California 2017-2018 Regular Session Status: Enacted

AB 501 — Mental health: community care facilities.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 704, Statutes of 2017.

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    Passed Assembly
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    Passed Senate
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    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 13, 2017. Enacted.

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Likely to advance 70% · moderate confidence

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  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 10 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

(1) Existing law, the California Community Care Facilities Act, provides for the licensing and regulation of community care facilities, as defined, by the State Department of Social Services. Existing law includes within the definition of community care facility a short-term residential therapeutic program, which is a residential facility licensed by the department and operated by any public agency or private organization that provides an integrated program of specialized and intensive care and supervision, services and supports, treatment, and short-term, 24-hour care and supervision to children. A violation of the act is a misdemeanor. This bill would authorize the State Department of Social Services to, no later than January 1, 2019, and contingent upon an appropriation in the annual Budget Act for these purposes, license a short-term residential therapeutic program operating as a children's crisis residential program, as defined, and would require the department to regulate those programs, as specified. The bill would require the State Department of Health Care Services, in consultation with the State Department of Social Services and the County Behavioral Health Directors Association of California, among others, to provide guidance to counties for the provision of children's crisis residential services, including funding for children who are Medi-Cal beneficiaries and who are admitted to a children's crisis residential program. By expanding the types of facilities that are regulated as a community care facility, this bill would expand the scope of an existing crime, thus creating a state-mandated local program. (2) Existing law establishes the Aid to Families with Dependent Children-Foster Care (AFDC-FC) program, under which counties provide payments to foster care providers on behalf of qualified children in foster care. In order to be eligible for AFDC-FC, existing law requires a child or nonminor dependent to be placed in a specified placement, including, a short-term residential therapeutic program. Existing law requires a short-term residential therapeutic program to obtain a contract with a county mental health plan to provide specialty mental health services and demonstrate the ability to meet the therapeutic needs of each child identified in specified plan documents. Existing law authorizes a short-term residential therapeutic program to accept for placement children who meet certain criteria, except as otherwise specified. This bill would authorize a short-term residential therapeutic program that is operating as a children's crisis residential program to accept for admission any child who meets specified requirements, including, among other things, that the child has a serious behavioral health disorder and is referred by a parent or guardian, physician, or licensed mental health professional, or by the representative of a public or private entity that has the right to make these decisions on behalf of a child who is experiencing a mental health crisis. The bill would require the State Department of Health Care Services, in consultation with certain stakeholders including the State Department of Social Services, to establish program standards and procedures, as specified, for a children's crisis residential mental health program approval, and would require the children's crisis residential mental health program approval to be a condition of continued licensure for a short-term residential therapeutic program operating as a children's crisis residential program. (3) Existing law establishes the Investment in Mental Health Wellness Act of 2013. Existing law provides that funds appropriated by the Legislature to the California Health Facilities Financing Authority for the purposes of the act be made available to selected counties or counties acting jointly, except as otherwise provided, and used to provide, among other things, a complete continuum of crisis services for children and youth 21 years of age and under regardless of where they live in the state. The act requires grant awards made by the authority to be used to expand local resources for the development, capital, equipment acquisition, and applicable program startup or expansion costs to increase capacity for client assistance and services generally and for client assistance and crisis services for children and youth 21 years of age and under in specified areas, including crisis residential treatment as authorized by specified provisions. This bill would include within these specified areas crisis residential treatment provided at a children's crisis residential program. (4) The bill would require the State Department of Social Services and the State Department of Health Care Services to adopt regulations to implement the act no later than July 1, 2022, as specified, and would authorize the departments to implement and administer the changes made by this act through information notices, all-county letters, or similar written instructions until regulations are adopted. (5) This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 1502 of the Health and Safety Code proposed by SB 612 to be operative only if this bill and SB 612 are enacted and this bill is enacted last. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 11462.01 of the Welfare and Institutions Code proposed by AB 404 to be operative only if this bill and AB 404 are enacted and this bill is enacted last. (6) 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.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 704, Statutes of 2017.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.

  4. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 3287.).

  5. Assembly Rule 77(a) suspended. (Page 3254.)

  6. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 14 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.

  7. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2706.).

  8. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  9. Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

  10. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  11. Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.

  12. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (September 1).

  13. In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.

  14. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  15. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (July 12).

  16. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.

  17. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.

  18. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 27).

  19. Referred to Coms. on HUMAN S. and HEALTH.

  20. In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

  21. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1977.)

  22. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  23. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 26).

  24. In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.

  25. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  26. Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S.

  27. Read second time and amended.

  28. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on HUM. S. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 4).

  29. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.

  30. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended.

  31. Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and HUM. S.

  32. From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.

  33. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

  • Ridley-Thomas · Primary

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Sponsors (1)

  • Ridley-Thomas

Co-sponsors (0)

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Not signed on (121)

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Votes

AB 501 RIDLEY-THOMAS Concurrence in Senate Amendments

Passed 77 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 56002
Democratic 15000
Republican 6000
Total 77002
% of votes cast 97%0%0%3%
How each member voted (79)
Member Party Vote
Acosta — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Yea
Kiley — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Medina — Yea
Melendez — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Voepel — Yea
Wood — Yea
Chau — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Gonzalez Fletcher — Yea
Burke — Yea
Fong — Yea
Salas — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Gray — Yea
Harper — Yea
Bocanegra — Yea
Holden — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Levine — Yea
Low — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Mayes — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Mullin — Not Voting
Nazarian — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Baker — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Chu — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Rendon — Not Voting
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Ting — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Weber — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Cunningham — Yea
Dababneh — Yea
Daly — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Gloria — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Travis Allen — Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Berman, Marc Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Grayson, Timothy S. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Kalra, Ash Democratic Yea
Limón, Monique Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Chen, Phillip Republican Yea
Choi, Steven S. Republican Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Flora, Heath Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea

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3rd Reading AB501 Ridley-Thomas By Roth

Passed 39 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 34001
Democratic 5000
Total 39001
% of votes cast 98%0%0%3%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Anderson — Yea
Beall — Yea
Hernandez — Not Voting
Hertzberg — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Moorlach — Yea
Monning — Yea
Vidak — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Bates — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Hill — Yea
Lara — Yea
Newman — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Pan — Yea
Roth — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
De León — Yea
Allen — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Morrell — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Yea
Stern, Henry I. Democratic Yea
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Yea

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Do pass as amended

Passed 7 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 6000
Democratic 1000
Total 7000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Bates — Yea
Hill — Yea
Lara — Yea
Beall — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Yea

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Placed on suspense file

Passed 7 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 6000
Democratic 1000
Total 7000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Bates — Yea
Beall — Yea
Hill — Yea
Lara — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Yea

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Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar

Passed 8 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 7001
Democratic 1000
Total 8001
% of votes cast 89%0%0%11%
How each member voted (9)
Member Party Vote
Newman — Yea
Nielsen — Not Voting
Hernandez — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Monning — Yea
Roth — Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Yea

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AB 501 RIDLEY-THOMAS Assembly Third Reading

Passed 75 Yea · 0 Nay · 5 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 54003
Democratic 16000
Republican 5002
Total 75005
% of votes cast 94%0%0%6%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Acosta — Yea
Baker — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Not Voting
Harper — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Melendez — Not Voting
Nazarian — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Voepel — Yea
Wood — Yea
Eggman — Not Voting
Chau — Yea
Chu — Yea
Gloria — Yea
Gonzalez Fletcher — Yea
Low — Yea
Mayes — Yea
Medina — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Ting — Yea
Salas — Yea
Burke — Yea
Gray — Yea
Bocanegra — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Holden — Yea
Kiley — Yea
Levine — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Cooper — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Mullin — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Weber — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Cunningham — Yea
Dababneh — Yea
Daly — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Travis Allen — Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Berman, Marc Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina Democratic Yea
Fong, Mike Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Grayson, Timothy S. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Kalra, Ash Democratic Yea
Limón, Monique Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Chen, Phillip Republican Not Voting
Choi, Steven S. Republican Not Voting
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Flora, Heath Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea
Patterson, Joe Republican Yea

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Do pass.

Passed 17 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 11000
Democratic 5000
Republican 1000
Total 17000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (17)
Member Party Vote
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Gonzalez Fletcher — Yea
Gray — Yea
Bocanegra — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Fong, Mike Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea

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Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar

Passed 7 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 4000
Democratic 2000
Republican 1000
Total 7000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Maienschein — Yea
Gonzalez Fletcher — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Choi, Steven S. Republican Yea

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Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Human Services]

Passed 15 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 3000
Unaffiliated 10000
Republican 2000
Total 15000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (15)
Member Party Vote
Nazarian — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Burke — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Wood — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Limón, Monique Democratic Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Patterson, Joe Republican Yea

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 501 do?
(1) Existing law, the California Community Care Facilities Act, provides for the licensing and regulation of community care facilities, as defined, by the State Department of Social Services. Existing law includes within the definition of community care facility a short-term residential therapeutic program, which is a residential facility licensed by the department and operated by any public agency or private organization that provides an integrated program of specialized and intensive care and supervision, services and supports, treatment, and short-term, 24-hour care and supervision to children. A violation of the act is a misdemeanor. This bill would authorize the State Department of Social Services to, no later than January 1, 2019, and contingent upon an appropriation in the annual Budget Act for these purposes, license a short-term residential therapeutic program operating as a children's crisis residential program, as defined, and would require the department to regulate those programs, as specified. The bill would require the State Department of Health Care Services, in consultation with the State Department of Social Services and the County Behavioral Health Directors Association of California, among others, to provide guidance to counties for the provision of children's crisis residential services, including funding for children who are Medi-Cal beneficiaries and who are admitted to a children's crisis residential program. By expanding the types of facilities that are regulated as a community care facility, this bill would expand the scope of an existing crime, thus creating a state-mandated local program. (2) Existing law establishes the Aid to Families with Dependent Children-Foster Care (AFDC-FC) program, under which counties provide payments to foster care providers on behalf of qualified children in foster care. In order to be eligible for AFDC-FC, existing law requires a child or nonminor dependent to be placed in a specified placement, including, a short-term residential therapeutic program. Existing law requires a short-term residential therapeutic program to obtain a contract with a county mental health plan to provide specialty mental health services and demonstrate the ability to meet the therapeutic needs of each child identified in specified plan documents. Existing law authorizes a short-term residential therapeutic program to accept for placement children who meet certain criteria, except as otherwise specified. This bill would authorize a short-term residential therapeutic program that is operating as a children's crisis residential program to accept for admission any child who meets specified requirements, including, among other things, that the child has a serious behavioral health disorder and is referred by a parent or guardian, physician, or licensed mental health professional, or by the representative of a public or private entity that has the right to make these decisions on behalf of a child who is experiencing a mental health crisis. The bill would require the State Department of Health Care Services, in consultation with certain stakeholders including the State Department of Social Services, to establish program standards and procedures, as specified, for a children's crisis residential mental health program approval, and would require the children's crisis residential mental health program approval to be a condition of continued licensure for a short-term residential therapeutic program operating as a children's crisis residential program. (3) Existing law establishes the Investment in Mental Health Wellness Act of 2013. Existing law provides that funds appropriated by the Legislature to the California Health Facilities Financing Authority for the purposes of the act be made available to selected counties or counties acting jointly, except as otherwise provided, and used to provide, among other things, a complete continuum of crisis services for children and youth 21 years of age and under regardless of where they live in the state. The act requires grant awards made by the authority to be used to expand local resources for the development, capital, equipment acquisition, and applicable program startup or expansion costs to increase capacity for client assistance and services generally and for client assistance and crisis services for children and youth 21 years of age and under in specified areas, including crisis residential treatment as authorized by specified provisions. This bill would include within these specified areas crisis residential treatment provided at a children's crisis residential program. (4) The bill would require the State Department of Social Services and the State Department of Health Care Services to adopt regulations to implement the act no later than July 1, 2022, as specified, and would authorize the departments to implement and administer the changes made by this act through information notices, all-county letters, or similar written instructions until regulations are adopted. (5) This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 1502 of the Health and Safety Code proposed by SB 612 to be operative only if this bill and SB 612 are enacted and this bill is enacted last. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 11462.01 of the Welfare and Institutions Code proposed by AB 404 to be operative only if this bill and AB 404 are enacted and this bill is enacted last. (6) 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.
Who sponsors AB 501?
AB 501 is sponsored by Ridley-Thomas.
What is the current status of AB 501?
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