BILL NUMBER: SB 721INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Senator Pan FEBRUARY 27, 2015 An act to amend Section 5701.5 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to mental health. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 721, as introduced, Pan. Mental Health: community mental health services. Existing law, the Bronzan-McCorquodale Act, contains provisions governing the operation and financing of community mental health services for the mentally disordered in every county through locally administered and locally controlled community mental health programs. This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to those provisions. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 5701.5 of the Welfare and Institutions Code is amended to read: 5701.5. City-operated Bronzan-McCorquodale programs paid by the stateunderpursuant to Section 5615 shall be directly funded in accordance with this chapter.