CA Welf & Inst Code Section 4012

The State Department of State Hospitals, the State Department of Health Care Services, and other departments as necessary, may:

(a)

Disseminate educational information relating to the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of mental illness.

(b)

Upon request, advise all public officers, organizations and agencies interested in the mental health of the people of the state.

(c)

Conduct such educational and related work as will tend to encourage the development of proper mental health facilities throughout the state.

(d)

Coordinate state activities involving other departments whose actions affect mentally ill persons.

(e)

Coordinate with, and provide information to, other states and national organizations, on issues involving mental health.

(f)

Disseminate information and federal and private foundation funding opportunities to counties and cities that administer mental health programs.