Governor Newsom's CARE Court is kicking off in Butte County. The program puts people with mental health and substance abuse disorders into court-ordered treatment plans, if they're unwilling to get help voluntarily. Butte County Behavioral Health says it has hired a team to take on the new case load . Director Scott Kennelly says the county will start accepting petitions beginning Monday December 1st from people like family members, roommates, providers, hospital administrators, and EMT's. Governor Newsome signed the CARE court bill into law in 2022 .