California 2015-2016 Regular Session Status: Enacted

AB 1618 — Mental health services.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 43, Statutes of 2016.

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    Passed Assembly
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    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 07, 2016. 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 5 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

(1) The Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) , an initiative measure enacted by the voters as Proposition 63 at the November 2, 2004, statewide general election, imposes a 1% tax on that portion of a taxpayer's taxable income that exceeds $1,000,000 and requires that the revenue from that tax be deposited in the Mental Health Services Fund to fund various county mental health programs. The MHSA authorizes the Legislature to amend its provisions by a 23 vote, provided that the amendment is consistent with and furthers the intent of the act. This bill would establish the No Place Like Home Program, to be administered by the Department of Housing and Community Development. The bill would require the department to award $2,000,000,000 through a competitive program among counties to finance capital costs, including, but not limited to, acquisition, design, construction, rehabilitation, or preservation, and to capitalize operating reserves, of permanent supportive housing for the target population, as specified. The bill would further require the department to allocate $1,800,000,000 to a competitive program, as specified, and would require that applicants meet specified requirements to be eligible to apply for funding and would require the department to evaluate applications using specified criteria. The bill would require the department to award moneys in four rounds, as provided. The bill would require the department to allocate $200,000,000 among all counties within this state in amounts based on a calculation of the number of homeless persons residing in each county or in $500,000 amounts, whichever is greater for each county. The bill would establish, and continuously appropriate, the No Place Like Home Fund for these purposes. The bill would also appropriate $6,200,000 from the Mental Health Services Fund to the department to provide technical and application preparation assistance to counties. The bill would require counties to annually report to the department on activities funded under these provisions, as provided. This bill would establish the No Place Like Home Program Advisory Committee, as specified, and require the committee to assist and advise the department in the implementation of the program, review and make recommendations on the department's guidelines, review the department's progress in distributing moneys pursuant to the program, and provide advise and guidance on statewide homelessness issues. The bill would also require the department to submit a report on the program to the Legislature by December 31 of each year, as specified, and, upon an appropriation for that purpose, to contract with a public or private research university in this state to evaluate the program, as provided. (2) The MHSA, among other things, requires county health programs to develop plans for innovative programs, to be funded as provided, and requires that the innovative program have specified purposes, including increasing access to services. Existing law requires that the projects included in the innovative program portion of a county health plan meet specified requirements, including increasing access to underserved groups and increasing access to services. This bill would specify that the services required to be provided through these programs, among other things, may include the provision of permanent supportive housing. (3) The MHSA, among other things, establishes the Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission to oversee the administration of various parts of the act. Existing law requires the commission to consist of 16 voting members, including, among others, persons with mental illness, family members of persons with mental illness, a physician, a mental health professional, a county sheriff, a superintendent of a school district, a representative of a labor organization, a representative of an employer, as specified, and a representative of a health care services plan or insurer. This bill would require one of the persons described above to have a background in auditing. Existing law requires each county mental health program to prepare and submit a 3-year program and expenditure plan and annual updates to the commission, as specified. Existing law requires the plans to include reports on the achievement of performance outcomes for services, as specified. This bill would require the 3-year program and expenditure plan to also be submitted to the State Department of Health Care Services. The bill would require the department to post on its website the three-year program and expenditure plan submitted by every county and a summary of the performance outcomes submitted by counties, as specified. (4) The MHSA, among other things, requires the State Department of Health Care Services to implement various parts of the act through the annual county mental health services performance contract, as specified. Existing law, when a county mental health program is not in compliance with its performance contract, authorizes the department to request a plan of correction with a specific timeline to achieve improvements. This bill would require the department to conduct program reviews of performance contracts to determine compliance and would require each county performance contract to be reviewed at least once every 3 years. The bill would also require the department to post on its website any plans of correction requested and the related findings. (5) The MHSA, among other things, requires the State Department of Health Care Services, in consultation with the Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission and the County Behavioral Health Directors Association of California, to develop and administer instructions for the Annual Mental Health Services Act and Expenditure Report. Existing law requires the report to be submitted electronically to the department and the commission. This bill would require the instructions to include a requirement that the county certify the accuracy of the report described above. The bill would require the department and commission to post each county's report on its website, as specified. The bill would also require the department, in consultation with the commission and the County Behavioral Health Directors Association of California, to revise the instructions described above, as specified. The bill, if a county does not submit the report described above by the required deadline, would authorize the department to withhold MHSA funds until the reports are submitted. (6) This bill would declare that its provisions further the intent of the MHSA. (7) This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as a bill providing for appropriations related to the Budget Bill.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 43, Statutes of 2016.

  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 70. Noes 7. Page 5582.).

  5. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.

  6. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 1. Page 4549.).

  7. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  8. Senate Rule 29 suspended. (Ayes 21. Noes 13. Page 4539.)

  9. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 3.) (June 27).

  10. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B. & F.R.

  11. Re-referred to Com. on B. & F.R.

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

  13. Senate Rule 29 suspended. (Ayes 26. Noes 12. Page 4327.)

  14. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 2.) (June 15).

  15. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B. & F.R.

  16. In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.

  17. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B. & F.R.

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

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

  20. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 51. Noes 26. Page 4579.)

  21. Ordered to third reading.

  22. Withdrawn from committee.

  23. Assembly Rule 96 suspended. (Ayes 49. Noes 25. Page 4488.)

  24. Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET.

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

  26. Referred to Com. on BUDGET.

  27. From printer. May be heard in committee February 7.

  28. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

  • Committee on Budget · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on · 9 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Committee on Budget

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

121 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

AB 1618 BUDGET Concurrence in Senate Amendments By TING

Passed 70 Yea · 7 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 62602
Democratic 5000
Republican 3101
Total 70703
% of votes cast 88%9%0%4%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Achadjian — Yea
Alejo — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Nay
Brown — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Linder — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Olsen — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Waldron — Nay
Wood — Yea
Chang — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Campos — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Salas — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Harper — Yea
Gray — Yea
Lopez — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Dababneh — Yea
Daly — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Low — Yea
Mayes — Yea
Medina — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Mullin — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Burke — Yea
Holden — Yea
Kim — Yea
Levine — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Baker — Nay
Chau — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Chu — Yea
Chávez — Not Voting
Obernolte — Nay
Quirk — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Ting — Yea
Weber — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Williams — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Hadley — Yea
Beth Gaines — Nay
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Nay
Lorena Gonzalez — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
Travis Allen — Not Voting
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Nay
Jones, Brian W. Republican Not Voting
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea

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3rd Reading (Supplemental File 1) AB1618 Committee on Budget By Leno

Passed 36 Yea · 1 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 33103
Democratic 3000
Total 36103
% of votes cast 90%3%0%8%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Anderson — Yea
Bates — Yea
Beall — Not Voting
Hernandez — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Huff — Yea
Lara — Yea
Leno — Yea
Moorlach — Yea
Morrell — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Allen — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
De León — Yea
Hall — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Block — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Hill — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Liu — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Monning — Yea
Pan — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Roth — Yea
Runner — Not Voting
Vidak — Yea
Wolk — Not Voting
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Yea
Mark Stone — Nay
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Yea

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Do pass

Passed 13 Yea · 3 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 12301
Democratic 1000
Total 13301
% of votes cast 76%18%0%6%
How each member voted (17)
Member Party Vote
Anderson — Nay
Nielsen — Nay
Pan — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Allen — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Beall — Yea
Block — Yea
Leno — Yea
Monning — Yea
Moorlach — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Roth — Yea
Wolk — Not Voting
Mark Stone — Nay
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Yea

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Do pass as amended

Passed 10 Yea · 2 Nay · 5 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 10204
Democratic 0001
Total 10205
% of votes cast 59%12%0%29%
How each member voted (17)
Member Party Vote
Anderson — Nay
Leno — Yea
Pan — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Allen — Not Voting
Beall — Yea
Block — Yea
Monning — Yea
Moorlach — Not Voting
Nielsen — Nay
Pavley — Yea
Roth — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Glazer — Not Voting
Mark Stone — Not Voting
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Not Voting

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AB 1618 BUDGET Assembly Third Reading By TING

Passed 51 Yea · 26 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 462103
Democratic 5000
Republican 0500
Total 512603
% of votes cast 64%33%0%4%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Alejo — Yea
Brown — Yea
Holden — Yea
Maienschein — Nay
Mathis — Not Voting
Rendon — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Wilk — Nay
Chiu — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Burke — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Campos — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Salas — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Gray — Yea
Lopez — Yea
Low — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Medina — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Dababneh — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Chang — Nay
Chau — Yea
Chu — Yea
Chávez — Nay
Daly — Not Voting
Achadjian — Nay
Baker — Nay
Bigelow — Nay
Atkins — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Harper — Nay
Kim — Nay
Brough — Nay
Levine — Yea
Linder — Nay
Mayes — Nay
Melendez — Nay
Obernolte — Nay
Olsen — Nay
Quirk — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Steinorth — Nay
Ting — Yea
Wagner — Nay
Waldron — Nay
Weber — Yea
Williams — Yea
Wood — Yea
Hadley — Not Voting
Beth Gaines — Nay
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Nay
Lorena Gonzalez — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
Travis Allen — Nay
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Nay
Gallagher, James Republican Nay
Grove, Shannon Republican Nay
Jones, Brian W. Republican Nay
Lackey, Tom Republican Nay

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What does AB 1618 do?
(1) The Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) , an initiative measure enacted by the voters as Proposition 63 at the November 2, 2004, statewide general election, imposes a 1% tax on that portion of a taxpayer's taxable income that exceeds $1,000,000 and requires that the revenue from that tax be deposited in the Mental Health Services Fund to fund various county mental health programs. The MHSA authorizes the Legislature to amend its provisions by a 23 vote, provided that the amendment is consistent with and furthers the intent of the act. This bill would establish the No Place Like Home Program, to be administered by the Department of Housing and Community Development. The bill would require the department to award $2,000,000,000 through a competitive program among counties to finance capital costs, including, but not limited to, acquisition, design, construction, rehabilitation, or preservation, and to capitalize operating reserves, of permanent supportive housing for the target population, as specified. The bill would further require the department to allocate $1,800,000,000 to a competitive program, as specified, and would require that applicants meet specified requirements to be eligible to apply for funding and would require the department to evaluate applications using specified criteria. The bill would require the department to award moneys in four rounds, as provided. The bill would require the department to allocate $200,000,000 among all counties within this state in amounts based on a calculation of the number of homeless persons residing in each county or in $500,000 amounts, whichever is greater for each county. The bill would establish, and continuously appropriate, the No Place Like Home Fund for these purposes. The bill would also appropriate $6,200,000 from the Mental Health Services Fund to the department to provide technical and application preparation assistance to counties. The bill would require counties to annually report to the department on activities funded under these provisions, as provided. This bill would establish the No Place Like Home Program Advisory Committee, as specified, and require the committee to assist and advise the department in the implementation of the program, review and make recommendations on the department's guidelines, review the department's progress in distributing moneys pursuant to the program, and provide advise and guidance on statewide homelessness issues. The bill would also require the department to submit a report on the program to the Legislature by December 31 of each year, as specified, and, upon an appropriation for that purpose, to contract with a public or private research university in this state to evaluate the program, as provided. (2) The MHSA, among other things, requires county health programs to develop plans for innovative programs, to be funded as provided, and requires that the innovative program have specified purposes, including increasing access to services. Existing law requires that the projects included in the innovative program portion of a county health plan meet specified requirements, including increasing access to underserved groups and increasing access to services. This bill would specify that the services required to be provided through these programs, among other things, may include the provision of permanent supportive housing. (3) The MHSA, among other things, establishes the Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission to oversee the administration of various parts of the act. Existing law requires the commission to consist of 16 voting members, including, among others, persons with mental illness, family members of persons with mental illness, a physician, a mental health professional, a county sheriff, a superintendent of a school district, a representative of a labor organization, a representative of an employer, as specified, and a representative of a health care services plan or insurer. This bill would require one of the persons described above to have a background in auditing. Existing law requires each county mental health program to prepare and submit a 3-year program and expenditure plan and annual updates to the commission, as specified. Existing law requires the plans to include reports on the achievement of performance outcomes for services, as specified. This bill would require the 3-year program and expenditure plan to also be submitted to the State Department of Health Care Services. The bill would require the department to post on its website the three-year program and expenditure plan submitted by every county and a summary of the performance outcomes submitted by counties, as specified. (4) The MHSA, among other things, requires the State Department of Health Care Services to implement various parts of the act through the annual county mental health services performance contract, as specified. Existing law, when a county mental health program is not in compliance with its performance contract, authorizes the department to request a plan of correction with a specific timeline to achieve improvements. This bill would require the department to conduct program reviews of performance contracts to determine compliance and would require each county performance contract to be reviewed at least once every 3 years. The bill would also require the department to post on its website any plans of correction requested and the related findings. (5) The MHSA, among other things, requires the State Department of Health Care Services, in consultation with the Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission and the County Behavioral Health Directors Association of California, to develop and administer instructions for the Annual Mental Health Services Act and Expenditure Report. Existing law requires the report to be submitted electronically to the department and the commission. This bill would require the instructions to include a requirement that the county certify the accuracy of the report described above. The bill would require the department and commission to post each county's report on its website, as specified. The bill would also require the department, in consultation with the commission and the County Behavioral Health Directors Association of California, to revise the instructions described above, as specified. The bill, if a county does not submit the report described above by the required deadline, would authorize the department to withhold MHSA funds until the reports are submitted. (6) This bill would declare that its provisions further the intent of the MHSA. (7) This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as a bill providing for appropriations related to the Budget Bill.
Who sponsors AB 1618?
AB 1618 is sponsored by Committee on Budget.
What is the current status of AB 1618?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 07, 2016. Enacted.
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