California 2015-2016 Regular Session Status: Passed Assembly

AB 253 — Mental health.

Last action — In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

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

This bill died with 2015-2016 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Assembly” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there are no live odds of enactment. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Summary

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 to fund various county mental health programs, and establishes the Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission, which consists of 16 members, to oversee the administration of various parts of the act. Existing law authorizes the act to be amended by a 23 vote of the Legislature if the amendments are consistent with, and further the purposes of, the act. This bill would expand the commission by 2 additional members who each have specified mental health knowledge and experience, to be appointed by the Governor. By amending the provisions of the Mental Health Services Act, this bill requires a 23 vote of the Legislature. Existing law, the Veterans Housing and Homeless Prevention Bond Act of 2014 (bond act) , an initiative measure enacted by the voters as Proposition 41 at the June 3, 2014, primary election, authorized $600 million in bonds to provide multifamily housing to low-income veterans and supportive housing for homeless veterans, through the Veterans Housing and Homeless Prevention Act of 2014. Existing law, the Veterans Housing and Homeless Prevention Act of 2014, provides for the acquisition, construction, rehabilitation, and preservation of affordable multifamily supportive housing, affordable transitional housing, affordable rental housing, and related facilities for veterans and their families to allow veterans to access and maintain housing stability. Existing law requires the California Housing Finance Agency, the Department of Housing and Community Development, and the Department of Veterans Affairs, to work collaboratively for those purposes. This bill would require those departments to give a preference to applicants for funding pursuant to the bond act for supportive housing projects when the applicant can demonstrate a multiyear commitment of Mental Health Services Act funding for the applicant's housing project funding plan. Existing law requires county mental health plans, whether administered by public or private entities, to be governed by specified guidelines, including, among other things, providing for culturally competent and age-appropriate services, to the extent feasible. Existing law requires a mental health plan to have a cultural competence plan with specified components. This bill would require the Department of Health Care Services to post the cultural competence plan component of each county mental health plan on a dedicated Internet Web page within 30 days of the department receiving the plan and to notify the appropriate fiscal and policy committees of the Legislature when the plan is available on the Internet Web page. The bill would declare that the amendments to the provisions of the Mental Health Services Act are consistent with, and further the purposes of, that act.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

  2. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on T. & H. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on T. & H.

  3. Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and T. & H.

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

  5. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1688.)

  6. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  7. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 1.) (May 27).

  8. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  9. Read second time and amended.

  10. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (April 28).

  11. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (April 15). Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.

  12. Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D.

  13. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on H. & C.D. Read second time and amended.

  14. Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and HEALTH.

  15. From printer. May be heard in committee March 12.

  16. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

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Votes

AB 253 HERNÁNDEZ Assembly Third Reading

Passed 79 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 69001
Democratic 4000
Republican 6000
Total 79001
% of votes cast 99%0%0%1%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Achadjian — Yea
Alejo — Yea
Baker — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Yea
Brown — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Mathis — Yea
McCarty — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Daly — Yea
Burke — Yea
Chang — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Salas — Yea
Harper — Yea
Kim — Yea
Levine — Yea
Linder — Yea
Low — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Chu — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Mayes — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Olsen — Yea
Perea — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Weber — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Williams — Yea
Gray — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Campos — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Lopez — Yea
Holden — Yea
Chau — Not Voting
Chávez — Yea
Dababneh — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Medina — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Ting — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Wood — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Gonzalez — Yea
Hadley — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
Travis Allen — 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 Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea
Patterson, Joe Republican Yea

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Do pass.

Passed 16 Yea · 1 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 2000
Unaffiliated 13000
Republican 1100
Total 16100
% of votes cast 94%6%0%0%
How each member voted (17)
Member Party Vote
Wagner — Yea
Weber — Yea
Chang — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Daly — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Holden — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Wood — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Nay
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea

Official roll call →

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

Passed 19 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 1000
Republican 2000
Unaffiliated 16000
Total 19000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (19)
Member Party Vote
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Burke — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Wood — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Gonzalez — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea
Patterson, Joe Republican Yea

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Subjects

housing veterans healthcare
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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 253 do?
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 to fund various county mental health programs, and establishes the Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission, which consists of 16 members, to oversee the administration of various parts of the act. Existing law authorizes the act to be amended by a 23 vote of the Legislature if the amendments are consistent with, and further the purposes of, the act. This bill would expand the commission by 2 additional members who each have specified mental health knowledge and experience, to be appointed by the Governor. By amending the provisions of the Mental Health Services Act, this bill requires a 23 vote of the Legislature. Existing law, the Veterans Housing and Homeless Prevention Bond Act of 2014 (bond act) , an initiative measure enacted by the voters as Proposition 41 at the June 3, 2014, primary election, authorized $600 million in bonds to provide multifamily housing to low-income veterans and supportive housing for homeless veterans, through the Veterans Housing and Homeless Prevention Act of 2014. Existing law, the Veterans Housing and Homeless Prevention Act of 2014, provides for the acquisition, construction, rehabilitation, and preservation of affordable multifamily supportive housing, affordable transitional housing, affordable rental housing, and related facilities for veterans and their families to allow veterans to access and maintain housing stability. Existing law requires the California Housing Finance Agency, the Department of Housing and Community Development, and the Department of Veterans Affairs, to work collaboratively for those purposes. This bill would require those departments to give a preference to applicants for funding pursuant to the bond act for supportive housing projects when the applicant can demonstrate a multiyear commitment of Mental Health Services Act funding for the applicant's housing project funding plan. Existing law requires county mental health plans, whether administered by public or private entities, to be governed by specified guidelines, including, among other things, providing for culturally competent and age-appropriate services, to the extent feasible. Existing law requires a mental health plan to have a cultural competence plan with specified components. This bill would require the Department of Health Care Services to post the cultural competence plan component of each county mental health plan on a dedicated Internet Web page within 30 days of the department receiving the plan and to notify the appropriate fiscal and policy committees of the Legislature when the plan is available on the Internet Web page. The bill would declare that the amendments to the provisions of the Mental Health Services Act are consistent with, and further the purposes of, that act.
Who sponsors AB 253?
AB 253 is sponsored by Roger Hernández.
What is the current status of AB 253?
This bill died with 2015-2016 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Assembly” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track AB 253?
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