Existing law sets forth various procedures relating to medical treatment of inmates in county jails, including, among other things, involuntary commitment and treatment of a person who is a danger to oneself or others and voluntary application for inpatient or outpatient mental health services. Existing law, the Mental Health Services Act, an initiative measure enacted by the voters as Proposition 63 at the November 2, 2004, statewide general election, establishes the Mental Health Services Fund, a continuously appropriated fund, to fund various county mental health programs. The MHSA authorizes up to 5% of the fund to be used for administrative implementation by the State Department of Health Care Services and the Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission, which the MHSA creates, among other entities, and subjects funds used for this purpose to appropriation in the annual Budget Act. The MHSA provides that it may be amended by the Legislature by a 23 vote of each house so long as the amendment is consistent with and furthers the intent of the act, and authorizes the Legislature to amend the act to clarify procedures and terms of the act by majority vote. This bill would require, on or before January 1, 2023, the State Department of Health Care Services, in consultation with the Council on Criminal Justice and Behavioral Health and the Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission, and in partnership with the University of California, to establish and maintain the Behavioral Health and Justice Center of Excellence to provide counties and local agencies with centralized access to data, training, resources, and services to aid in the facilitation and coordination of efforts to serve individuals with mental illness who are involved in the criminal justice system. The bill would require the department to partner with the University of California to have multiple branch locations at the various University of California campuses across the state, and to be staffed with trained multidisciplinary teams, as specified. The bill would require those centers of excellence to be funded with state administrative funds provided under the act. By authorizing a new use of MHSA moneys, this bill would amend the MHSA. This bill would declare that this amendment is consistent with and furthers the purposes of the act.
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This measure would designate the week of February 24, 2020, to March 1, 2020, as Eating Disorders Awareness Week.
Existing law, the Knox-Keene Health Care Service Plan Act of 1975, provides for the licensure and regulation of health care service plans by the Department of Managed Health Care. Existing law creates the Managed Care Administrative Fines and Penalties Fund, into which certain fines and penalties paid by health care service plans are deposited. Under existing law, $1,000,000 is annually transferred from the Managed Care Administrative Fines and Penalties Fund to the Medically Underserved Account for Physicians to be used, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to repay the loans of physicians in medically underserved areas through the Steven M. Thompson Physician Corps Loan Repayment Program. Existing law requires participants in the Steven M. Thompson Physician Corps Loan Repayment Program to have full-time status in an eligible practice setting. Existing law defines "practice setting," for purposes of the program, to include a community clinic, a clinic owned or operated by a public hospital and health system, or a clinic owned and operated by a hospital that is located in a medically underserved area and at least 50% of whose patients are from a medically underserved population, or a physician owned and operated medical practice setting that provides primary care located in a medically underserved area and has a minimum of 50% of patients who are uninsured, Medi-Cal beneficiaries, or beneficiaries of another publicly funded program. This bill would instead require $2,000,000 to be annually transferred from the Managed Care Administrative Fines and Penalties Fund to the Medically Underserved Account for Physicians. The bill would define "practice setting" to additionally include a program or facility operated by, or contracted to, a county mental health plan.
The Eric Paredes Sudden Cardiac Arrest Prevention Act requires the State Department of Education to post on its internet website guidelines, videos, and an information sheet on sudden cardiac arrest symptoms and warning signs, and other relevant materials relating to sudden cardiac arrest. The act requires a school, each school year, before a pupil participates in an athletic activity governed by the California Interscholastic Federation, to collect and retain a copy of the sudden cardiac arrest information sheet required by the California Interscholastic Federation for that pupil. The act requires an athletic director, coach, athletic trainer, or authorized person, as defined, to remove from participation a pupil who passes out or faints while participating in or immediately following an athletic activity. The act prohibits a pupil who is removed from play for this reason from being permitted to return to participate in an athletic activity until the pupil is evaluated and cleared to return to participate, as provided. This bill would authorize a pupil or the pupil's parent or guardian to request the administration of an electrocardiogram as part of the pupil's evaluation for purposes of being permitted to return to participate in an athletic activity. The bill would require that an electrocardiogram for this purpose be administered by a health care professional whose scope of practice includes the administration and interpretation of electrocardiograms and pursuant to current consensus guidelines for the interpretation of electrocardiograms, as provided. The bill would require the information sheet posted on the department's internet website to additionally include information about electrocardiograms and to provide notification of the option to request the administration of an electrocardiogram for the above-stated purpose. The bill would require the California Interscholastic Federation to include information about electrocardiograms on any information sheet on sudden cardiac arrest.
Under existing law, the Office of Emergency Services, in coordination with all interested state agencies with designated response roles in the state emergency plan and interested local emergency management agencies, is required to jointly establish by regulation a standardized emergency management system for use by all emergency response agencies. Existing law requires the office to approve and adopt, and incorporate the California Animal Response Emergency System (CARES) program developed under the oversight of the Department of Food and Agriculture into the standardized emergency management system. This bill would require a city or county that requires a kennel license or permit to operate a kennel within its jurisdiction, to require, as a condition for obtaining the kennel license or permit, that the kennel owner create and submit to the city or county an animal natural disaster evacuation plan for any kennel covered by the license or permit. By imposing a new duty on local government, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
Existing law requires the governing board of a school district to give diligent care to the health and physical development of pupils and authorizes the governing board of a school district to employ properly certified persons for the work. Existing law requires a school of a school district or county office of education and a charter school to notify pupils and parents or guardians of pupils no less than twice during the school year on how to initiate access to available pupil mental health services on campus or in the community, or both, as provided. This bill would require each school district, county office of education, and charter school to provide in-service training to certificated employees and classified staff on the early identification of pupil mental health issues, as provided. By imposing additional duties on school districts, county offices of education, and charter schools, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.
Existing law, the Elder Abuse and Dependent Adult Civil Protection Act, establishes procedures and requirements for the reporting, investigation, and prosecution of elder and dependent adult abuse. Existing law makes specified reports, including reports of known or suspected financial abuse of an elder or dependent adult, confidential. Existing law requires information relevant to the incident of elder or dependent adult abuse to be given to specified investigators, including investigators from an adult protective services agency, a local law enforcement agency, and the probate court. This bill would authorize information relevant to the incident of elder or dependent adult abuse to be given to a federal law enforcement agency investigating a known or suspected case of elder or dependent adult abuse or to a local code enforcement agency investigating a property where the health and safety of an elder or dependent adult resident is at risk.
Existing law, the No Place Like Home Program (NPLH) , as ratified and amended by Proposition 2, which was approved by the voters at the November 6, 2018, statewide general election, provides funding to provide permanent supportive housing for the target population, which is defined to include individuals who have a serious mental disorder and who are homeless, chronically homeless, or at risk of chronic homelessness. Existing law defines permanent supportive housing to mean housing with no limit on length of stay, that is occupied by the target population, and that is linked to onsite or offsite services, as specified. Existing law makes the Department of Housing and Community Development the administrator of the NPLH and establishes the continuously appropriated No Place Like Home Fund for purposes of the NPLH. Existing law requires the department to develop a competitive application process for the purpose of awarding moneys to counties pursuant to the NPLH, but also authorizes the department to establish an alternative process for allocating funds directly to counties with at least 5% of the state's homeless population and requires the department to adopt guidelines establishing the parameters of an alternative process, if it is established. Existing law authorizes the Legislature to amend Proposition 2 by a 23 vote, so long as the amendment is consistent with and furthers the intent of the act. Existing law also provides for the transfer of funds from the Supportive Housing Program Subaccount of the Mental Health Services Fund, a continuously appropriated fund established for purposes of the Mental Health Services Act, an initiative measure enacted by the voters as Proposition 63 at the November 2, 2004, statewide general election, to the No Place Like Home Fund, a continuously appropriated fund. This bill would amend Proposition 2 by expanding the definition of permanent supportive housing to include specified licensed adult residential facilities, residential care facilities for the elderly, and any innovative housing solution in the mental health continuum of care. By expanding the class of facilities that are eligible for funding from the continuously appropriated No Place Like Home Fund, the bill would make an appropriation.
Existing law requires the governing board of a school district to employ persons for positions not requiring certification qualifications. Existing law requires the governing board of a school district to classify those employees and positions and requires that they be known as the classified service. Existing law entitles a part-time classified employee to all leaves and benefits granted to a full-time classified employee, except that the governing board of the school district may prorate those leaves and benefits in the same proportion as the regular time worked by the part-time classified employee is to the regular time worked by a full-time classified employee. Existing law requires a classified employee who works a minimum of 30 minutes per day in excess of the employee's part-time assignment for a period of 20 consecutive working days or more to have their basic assignment changed to reflect the longer hours in order to acquire fringe benefits on a properly prorated basis. This bill would instead require a classified employee who works a minimum of 30 minutes per day in excess of the employee's part-time assignment for a period of 20 working days or more in a school year to have their basic assignment changed to reflect the longer hours. The bill would also make nonsubstantive changes to this provision.