Amended IN Assembly March 17, 2022 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 2518Introduced by Assembly Member Gabriel(Principal coauthor: Senator Stern)(Coauthor: Senator Eggman)February 17, 2022 An act to add and repeal Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 4342) of Part 3 of Division 4 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to social services. mental health.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 2518, as amended, Gabriel. Mental health and substance use disorders: services. Severe mental illness.Existing law provides for various programs at the state and local level for the treatment and support of people with severe mental illness and substance use disorders, illness, including providing emergency and outpatient mental health services and drug rehabilitation programs. services. Existing law requires the State Department of Health Care Services to perform various functions with regard to the statewide delivery of mental health services, including, among other things, implementing a system of required performance reporting by local mental health programs.This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would create a right to the full range of treatment and supports necessary for people with severe mental illness or substance use disorders to live full lives.This bill would require the department to prepare a study that describes models of supportive health care services and available treatment options and resources for individuals with severe mental illness. The bill would require the department to submit the study to the Senate and Assembly Committees on Health on or before January 1, 2024.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NOYES Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 4342) is added to Part 3 of Division 4 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, to read: CHAPTER 3. Severe Mental Illness4342. (a) The State Department of Health Care Services shall prepare a study that describes models of supportive health care services and available treatment options and resources for individuals with severe mental illness.(b) The department shall submit the study to the Senate and Assembly Committees on Health on or before January 1, 2024.4342.5. This chapter shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2027, and as of that date is repealed.SECTION 1.It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would create a right to the full range of treatment and supports necessary for people with severe mental illness or substance use disorders to live full lives. Supports include, but are not limited to, health care, housing, social services, and employment opportunities.
Amended IN Assembly March 17, 2022 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 2518Introduced by Assembly Member Gabriel(Principal coauthor: Senator Stern)(Coauthor: Senator Eggman)February 17, 2022 An act to add and repeal Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 4342) of Part 3 of Division 4 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to social services. mental health.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 2518, as amended, Gabriel. Mental health and substance use disorders: services. Severe mental illness.Existing law provides for various programs at the state and local level for the treatment and support of people with severe mental illness and substance use disorders, illness, including providing emergency and outpatient mental health services and drug rehabilitation programs. services. Existing law requires the State Department of Health Care Services to perform various functions with regard to the statewide delivery of mental health services, including, among other things, implementing a system of required performance reporting by local mental health programs.This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would create a right to the full range of treatment and supports necessary for people with severe mental illness or substance use disorders to live full lives.This bill would require the department to prepare a study that describes models of supportive health care services and available treatment options and resources for individuals with severe mental illness. The bill would require the department to submit the study to the Senate and Assembly Committees on Health on or before January 1, 2024.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NOYES Local Program: NO
Amended IN Assembly March 17, 2022
Amended IN Assembly March 17, 2022
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 2518
Introduced by Assembly Member Gabriel(Principal coauthor: Senator Stern)(Coauthor: Senator Eggman)February 17, 2022
Introduced by Assembly Member Gabriel(Principal coauthor: Senator Stern)(Coauthor: Senator Eggman)
February 17, 2022
An act to add and repeal Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 4342) of Part 3 of Division 4 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to social services. mental health.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2518, as amended, Gabriel. Mental health and substance use disorders: services. Severe mental illness.
Existing law provides for various programs at the state and local level for the treatment and support of people with severe mental illness and substance use disorders, illness, including providing emergency and outpatient mental health services and drug rehabilitation programs. services. Existing law requires the State Department of Health Care Services to perform various functions with regard to the statewide delivery of mental health services, including, among other things, implementing a system of required performance reporting by local mental health programs.This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would create a right to the full range of treatment and supports necessary for people with severe mental illness or substance use disorders to live full lives.This bill would require the department to prepare a study that describes models of supportive health care services and available treatment options and resources for individuals with severe mental illness. The bill would require the department to submit the study to the Senate and Assembly Committees on Health on or before January 1, 2024.
Existing law provides for various programs at the state and local level for the treatment and support of people with severe mental illness and substance use disorders, illness, including providing emergency and outpatient mental health services and drug rehabilitation programs. services. Existing law requires the State Department of Health Care Services to perform various functions with regard to the statewide delivery of mental health services, including, among other things, implementing a system of required performance reporting by local mental health programs.
This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would create a right to the full range of treatment and supports necessary for people with severe mental illness or substance use disorders to live full lives.
This bill would require the department to prepare a study that describes models of supportive health care services and available treatment options and resources for individuals with severe mental illness. The bill would require the department to submit the study to the Senate and Assembly Committees on Health on or before January 1, 2024.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 4342) is added to Part 3 of Division 4 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, to read: CHAPTER 3. Severe Mental Illness4342. (a) The State Department of Health Care Services shall prepare a study that describes models of supportive health care services and available treatment options and resources for individuals with severe mental illness.(b) The department shall submit the study to the Senate and Assembly Committees on Health on or before January 1, 2024.4342.5. This chapter shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2027, and as of that date is repealed.SECTION 1.It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would create a right to the full range of treatment and supports necessary for people with severe mental illness or substance use disorders to live full lives. Supports include, but are not limited to, health care, housing, social services, and employment opportunities.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 4342) is added to Part 3 of Division 4 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, to read: CHAPTER 3. Severe Mental Illness4342. (a) The State Department of Health Care Services shall prepare a study that describes models of supportive health care services and available treatment options and resources for individuals with severe mental illness.(b) The department shall submit the study to the Senate and Assembly Committees on Health on or before January 1, 2024.4342.5. This chapter shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2027, and as of that date is repealed.
SECTION 1. Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 4342) is added to Part 3 of Division 4 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, to read:
### SECTION 1.
CHAPTER 3. Severe Mental Illness4342. (a) The State Department of Health Care Services shall prepare a study that describes models of supportive health care services and available treatment options and resources for individuals with severe mental illness.(b) The department shall submit the study to the Senate and Assembly Committees on Health on or before January 1, 2024.4342.5. This chapter shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2027, and as of that date is repealed.
CHAPTER 3. Severe Mental Illness4342. (a) The State Department of Health Care Services shall prepare a study that describes models of supportive health care services and available treatment options and resources for individuals with severe mental illness.(b) The department shall submit the study to the Senate and Assembly Committees on Health on or before January 1, 2024.4342.5. This chapter shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2027, and as of that date is repealed.
CHAPTER 3. Severe Mental Illness
CHAPTER 3. Severe Mental Illness
4342. (a) The State Department of Health Care Services shall prepare a study that describes models of supportive health care services and available treatment options and resources for individuals with severe mental illness.(b) The department shall submit the study to the Senate and Assembly Committees on Health on or before January 1, 2024.
4342. (a) The State Department of Health Care Services shall prepare a study that describes models of supportive health care services and available treatment options and resources for individuals with severe mental illness.
(b) The department shall submit the study to the Senate and Assembly Committees on Health on or before January 1, 2024.
4342.5. This chapter shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2027, and as of that date is repealed.
4342.5. This chapter shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2027, and as of that date is repealed.
It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would create a right to the full range of treatment and supports necessary for people with severe mental illness or substance use disorders to live full lives. Supports include, but are not limited to, health care, housing, social services, and employment opportunities.