AB 741 — Mental health: community care facilities.

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 treatment center, which is a residential facility licensed by the department and operated by any public agency or private organization that provides short-term, specialized, and intensive treatment, and 24-hour care and supervision to children. A violation of the act is a misdemeanor. This bill would authorize a short-term residential treatment center to be operated as a children's crisis residential center, 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 County Behavioral Health Directors Association of California and representatives of provider associations, to establish interim Medi-Cal rates for children's crisis residential services, as prescribed. 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, commencing January 1, 2017, a short-term residential treatment center. Existing law, effective January 1, 2017, authorizes a short-term residential treatment center to have a program that is certified by the State Department of Health Care Services or by a county mental health plan to which the department has delegated certification authority, or a program that is not certified, or both, and requires a short-term residential treatment center to accept for placement children who meet certain criteria, subject to specified requirements. This bill would authorize a short-term residential treatment center that is operating as a children's crisis residential center to, subject to specified requirements, accept for admission or placement any child, referred by a parent or guardian, 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 and, absent admission to a children's crisis residential center, would otherwise require acceptance by the emergency department of a general hospital, or admission into a psychiatric hospital or the psychiatric inpatient unit of a general hospital. (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 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 center. (4) This bill would also make nonsubstantive, conforming changes. (5) This bill would incorporate additional changes made by SB 524 and AB 1997 that would become operative only if this bill is chaptered 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

• Enrolled 08/31/16 - Enrolled Current pdf August 31, 2016
• Amended 08/19/16 - Amended Senate pdf August 19, 2016
• Amended 08/16/16 - Amended Senate pdf August 16, 2016
• Amended 06/16/16 - Amended Senate pdf June 16, 2016
• Amended 05/25/16 - Amended Senate pdf May 25, 2016
• Amended 05/04/15 - Amended Assembly pdf May 04, 2015
• Amended 04/15/15 - Amended Assembly pdf April 15, 2015
• Introduced 02/25/15 - Introduced pdf February 25, 2015
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Action History

1. September 30, 2016

   Vetoed by Governor.

2. September 08, 2016

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

3. August 30, 2016

   Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 1. Page 6450.).

4. August 26, 2016

   In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 28 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.

5. August 24, 2016

   Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5368.).

6. August 22, 2016

   Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

7. August 19, 2016

   Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

8. August 16, 2016

   Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading.

9. August 15, 2016

   From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 11).

10. August 01, 2016

    In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.

11. June 30, 2016

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

12. June 21, 2016

    Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.

13. June 16, 2016

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

14. June 15, 2016

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on RLS. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 14).

15. May 25, 2016

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

16. July 02, 2015

    In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.

17. June 11, 2015

    Referred to Com. on HUMAN S.

18. June 02, 2015

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

19. June 02, 2015

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1809.)

20. May 28, 2015

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

21. May 28, 2015

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 28).

22. May 06, 2015

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

23. May 05, 2015

    Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

24. May 04, 2015

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

25. April 22, 2015

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (April 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

26. April 16, 2015

    Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.

27. April 15, 2015

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

28. March 12, 2015

    Referred to Com. on HEALTH.

29. February 26, 2015

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 28.

30. February 25, 2015

    Read first time. To print.

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• Williams · Primary

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