California 2019-2020 Regular Session

California Assembly Bill AB1769 Latest Draft

Bill / Amended Version Filed 04/12/2019

                            Amended IN  Assembly  April 12, 2019 Amended IN  Assembly  March 28, 2019 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1769Introduced by Assembly Member FrazierFebruary 22, 2019 An act relating to mental health, and making an appropriation therefor.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1769, as amended, Frazier. Fire County of Solano: mental health facilities.Existing law requires the counties to establish a system of mental health services and provides various methods for funding those services, including through the Medi-Cal program and the Mental Health Services Act.This bill would appropriate $14,000,000 to the County of Solano from the General Fund in the 201920 fiscal year for the planning, construction, and operation of two integrated mental health residential facilities, as specified. The bill would require the county to report specified information to the Governor and the Legislature annually, on or before January 1, of each year, commencing in 2022, and ending, upon repeal of the provision, in 2025.Digest Key Vote: 2/3  Appropriation: YES  Fiscal Committee: YES  Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. (a) There is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the County of Solano fourteen million dollars ($14,000,000) in the 201920 fiscal year. This money shall be available for spending or encumbrance for four years, after which, any moneys unspent or unencumbered shall revert to the General Fund.(b) Moneys appropriated pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be used to plan, construct, and operate two integrated mental health residential facilities adjacent to the countys existing health and social services campus. The facilities shall provide, respectively, augmented board and care services, which provide intensive mental health services geared at minimizing psychiatric symptoms and improving independent living skills for individuals who are leaving a locked psychiatric health facility, and board and care services for clients who are stable enough to live independently in a less supportive environment.(c) (1) The county shall report all of the following to the Governor and the Legislature annually, on or before January 1, of each year, commencing in 2022:(A) Number of placements in the new facilities.(B) Average length of stay in the new facilities.(C) Rates of readmission to the new facility or a higher level of care.(D) Client satisfaction levels with placement in the new facilities.(2) The report submitted pursuant to this subdivision shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.(d) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2025, and as of that date is repealed.

 Amended IN  Assembly  April 12, 2019 Amended IN  Assembly  March 28, 2019 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1769Introduced by Assembly Member FrazierFebruary 22, 2019 An act relating to mental health, and making an appropriation therefor.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1769, as amended, Frazier. Fire County of Solano: mental health facilities.Existing law requires the counties to establish a system of mental health services and provides various methods for funding those services, including through the Medi-Cal program and the Mental Health Services Act.This bill would appropriate $14,000,000 to the County of Solano from the General Fund in the 201920 fiscal year for the planning, construction, and operation of two integrated mental health residential facilities, as specified. The bill would require the county to report specified information to the Governor and the Legislature annually, on or before January 1, of each year, commencing in 2022, and ending, upon repeal of the provision, in 2025.Digest Key Vote: 2/3  Appropriation: YES  Fiscal Committee: YES  Local Program: NO 

 Amended IN  Assembly  April 12, 2019 Amended IN  Assembly  March 28, 2019

Amended IN  Assembly  April 12, 2019
Amended IN  Assembly  March 28, 2019

 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill No. 1769

Introduced by Assembly Member FrazierFebruary 22, 2019

Introduced by Assembly Member Frazier
February 22, 2019

 An act relating to mental health, and making an appropriation therefor.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 1769, as amended, Frazier. Fire County of Solano: mental health facilities.

Existing law requires the counties to establish a system of mental health services and provides various methods for funding those services, including through the Medi-Cal program and the Mental Health Services Act.This bill would appropriate $14,000,000 to the County of Solano from the General Fund in the 201920 fiscal year for the planning, construction, and operation of two integrated mental health residential facilities, as specified. The bill would require the county to report specified information to the Governor and the Legislature annually, on or before January 1, of each year, commencing in 2022, and ending, upon repeal of the provision, in 2025.

Existing law requires the counties to establish a system of mental health services and provides various methods for funding those services, including through the Medi-Cal program and the Mental Health Services Act.

This bill would appropriate $14,000,000 to the County of Solano from the General Fund in the 201920 fiscal year for the planning, construction, and operation of two integrated mental health residential facilities, as specified. The bill would require the county to report specified information to the Governor and the Legislature annually, on or before January 1, of each year, commencing in 2022, and ending, upon repeal of the provision, in 2025.

## Digest Key

## Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. (a) There is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the County of Solano fourteen million dollars ($14,000,000) in the 201920 fiscal year. This money shall be available for spending or encumbrance for four years, after which, any moneys unspent or unencumbered shall revert to the General Fund.(b) Moneys appropriated pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be used to plan, construct, and operate two integrated mental health residential facilities adjacent to the countys existing health and social services campus. The facilities shall provide, respectively, augmented board and care services, which provide intensive mental health services geared at minimizing psychiatric symptoms and improving independent living skills for individuals who are leaving a locked psychiatric health facility, and board and care services for clients who are stable enough to live independently in a less supportive environment.(c) (1) The county shall report all of the following to the Governor and the Legislature annually, on or before January 1, of each year, commencing in 2022:(A) Number of placements in the new facilities.(B) Average length of stay in the new facilities.(C) Rates of readmission to the new facility or a higher level of care.(D) Client satisfaction levels with placement in the new facilities.(2) The report submitted pursuant to this subdivision shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.(d) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2025, and as of that date is repealed.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1. (a) There is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the County of Solano fourteen million dollars ($14,000,000) in the 201920 fiscal year. This money shall be available for spending or encumbrance for four years, after which, any moneys unspent or unencumbered shall revert to the General Fund.(b) Moneys appropriated pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be used to plan, construct, and operate two integrated mental health residential facilities adjacent to the countys existing health and social services campus. The facilities shall provide, respectively, augmented board and care services, which provide intensive mental health services geared at minimizing psychiatric symptoms and improving independent living skills for individuals who are leaving a locked psychiatric health facility, and board and care services for clients who are stable enough to live independently in a less supportive environment.(c) (1) The county shall report all of the following to the Governor and the Legislature annually, on or before January 1, of each year, commencing in 2022:(A) Number of placements in the new facilities.(B) Average length of stay in the new facilities.(C) Rates of readmission to the new facility or a higher level of care.(D) Client satisfaction levels with placement in the new facilities.(2) The report submitted pursuant to this subdivision shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.(d) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2025, and as of that date is repealed.

SECTION 1. (a) There is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the County of Solano fourteen million dollars ($14,000,000) in the 201920 fiscal year. This money shall be available for spending or encumbrance for four years, after which, any moneys unspent or unencumbered shall revert to the General Fund.(b) Moneys appropriated pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be used to plan, construct, and operate two integrated mental health residential facilities adjacent to the countys existing health and social services campus. The facilities shall provide, respectively, augmented board and care services, which provide intensive mental health services geared at minimizing psychiatric symptoms and improving independent living skills for individuals who are leaving a locked psychiatric health facility, and board and care services for clients who are stable enough to live independently in a less supportive environment.(c) (1) The county shall report all of the following to the Governor and the Legislature annually, on or before January 1, of each year, commencing in 2022:(A) Number of placements in the new facilities.(B) Average length of stay in the new facilities.(C) Rates of readmission to the new facility or a higher level of care.(D) Client satisfaction levels with placement in the new facilities.(2) The report submitted pursuant to this subdivision shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.(d) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2025, and as of that date is repealed.

SECTION 1. (a) There is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the County of Solano fourteen million dollars ($14,000,000) in the 201920 fiscal year. This money shall be available for spending or encumbrance for four years, after which, any moneys unspent or unencumbered shall revert to the General Fund.

### SECTION 1.

(b) Moneys appropriated pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be used to plan, construct, and operate two integrated mental health residential facilities adjacent to the countys existing health and social services campus. The facilities shall provide, respectively, augmented board and care services, which provide intensive mental health services geared at minimizing psychiatric symptoms and improving independent living skills for individuals who are leaving a locked psychiatric health facility, and board and care services for clients who are stable enough to live independently in a less supportive environment.

(c) (1) The county shall report all of the following to the Governor and the Legislature annually, on or before January 1, of each year, commencing in 2022:

(A) Number of placements in the new facilities.

(B) Average length of stay in the new facilities.

(C) Rates of readmission to the new facility or a higher level of care.

(D) Client satisfaction levels with placement in the new facilities.

(2) The report submitted pursuant to this subdivision shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.

(d) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2025, and as of that date is repealed.