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Californians with untreated mental illness and addiction issues could be detained against their will and forced into treatment under a new law signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom, a move to help overhaul the state’s mental health system and address its growing homelessness crisis.

The new law, which reforms the state’s conservatorship system, expands the definition of “gravely disabled” to include people who are unable to provide themselves basic needs such as food and shelter due to an untreated mental illness or unhealthy drugs and alcohol use. Local governments say current state laws leave their hands tied if a person refuses to receive help.

The law is designed to make it easier for authorities to provide care to people with untreated mental illness or addictions to alcohol and drugs, many of whom are homeless.

col·lab·o·ra·tion
/kəˌlabəˈrāSH(ə)n/
noun
1.
the action of working with someone to produce or create something bigger than if you would have created by yourself.
Helping shouldn’t be monopolized. It’s joint efforts from various entities that will be beneficial to those you serve.
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DR. SHARON ELEFANT, Nonprofit & Education Consultant
Aid America is honored to have Dr. Sharon Elefant, Founder and CEO of The Nonprofit Plug.
She and her firm represent Aid America making sure we stay in compliance and move in right directions to build this organization ‘help the forgotten’. Also help navigate our visions to help the less fortunate obtain the American dream.

Marzban Stephen S MD
AID AMERICA
MEDICAL DIRECTOR
An internist like Siamak Marzban is a physician who has completed an internal medicine residency and is board-certified or board-eligible in an internist specialty. Internists are trained to care for adults of all ages for many different medical conditions. An internist typically monitors chronic physical conditions, identifies acute diseases, provides family planning, provides counseling about wellness and disease prevention, etc.Siamak Marzban is enrolled in PECOS and is eligible to order or refer health care services for Medicare patients. The provider is eligible to order or refer: Part B Clinical Laboratory and Imaging, Durable Medical Equipment (DME), a Home Health Agency (HHA) and Power Mobility Devices.
Well respected in the medical community with multiple awards and honors.