CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 70Introduced by Assembly Member BermanDecember 03, 2018 An act relating to mental health. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 70, as introduced, Berman. Mental health in schools.Existing law requires the State Department of Health Care Services to develop systems of care that target seriously emotionally and behaviorally disturbed children and requires counties to provide mental health services to those children. Existing law, the School-based Early Mental Health Intervention and Prevention Services for Children Act of 1991, provides for matching grants to local educational agencies to pay the state share of the costs of providing programs that provide school-based early mental health intervention and prevention services to eligible pupils in schools. This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would support youth mental health in schools.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would support youth mental health in schools. CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 70Introduced by Assembly Member BermanDecember 03, 2018 An act relating to mental health. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 70, as introduced, Berman. Mental health in schools.Existing law requires the State Department of Health Care Services to develop systems of care that target seriously emotionally and behaviorally disturbed children and requires counties to provide mental health services to those children. Existing law, the School-based Early Mental Health Intervention and Prevention Services for Children Act of 1991, provides for matching grants to local educational agencies to pay the state share of the costs of providing programs that provide school-based early mental health intervention and prevention services to eligible pupils in schools. This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would support youth mental health in schools.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 70 Introduced by Assembly Member BermanDecember 03, 2018 Introduced by Assembly Member Berman December 03, 2018 An act relating to mental health. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST ## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 70, as introduced, Berman. Mental health in schools. Existing law requires the State Department of Health Care Services to develop systems of care that target seriously emotionally and behaviorally disturbed children and requires counties to provide mental health services to those children. Existing law, the School-based Early Mental Health Intervention and Prevention Services for Children Act of 1991, provides for matching grants to local educational agencies to pay the state share of the costs of providing programs that provide school-based early mental health intervention and prevention services to eligible pupils in schools. This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would support youth mental health in schools. Existing law requires the State Department of Health Care Services to develop systems of care that target seriously emotionally and behaviorally disturbed children and requires counties to provide mental health services to those children. Existing law, the School-based Early Mental Health Intervention and Prevention Services for Children Act of 1991, provides for matching grants to local educational agencies to pay the state share of the costs of providing programs that provide school-based early mental health intervention and prevention services to eligible pupils in schools. This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would support youth mental health in schools. ## Digest Key ## Bill Text The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would support youth mental health in schools. The people of the State of California do enact as follows: ## The people of the State of California do enact as follows: SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would support youth mental health in schools. SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would support youth mental health in schools. SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would support youth mental health in schools. ### SECTION 1.