuals receiving outpatient services within a jail facility. The statute also mandates the collection, analysis, and publication of additional data elements, including demographic information, clinical outcomes, waiting periods, county-contracted bed counts, and the frequency of detentions across all detention types—72-hour evaluation and treatment, 14-day and 30-day intensive treatment, and 180-day postcertification treatment. Judicial Council data is also included. These data requirements help address existing gaps and inform the development of DHCS's annual report, published by May 1 of each year, which provides transparency around the use of involuntary holds, evaluations, and treatment services statewide.

LPS Data Collection

For instructions on how to use the LPS Data Collection Platform, please see LPS Data Collection Platform Instructions.

If you are a county behavioral health director and need access to the LPS data reporting platform, please reach out to MHData@dhcs.ca.gov or (916) 323-1864 for access.

For all other inquiries regarding data, please contact: MHData@dhcs.ca.gov

The DHCS Listening Session: Implementation of Senate Bill (SB) 929, Assembly Bill 118, and SB 43 video is now publicly available for viewing:

Phase I Link: DHCS Session: Implementation of Senate Bill (SB) 929 and Assembly Bill (AB) 118
Phase II Link: DHCS Listening Session on SB 929 Electronic Data Submission Platform

Annual Data

Senate Bill 929 Report to Legislature (March 2024)

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LPS Data Collection

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Seclusion and Restraint

Lanterman-Petris-Short (LPS) Act Data