CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 921Introduced by Assembly Member BontaFebruary 14, 2023 An act relating to mental health. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 921, as introduced, Bonta. Mental health: workforce.Existing law establishes the State Department of State Hospitals within the California Health and Human Services Agency and sets forth its powers and duties relating to the administration of the state hospitals, including, but not limited to, the execution of laws relating to care and treatment of persons with mental health disorders under the custody of the department.Existing law also establishes the Department of Health Care Access and Information, and requires that department to, in coordination with the California Behavioral Health Planning Council, develop a 5-year education and training development plan. Existing law requires the 5-year plan to include the establishment of regional partnerships between the mental health system and the educational system to, among other things, increase the diversity of the mental health workforce and reduce the stigma associated with mental illness.This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation related to the mental health workforce.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 related to the mental health workforce.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 921Introduced by Assembly Member BontaFebruary 14, 2023 An act relating to mental health. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 921, as introduced, Bonta. Mental health: workforce.Existing law establishes the State Department of State Hospitals within the California Health and Human Services Agency and sets forth its powers and duties relating to the administration of the state hospitals, including, but not limited to, the execution of laws relating to care and treatment of persons with mental health disorders under the custody of the department.Existing law also establishes the Department of Health Care Access and Information, and requires that department to, in coordination with the California Behavioral Health Planning Council, develop a 5-year education and training development plan. Existing law requires the 5-year plan to include the establishment of regional partnerships between the mental health system and the educational system to, among other things, increase the diversity of the mental health workforce and reduce the stigma associated with mental illness.This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation related to the mental health workforce.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 921
Introduced by Assembly Member BontaFebruary 14, 2023
Introduced by Assembly Member Bonta
February 14, 2023
An act relating to mental health.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 921, as introduced, Bonta. Mental health: workforce.
Existing law establishes the State Department of State Hospitals within the California Health and Human Services Agency and sets forth its powers and duties relating to the administration of the state hospitals, including, but not limited to, the execution of laws relating to care and treatment of persons with mental health disorders under the custody of the department.Existing law also establishes the Department of Health Care Access and Information, and requires that department to, in coordination with the California Behavioral Health Planning Council, develop a 5-year education and training development plan. Existing law requires the 5-year plan to include the establishment of regional partnerships between the mental health system and the educational system to, among other things, increase the diversity of the mental health workforce and reduce the stigma associated with mental illness.This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation related to the mental health workforce.
Existing law establishes the State Department of State Hospitals within the California Health and Human Services Agency and sets forth its powers and duties relating to the administration of the state hospitals, including, but not limited to, the execution of laws relating to care and treatment of persons with mental health disorders under the custody of the department.
Existing law also establishes the Department of Health Care Access and Information, and requires that department to, in coordination with the California Behavioral Health Planning Council, develop a 5-year education and training development plan. Existing law requires the 5-year plan to include the establishment of regional partnerships between the mental health system and the educational system to, among other things, increase the diversity of the mental health workforce and reduce the stigma associated with mental illness.
This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation related to the mental health workforce.
## 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 related to the mental health workforce.
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 related to the mental health workforce.
SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation related to the mental health workforce.
SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation related to the mental health workforce.
### SECTION 1.