BILL NUMBER: AB 1854INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Ammiano FEBRUARY 12, 2010 An act to amend Section 5840.2 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to mental health. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 1854, as introduced, Ammiano. Mental Health Services Act. The Mental Health Services Act requires the State Department of Mental Health to contract for the provision of specified services with each county mental health program in a specified manner. That act, an initiative measure, authorizes the Legislature to amend any of its provisions by a 2/3 vote, so long as the amendments are consistent with and further its intent. This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to that law. Vote: 2/3. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 5840.2 of the Welfare and Institutions Code is amended to read: 5840.2. (a) The department shall contract for the provision of services pursuant to this part with each county mental health program in the mannerset forthspecified in Section 5897.