Amended IN Senate June 26, 2017 Amended IN Assembly May 26, 2017 Amended IN Assembly April 03, 2017 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1361Introduced by Assembly Member Eduardo GarciaFebruary 17, 2017 An act to add Section 1012.5 to the Military and Veterans Code, relating to veterans. An act to amend Section 71611.5 of the Water Code, relating to water. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1361, as amended, Eduardo Garcia. Veterans homes: services: complex mental and behavioral health needs. Municipal water districts: water service: Indian tribes.Existing law, the Municipal Water District Law of 1911, provides for the formation of municipal water districts and grants to those districts specified powers. Existing law permits a district to acquire, control, distribute, store, spread, sink, treat, purify, recycle, recapture, and salvage any water for the beneficial use of the district, its inhabitants, or the owners of rights to water in the district. Existing law, upon the request of certain Indian tribes and the satisfaction of certain conditions, requires a district to provide service of water at substantially the same terms applicable to the customers of the district to the Indian tribes lands that are not within a district, as prescribed.This bill would authorize, rather than require, a district to provide this service of water. The bill would apply this authorization to all Indian tribes whose lands are owned by the tribe.Existing law provides for the establishment and operation of veterans homes at various sites, and provides for an administrator of each home, as specified. Existing law establishes the duties of the Department of Veterans Affairs with regard to the establishment and regulation of veterans homes.This bill would require the Department of Veterans Affairs to conduct a survey to assess the ability of veterans' homes to assist veterans with complex mental and behavioral health needs, and develop a plan to accommodate that population, as prescribed. The bill would require the department to submit the plan and any recommendations for future legislation necessary to achieve its objectives to the Legislature by January 1, 2019.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YESNO Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 71611.5 of the Water Code is amended to read:71611.5. Notwithstanding any other law:(a) Upon the request of an Indian tribe and the satisfaction of the conditions stated in subdivision (b), a district shall may provide service of water at substantially the same terms applicable to the customers of the district to an Indian tribes lands that are not within a district as if the lands had been fully annexed into the district and into any other public agencies required for the provision of water service if the Indian tribes lands meet all of the following requirements: are owned by the tribe.(1)The lands were owned by the tribe on January 1, 2016.(2)The lands are contiguous with at least two districts.(3)The lands lie within the special study area of at least one district.(4)At least 70 percent of the Indian tribes total Indian lands are currently within the boundaries of one or more districts.(b) Before a district provides service of water pursuant to this section, the Indian tribe shall satisfy all of the following conditions:(1) The Indian tribe complies with all federal and tribal laws.(2) The Indian tribe acquires all federal and tribal approvals necessary for the applicable district to provide water service to the tribal lands on substantially the same terms applicable to customers of the district.(3) The Indian tribe shall accepts, by agreement accept agreement, all terms of, and payments to (including service payments), the district and any public agency providing water to said district, as if the Indian tribes lands were fully annexed into the district and into the service area of any other public agency, which terms and payments are also a condition of continued service by a district and by any public agency providing water to said district.(c) If a district provides service of water to an Indian tribes lands pursuant to this section, the service areas of the district and of any public agencies providing water to the district are deemed for all purposes to include the Indian tribes lands for the longest of the following periods of time:(1) The time service of water is provided by the district to the Indian tribe.(2) The time moneys are owed by the Indian tribe to the district for the service of water.(3) The term of any agreement between the district and the Indian tribe.SECTION 1.Section 1012.5 is added to the Military and Veterans Code, to read:1012.5.(a)The department shall conduct a survey to assess the ability of veterans homes to assist veterans with complex mental and behavioral health needs, and develop a plan to accommodate that population. The plan shall address factors including, but not limited to, all of the following:(1)The need for increased staff, including specialized staff, to provide appropriate care and services, and to ensure the safety of both the veterans with complex mental and behavioral health needs and other residents.(2)An evaluation of the required staffing ratios at each level of care.(3)The ability of each veterans home to accommodate veterans with complex mental and behavioral health needs, considering staffing and other budgeting resources, and the objective of minimizing disruption to the existing structure and operation of the veterans home system. The department may elect to dedicate specific beds or units in one or more veterans homes for the complex mental and behavioral health needs population. (b)On or before January 1, 2019, the department shall submit to the Legislature the plan developed pursuant to subdivision (a) and any recommendations for future legislation necessary to achieve the plans objectives. The plan shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
Amended IN Senate June 26, 2017 Amended IN Assembly May 26, 2017 Amended IN Assembly April 03, 2017 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1361Introduced by Assembly Member Eduardo GarciaFebruary 17, 2017 An act to add Section 1012.5 to the Military and Veterans Code, relating to veterans. An act to amend Section 71611.5 of the Water Code, relating to water. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1361, as amended, Eduardo Garcia. Veterans homes: services: complex mental and behavioral health needs. Municipal water districts: water service: Indian tribes.Existing law, the Municipal Water District Law of 1911, provides for the formation of municipal water districts and grants to those districts specified powers. Existing law permits a district to acquire, control, distribute, store, spread, sink, treat, purify, recycle, recapture, and salvage any water for the beneficial use of the district, its inhabitants, or the owners of rights to water in the district. Existing law, upon the request of certain Indian tribes and the satisfaction of certain conditions, requires a district to provide service of water at substantially the same terms applicable to the customers of the district to the Indian tribes lands that are not within a district, as prescribed.This bill would authorize, rather than require, a district to provide this service of water. The bill would apply this authorization to all Indian tribes whose lands are owned by the tribe.Existing law provides for the establishment and operation of veterans homes at various sites, and provides for an administrator of each home, as specified. Existing law establishes the duties of the Department of Veterans Affairs with regard to the establishment and regulation of veterans homes.This bill would require the Department of Veterans Affairs to conduct a survey to assess the ability of veterans' homes to assist veterans with complex mental and behavioral health needs, and develop a plan to accommodate that population, as prescribed. The bill would require the department to submit the plan and any recommendations for future legislation necessary to achieve its objectives to the Legislature by January 1, 2019.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YESNO Local Program: NO
Amended IN Senate June 26, 2017 Amended IN Assembly May 26, 2017 Amended IN Assembly April 03, 2017
Amended IN Senate June 26, 2017
Amended IN Assembly May 26, 2017
Amended IN Assembly April 03, 2017
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill No. 1361
Introduced by Assembly Member Eduardo GarciaFebruary 17, 2017
Introduced by Assembly Member Eduardo Garcia
February 17, 2017
An act to add Section 1012.5 to the Military and Veterans Code, relating to veterans. An act to amend Section 71611.5 of the Water Code, relating to water.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1361, as amended, Eduardo Garcia. Veterans homes: services: complex mental and behavioral health needs. Municipal water districts: water service: Indian tribes.
Existing law, the Municipal Water District Law of 1911, provides for the formation of municipal water districts and grants to those districts specified powers. Existing law permits a district to acquire, control, distribute, store, spread, sink, treat, purify, recycle, recapture, and salvage any water for the beneficial use of the district, its inhabitants, or the owners of rights to water in the district. Existing law, upon the request of certain Indian tribes and the satisfaction of certain conditions, requires a district to provide service of water at substantially the same terms applicable to the customers of the district to the Indian tribes lands that are not within a district, as prescribed.This bill would authorize, rather than require, a district to provide this service of water. The bill would apply this authorization to all Indian tribes whose lands are owned by the tribe.Existing law provides for the establishment and operation of veterans homes at various sites, and provides for an administrator of each home, as specified. Existing law establishes the duties of the Department of Veterans Affairs with regard to the establishment and regulation of veterans homes.This bill would require the Department of Veterans Affairs to conduct a survey to assess the ability of veterans' homes to assist veterans with complex mental and behavioral health needs, and develop a plan to accommodate that population, as prescribed. The bill would require the department to submit the plan and any recommendations for future legislation necessary to achieve its objectives to the Legislature by January 1, 2019.
Existing law, the Municipal Water District Law of 1911, provides for the formation of municipal water districts and grants to those districts specified powers. Existing law permits a district to acquire, control, distribute, store, spread, sink, treat, purify, recycle, recapture, and salvage any water for the beneficial use of the district, its inhabitants, or the owners of rights to water in the district. Existing law, upon the request of certain Indian tribes and the satisfaction of certain conditions, requires a district to provide service of water at substantially the same terms applicable to the customers of the district to the Indian tribes lands that are not within a district, as prescribed.
This bill would authorize, rather than require, a district to provide this service of water. The bill would apply this authorization to all Indian tribes whose lands are owned by the tribe.
Existing law provides for the establishment and operation of veterans homes at various sites, and provides for an administrator of each home, as specified. Existing law establishes the duties of the Department of Veterans Affairs with regard to the establishment and regulation of veterans homes.
This bill would require the Department of Veterans Affairs to conduct a survey to assess the ability of veterans' homes to assist veterans with complex mental and behavioral health needs, and develop a plan to accommodate that population, as prescribed. The bill would require the department to submit the plan and any recommendations for future legislation necessary to achieve its objectives to the Legislature by January 1, 2019.
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## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 71611.5 of the Water Code is amended to read:71611.5. Notwithstanding any other law:(a) Upon the request of an Indian tribe and the satisfaction of the conditions stated in subdivision (b), a district shall may provide service of water at substantially the same terms applicable to the customers of the district to an Indian tribes lands that are not within a district as if the lands had been fully annexed into the district and into any other public agencies required for the provision of water service if the Indian tribes lands meet all of the following requirements: are owned by the tribe.(1)The lands were owned by the tribe on January 1, 2016.(2)The lands are contiguous with at least two districts.(3)The lands lie within the special study area of at least one district.(4)At least 70 percent of the Indian tribes total Indian lands are currently within the boundaries of one or more districts.(b) Before a district provides service of water pursuant to this section, the Indian tribe shall satisfy all of the following conditions:(1) The Indian tribe complies with all federal and tribal laws.(2) The Indian tribe acquires all federal and tribal approvals necessary for the applicable district to provide water service to the tribal lands on substantially the same terms applicable to customers of the district.(3) The Indian tribe shall accepts, by agreement accept agreement, all terms of, and payments to (including service payments), the district and any public agency providing water to said district, as if the Indian tribes lands were fully annexed into the district and into the service area of any other public agency, which terms and payments are also a condition of continued service by a district and by any public agency providing water to said district.(c) If a district provides service of water to an Indian tribes lands pursuant to this section, the service areas of the district and of any public agencies providing water to the district are deemed for all purposes to include the Indian tribes lands for the longest of the following periods of time:(1) The time service of water is provided by the district to the Indian tribe.(2) The time moneys are owed by the Indian tribe to the district for the service of water.(3) The term of any agreement between the district and the Indian tribe.SECTION 1.Section 1012.5 is added to the Military and Veterans Code, to read:1012.5.(a)The department shall conduct a survey to assess the ability of veterans homes to assist veterans with complex mental and behavioral health needs, and develop a plan to accommodate that population. The plan shall address factors including, but not limited to, all of the following:(1)The need for increased staff, including specialized staff, to provide appropriate care and services, and to ensure the safety of both the veterans with complex mental and behavioral health needs and other residents.(2)An evaluation of the required staffing ratios at each level of care.(3)The ability of each veterans home to accommodate veterans with complex mental and behavioral health needs, considering staffing and other budgeting resources, and the objective of minimizing disruption to the existing structure and operation of the veterans home system. The department may elect to dedicate specific beds or units in one or more veterans homes for the complex mental and behavioral health needs population. (b)On or before January 1, 2019, the department shall submit to the Legislature the plan developed pursuant to subdivision (a) and any recommendations for future legislation necessary to achieve the plans objectives. The plan shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 71611.5 of the Water Code is amended to read:71611.5. Notwithstanding any other law:(a) Upon the request of an Indian tribe and the satisfaction of the conditions stated in subdivision (b), a district shall may provide service of water at substantially the same terms applicable to the customers of the district to an Indian tribes lands that are not within a district as if the lands had been fully annexed into the district and into any other public agencies required for the provision of water service if the Indian tribes lands meet all of the following requirements: are owned by the tribe.(1)The lands were owned by the tribe on January 1, 2016.(2)The lands are contiguous with at least two districts.(3)The lands lie within the special study area of at least one district.(4)At least 70 percent of the Indian tribes total Indian lands are currently within the boundaries of one or more districts.(b) Before a district provides service of water pursuant to this section, the Indian tribe shall satisfy all of the following conditions:(1) The Indian tribe complies with all federal and tribal laws.(2) The Indian tribe acquires all federal and tribal approvals necessary for the applicable district to provide water service to the tribal lands on substantially the same terms applicable to customers of the district.(3) The Indian tribe shall accepts, by agreement accept agreement, all terms of, and payments to (including service payments), the district and any public agency providing water to said district, as if the Indian tribes lands were fully annexed into the district and into the service area of any other public agency, which terms and payments are also a condition of continued service by a district and by any public agency providing water to said district.(c) If a district provides service of water to an Indian tribes lands pursuant to this section, the service areas of the district and of any public agencies providing water to the district are deemed for all purposes to include the Indian tribes lands for the longest of the following periods of time:(1) The time service of water is provided by the district to the Indian tribe.(2) The time moneys are owed by the Indian tribe to the district for the service of water.(3) The term of any agreement between the district and the Indian tribe.
SECTION 1. Section 71611.5 of the Water Code is amended to read:
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71611.5. Notwithstanding any other law:(a) Upon the request of an Indian tribe and the satisfaction of the conditions stated in subdivision (b), a district shall may provide service of water at substantially the same terms applicable to the customers of the district to an Indian tribes lands that are not within a district as if the lands had been fully annexed into the district and into any other public agencies required for the provision of water service if the Indian tribes lands meet all of the following requirements: are owned by the tribe.(1)The lands were owned by the tribe on January 1, 2016.(2)The lands are contiguous with at least two districts.(3)The lands lie within the special study area of at least one district.(4)At least 70 percent of the Indian tribes total Indian lands are currently within the boundaries of one or more districts.(b) Before a district provides service of water pursuant to this section, the Indian tribe shall satisfy all of the following conditions:(1) The Indian tribe complies with all federal and tribal laws.(2) The Indian tribe acquires all federal and tribal approvals necessary for the applicable district to provide water service to the tribal lands on substantially the same terms applicable to customers of the district.(3) The Indian tribe shall accepts, by agreement accept agreement, all terms of, and payments to (including service payments), the district and any public agency providing water to said district, as if the Indian tribes lands were fully annexed into the district and into the service area of any other public agency, which terms and payments are also a condition of continued service by a district and by any public agency providing water to said district.(c) If a district provides service of water to an Indian tribes lands pursuant to this section, the service areas of the district and of any public agencies providing water to the district are deemed for all purposes to include the Indian tribes lands for the longest of the following periods of time:(1) The time service of water is provided by the district to the Indian tribe.(2) The time moneys are owed by the Indian tribe to the district for the service of water.(3) The term of any agreement between the district and the Indian tribe.
71611.5. Notwithstanding any other law:(a) Upon the request of an Indian tribe and the satisfaction of the conditions stated in subdivision (b), a district shall may provide service of water at substantially the same terms applicable to the customers of the district to an Indian tribes lands that are not within a district as if the lands had been fully annexed into the district and into any other public agencies required for the provision of water service if the Indian tribes lands meet all of the following requirements: are owned by the tribe.(1)The lands were owned by the tribe on January 1, 2016.(2)The lands are contiguous with at least two districts.(3)The lands lie within the special study area of at least one district.(4)At least 70 percent of the Indian tribes total Indian lands are currently within the boundaries of one or more districts.(b) Before a district provides service of water pursuant to this section, the Indian tribe shall satisfy all of the following conditions:(1) The Indian tribe complies with all federal and tribal laws.(2) The Indian tribe acquires all federal and tribal approvals necessary for the applicable district to provide water service to the tribal lands on substantially the same terms applicable to customers of the district.(3) The Indian tribe shall accepts, by agreement accept agreement, all terms of, and payments to (including service payments), the district and any public agency providing water to said district, as if the Indian tribes lands were fully annexed into the district and into the service area of any other public agency, which terms and payments are also a condition of continued service by a district and by any public agency providing water to said district.(c) If a district provides service of water to an Indian tribes lands pursuant to this section, the service areas of the district and of any public agencies providing water to the district are deemed for all purposes to include the Indian tribes lands for the longest of the following periods of time:(1) The time service of water is provided by the district to the Indian tribe.(2) The time moneys are owed by the Indian tribe to the district for the service of water.(3) The term of any agreement between the district and the Indian tribe.
71611.5. Notwithstanding any other law:(a) Upon the request of an Indian tribe and the satisfaction of the conditions stated in subdivision (b), a district shall may provide service of water at substantially the same terms applicable to the customers of the district to an Indian tribes lands that are not within a district as if the lands had been fully annexed into the district and into any other public agencies required for the provision of water service if the Indian tribes lands meet all of the following requirements: are owned by the tribe.(1)The lands were owned by the tribe on January 1, 2016.(2)The lands are contiguous with at least two districts.(3)The lands lie within the special study area of at least one district.(4)At least 70 percent of the Indian tribes total Indian lands are currently within the boundaries of one or more districts.(b) Before a district provides service of water pursuant to this section, the Indian tribe shall satisfy all of the following conditions:(1) The Indian tribe complies with all federal and tribal laws.(2) The Indian tribe acquires all federal and tribal approvals necessary for the applicable district to provide water service to the tribal lands on substantially the same terms applicable to customers of the district.(3) The Indian tribe shall accepts, by agreement accept agreement, all terms of, and payments to (including service payments), the district and any public agency providing water to said district, as if the Indian tribes lands were fully annexed into the district and into the service area of any other public agency, which terms and payments are also a condition of continued service by a district and by any public agency providing water to said district.(c) If a district provides service of water to an Indian tribes lands pursuant to this section, the service areas of the district and of any public agencies providing water to the district are deemed for all purposes to include the Indian tribes lands for the longest of the following periods of time:(1) The time service of water is provided by the district to the Indian tribe.(2) The time moneys are owed by the Indian tribe to the district for the service of water.(3) The term of any agreement between the district and the Indian tribe.
71611.5. Notwithstanding any other law:
(a) Upon the request of an Indian tribe and the satisfaction of the conditions stated in subdivision (b), a district shall may provide service of water at substantially the same terms applicable to the customers of the district to an Indian tribes lands that are not within a district as if the lands had been fully annexed into the district and into any other public agencies required for the provision of water service if the Indian tribes lands meet all of the following requirements: are owned by the tribe.
(1)The lands were owned by the tribe on January 1, 2016.
(2)The lands are contiguous with at least two districts.
(3)The lands lie within the special study area of at least one district.
(4)At least 70 percent of the Indian tribes total Indian lands are currently within the boundaries of one or more districts.
(b) Before a district provides service of water pursuant to this section, the Indian tribe shall satisfy all of the following conditions:
(1) The Indian tribe complies with all federal and tribal laws.
(2) The Indian tribe acquires all federal and tribal approvals necessary for the applicable district to provide water service to the tribal lands on substantially the same terms applicable to customers of the district.
(3) The Indian tribe shall accepts, by agreement accept agreement, all terms of, and payments to (including service payments), the district and any public agency providing water to said district, as if the Indian tribes lands were fully annexed into the district and into the service area of any other public agency, which terms and payments are also a condition of continued service by a district and by any public agency providing water to said district.
(c) If a district provides service of water to an Indian tribes lands pursuant to this section, the service areas of the district and of any public agencies providing water to the district are deemed for all purposes to include the Indian tribes lands for the longest of the following periods of time:
(1) The time service of water is provided by the district to the Indian tribe.
(2) The time moneys are owed by the Indian tribe to the district for the service of water.
(3) The term of any agreement between the district and the Indian tribe.
(a)The department shall conduct a survey to assess the ability of veterans homes to assist veterans with complex mental and behavioral health needs, and develop a plan to accommodate that population. The plan shall address factors including, but not limited to, all of the following:
(1)The need for increased staff, including specialized staff, to provide appropriate care and services, and to ensure the safety of both the veterans with complex mental and behavioral health needs and other residents.
(2)An evaluation of the required staffing ratios at each level of care.
(3)The ability of each veterans home to accommodate veterans with complex mental and behavioral health needs, considering staffing and other budgeting resources, and the objective of minimizing disruption to the existing structure and operation of the veterans home system. The department may elect to dedicate specific beds or units in one or more veterans homes for the complex mental and behavioral health needs population.
(b)On or before January 1, 2019, the department shall submit to the Legislature the plan developed pursuant to subdivision (a) and any recommendations for future legislation necessary to achieve the plans objectives. The plan shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.