Patients have the right to see and receive the services of a Patients’ Rights Advocate.

A Patients’ Rights Advocate can:

  • Educate us about our rights.
  • Advise us on the options we have when our rights are violated unjustly or punitively.
  • When working with a Patients’ Rights Advocate, we have the right to meet with them in private to discuss any concerns we may have.

*** Upon admission to a facility, each patient shall immediately be given a copy of a State Department of Mental Health prepared patients’ rights handbook..***

*** Patients’ Rights Posters should be in a visible area where all patients’ can have access to them.***

***A number to the Patients’ Rights Advocate Office is usually posted along with the Patients’ Rights poster***

ALAMEDA COUNTY
(510) 835-2505
alameda_ptadvocate@mhaac.org

SAN MATEO COUNTY
(650) 341-1889
smcpra@mhaac.org

MARIN COUNTY
(415) 473-2960
marinpra@mhaac.org