California Code of Regulations
Title 15 - Crime Prevention and Corrections
Division 3 - Adult Institutions, Programs and Parole
Chapter 1 - Rules and Regulations of Adult Operations and Programs
Subchapter 6 - Adult Parole
Article 9 - Parole Outpatient Clinic
Section 3610 - Parole Outpatient Clinic Services

(a) Parole outpatient clinics (POC) have been established to provide mental health assessments and outpatient mental health treatment, if needed, to supervised persons.

(b) At any time during the period of parole, the parole agent of record may refer a supervised person to a POC for a screening evaluation to determine the need for a full mental health assessment.

(c) POC clinical staff shall provide a mental health assessment for each referred supervised person to determine if there is a need for transitional or sustained therapeutic intervention on an outpatient basis. If therapy is deemed necessary, the supervised person shall be assigned to attend a POC for mental health treatment. Treatment services may be supplemented by interagency agreements/contracts with other state and county agencies. All records of mental health diagnosis, evaluation and treatment shall be considered confidential in accordance with subsection 3361(c).

(d) The parole agent of record shall impose a special condition of parole to participate in a POC on all supervised persons assigned by clinical staff to attend POC for treatment.

(e) A supervised person upon whom a special condition of parole to attend a POC is imposed and who is absent without being excused by their parole agent of record or the POC clinician, or whose stated reasons for absence are later determined by the parole agent of record to be false, shall be considered in violation of their parole conditions.

(f) Mandatory referral to a POC for a mental health assessment shall be made by the parole agent of record for the following:

(g) Supervised persons for whom psychotropic medications are prescribed shall be given the information upon which to base an informed consent. The supervised person shall provide specific written informed consent in compliance with sections 3353 and 3363(d).

(h) When the department's jurisdiction of a person is expiring and continued treatment or services are required, the parole agent of record, in concert with POC staff, shall assist the person in obtaining the services from a community mental health agency. If the services of the agencies cannot be obtained, the person may continue to receive parole outpatient clinic services until community services can be arranged or the services are no longer required.