§ 7230 High-Risk Patient Treatment Locations

• •High-risk patients must go to Atascadero State Hospital, Patton State Hospital, or a secure facility like a prison.
• •Metropolitan State Hospital and Napa State Hospital only take low- to medium-risk patients.
• •The State Department of State Hospitals decides who is high-risk and who is not.

If someone is considered a high security risk because they have a history of violence, they cannot be sent to Metropolitan State Hospital for treatment.

This person must go to a place like Atascadero State Hospital or a prison instead, because the law says high-risk patients can't be treated at Metropolitan or Napa State Hospitals.