California Assembly Bill AB2199 Amended / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: AB 2199AMENDED BILL TEXT AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 14, 2010 INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Bonnie Lowenthal FEBRUARY 18, 2010 An act to  repeal   amend  Section 8050 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to mental health. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 2199, as amended, Bonnie Lowenthal. Sexual deviation: research. Existing law requires the State Department of Mental Health, acting through the superintendent of the Langly Porter Clinic, to plan, conduct, and cause to be conducted scientific research into the causes and cures of sexual deviation, including deviations conducive to sex crimes against children, and the causes and cures of homosexuality, and into methods of identifying potential sex offenders. This bill would  repeal those provisions   , instead, require the department to plan, conduct, and cause to be conducted scientific research into the prevention of sex crimes against children and into methods of identifying those who commit sexual offenses  . Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:  SECTION 1.   Section 8050 of the   Welfare and Institutions Code  is amended to read:  8050. The State Department of Mental Health  , acting through the superintendent of the Langley Porter Clinic,  shall plan, conduct,  and   or  cause to be conducted scientific research into the  causes and cures of sexual deviation, including deviations conducive to  prevention of  sex crimes against children  , and the causes and cures of homosexuality, and into methods of identifying potential sex offenders   and into methods of identifying those who commit sexual offenses  .  SECTION 1.   Section 8050 of the Welfare and Institutions Code is repealed.