California 2019-2020 Regular Session Status: Enacted

SB 79 — Mental health.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 26, Statutes of 2019.

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Senate
  4. ✓
    Passed Assembly
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 10, 2019. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 70% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 3 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

(1) Existing law, the Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) , an initiative statute enacted by the voters as Proposition 63 at the November 2, 2004, statewide general election, establishes the Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission to oversee various mental health programs funded by the act. The MHSA may be amended by a 23 vote of each house of the Legislature if the amendment is consistent with, and furthers the intent of, the act. The Legislature may clarify procedures and terms of the act by majority vote. Under the MHSA, the commission consists of 16 voting members, including, among others, the Chairpersons of the Senate Health and Human Services Committees or another Member of the Senate selected by the President pro Tempore of the Senate. This bill would clarify that the member of the commission representing the Senate may be the Chairperson of the Senate Committee on Health, the Chairperson of the Senate Committee on Human Services, or another Member of the Senate selected by the President pro Tempore of the Senate. (2) Existing law establishes the Early Psychosis and Mood Disorder Detection and Intervention Fund and makes the moneys in the fund available, upon appropriation, to the commission. Existing law authorizes the commission to allocate moneys from that fund to provide grants through a competitive selection process to counties or other entities to create, or expand existing capacity for, early psychosis and mood disorder detection and intervention services and supports. Existing law requires the commission to adopt regulations to implement these provisions, but provides that the adoption of those regulations and the implementation of the grant program are contingent upon the deposit into the fund of at least $500,000 in nonstate funds for those purposes. This bill would delete the requirement that the minimum $500,000 deposit be from nonstate funds and would specify that the grant program is contingent upon an appropriation by the Legislature or the minimum deposit. (3) Under the MHSA, funds are distributed to counties for local assistance for designated mental health programs according to a specified county plan. Under existing law, if a county receives approval from the commission of a plan for innovative programs, unspent funds identified in that plan for innovative programs do not revert to the state until 3 years after the date of the approval. Under that provision, if the county has a population of less than 200,000, unspent funds identified in that plan do not revert until 5 years after the date of the approval. This bill would amend the MHSA by instead not reverting to the state the county's funds identified in the plan for innovative programs so long as they are encumbered under the terms of the approved project plan, including any subsequent amendments approved by the commission, or until 3 years after the date of approval, or 5 years for a county with a population of less than 200,000, whichever is later. (4) This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 26, Statutes of 2019.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

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

  4. Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1725.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

  5. Urgency clause adopted.

  6. In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

  7. Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2397.) Ordered to the Senate.

  8. Assembly Rule 63 and 96 suspended. (Ayes 55. Noes 8. Page 2390.)

  9. Ordered to third reading.

  10. Withdrawn from committee.

  11. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET.

  12. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET.

  13. Referred to Com. on BUDGET.

  14. In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

  15. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 27. Noes 9. Page 664.) Ordered to the Assembly.

  16. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  17. Ordered to second reading.

  18. Withdrawn from committee. (Ayes 28. Noes 10. Page 582.)

  19. Referred to Com. on B. & F.R.

  20. From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 10.

  21. Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Sponsors

  • Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on · 3 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

121 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

Unfinished Business SB79 B. & F.R. (Mitchell) Urgency Clause Concurrence

Passed 40 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 27000
Democratic 10000
Republican 3000
Total 40000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Rubio — Yea
Monning — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Beall — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Hill — Yea
Roth — Yea
Morrell — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Moorlach — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Allen — Yea
Borgeas — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Bates — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Chang — Yea
Pan — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Archuleta, Bob Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Durazo, Maria Elena Democratic Yea
Gonzalez, Lena A. Democratic Yea
Hurtado, Melissa Democratic Yea
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Stern, Henry I. Democratic Yea
Umberg, Thomas J. Democratic Yea
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea

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SB 79 B. & F. R. Third Reading Urgency By TING

Passed 78 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 51001
Democratic 22000
Republican 5000
Total 78001
% of votes cast 99%0%0%1%
How each member voted (79)
Member Party Vote
Mathis — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Chau — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Low — Yea
Burke — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Smith — Yea
Cunningham — Yea
Gonzalez — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Voepel — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Gray — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Kamlager-Dove — Yea
Medina — Yea
Chu — Yea
Ting — Yea
McCarty — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Salas — Yea
Brough — Yea
Gloria — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Holden — Yea
Daly — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Weber — Yea
Fong — Yea
Kiley — Yea
Mayes — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Levine — Yea
Wood — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Diep — Not Voting
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Yea
Luz Rivas — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Wendy Carrillo — Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Bauer-Kahan, Rebecca Democratic Yea
Berman, Marc Democratic Yea
Boerner, Tasha Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina Democratic Yea
Gabriel, Jesse 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
Petrie-Norris, Cottie Democratic Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Yea
Ramos, James C. Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Rivas, Robert Democratic Yea
Rubio, Blanca E. Democratic Yea
Wicks, Buffy Democratic Yea
Chen, Phillip Republican Yea
Choi, Steven S. Republican Yea
Flora, Heath Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea

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3rd Reading SB79 B. & F.R.

Passed 27 Yea · 9 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 19701
Democratic 8001
Republican 0200
Total 27902
% of votes cast 71%24%0%5%
How each member voted (38)
Member Party Vote
Rubio — Yea
Monning — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Beall — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Hill — Yea
Roth — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Allen — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Pan — Yea
Moorlach — Nay
Bates — Nay
Morrell — Nay
Nielsen — Nay
Wilk — Nay
Chang — Nay
Borgeas — Not Voting
Mark Stone — Nay
Archuleta, Bob Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Durazo, Maria Elena Democratic Yea
Hurtado, Melissa Democratic Yea
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Not Voting
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Stern, Henry I. Democratic Yea
Umberg, Thomas J. Democratic Yea
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Nay
Jones, Brian W. Republican Nay

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Subjects

healthcare
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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 79 do?
(1) Existing law, the Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) , an initiative statute enacted by the voters as Proposition 63 at the November 2, 2004, statewide general election, establishes the Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission to oversee various mental health programs funded by the act. The MHSA may be amended by a 23 vote of each house of the Legislature if the amendment is consistent with, and furthers the intent of, the act. The Legislature may clarify procedures and terms of the act by majority vote. Under the MHSA, the commission consists of 16 voting members, including, among others, the Chairpersons of the Senate Health and Human Services Committees or another Member of the Senate selected by the President pro Tempore of the Senate. This bill would clarify that the member of the commission representing the Senate may be the Chairperson of the Senate Committee on Health, the Chairperson of the Senate Committee on Human Services, or another Member of the Senate selected by the President pro Tempore of the Senate. (2) Existing law establishes the Early Psychosis and Mood Disorder Detection and Intervention Fund and makes the moneys in the fund available, upon appropriation, to the commission. Existing law authorizes the commission to allocate moneys from that fund to provide grants through a competitive selection process to counties or other entities to create, or expand existing capacity for, early psychosis and mood disorder detection and intervention services and supports. Existing law requires the commission to adopt regulations to implement these provisions, but provides that the adoption of those regulations and the implementation of the grant program are contingent upon the deposit into the fund of at least $500,000 in nonstate funds for those purposes. This bill would delete the requirement that the minimum $500,000 deposit be from nonstate funds and would specify that the grant program is contingent upon an appropriation by the Legislature or the minimum deposit. (3) Under the MHSA, funds are distributed to counties for local assistance for designated mental health programs according to a specified county plan. Under existing law, if a county receives approval from the commission of a plan for innovative programs, unspent funds identified in that plan for innovative programs do not revert to the state until 3 years after the date of the approval. Under that provision, if the county has a population of less than 200,000, unspent funds identified in that plan do not revert until 5 years after the date of the approval. This bill would amend the MHSA by instead not reverting to the state the county's funds identified in the plan for innovative programs so long as they are encumbered under the terms of the approved project plan, including any subsequent amendments approved by the commission, or until 3 years after the date of approval, or 5 years for a county with a population of less than 200,000, whichever is later. (4) This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
Who sponsors SB 79?
SB 79 is sponsored by Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review.
What is the current status of SB 79?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 10, 2019. Enacted.
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