California 2015-2016 Regular Session Status: In Committee

AB 2743 — Psychiatric bed registry.

Last action — In committee: Held under submission.

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

This bill died with 2015-2016 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” 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This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Summary

Under existing law, the State Department of Public Health licenses and regulates health facilities, as defined. A violation of these provisions is a crime. Existing law, the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act, provides for the involuntary commitment and treatment of persons with specified mental disorders for the protection of the persons so committed. Under the act, when a person, as a result of a mental health disorder, is a danger to others, or to himself or herself, or gravely disabled, he or she may, upon probable cause, be taken into custody by a peace officer, a member of the attending staff of an evaluation facility, designated members of a mobile crisis team, or another designated professional person, and placed in a facility designated by the county and approved by the State Department of Social Services as a facility for 72-hour treatment and evaluation. On or before July 1, 2017, this bill would require the department to establish and administer a pilot program to create an Internet Web site-based electronic registry, known as the acute psychiatric bed registry, in specified counties, to collect, aggregate, and display specified information regarding the availability of acute psychiatric beds in psychiatric health facilities, as defined, to facilitate the identification and designation of health facilities for the temporary detention and treatment of individuals who meet specified criteria for temporary detention. The bill would require a psychiatric health facility to, on or before July 1, 2017, designate an employee to submit to the registry notification that an acute psychiatric bed has become available at the psychiatric health facility and to serve as the contact person to respond to requests for information related to data reported to the registry, as provided. The bill would require the department to submit specified reports to the Legislature regarding the registry and to make these reports available to the public and on its Internet Web site. This bill would provide that a violation of its provisions is not a crime. The bill would repeal these provisions on January 1, 2022.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. In committee: Held under submission.

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

  3. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  4. Read second time and amended.

  5. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 3.) (April 12).

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

  7. Referred to Com. on HEALTH.

  8. Read first time.

  9. From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.

  10. Introduced. To print.

Sponsors

  • Eggman · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on · 2 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Eggman

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

121 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

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

Passed 10 Yea · 3 Nay · 6 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 10206
Republican 0100
Total 10306
% of votes cast 53%16%0%32%
How each member voted (19)
Member Party Vote
Maienschein — Not Voting
Olsen — Not Voting
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Waldron — Not Voting
Chiu — Not Voting
Gomez — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Burke — Yea
Campos — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Dababneh — Not Voting
Rodriguez — Not Voting
Steinorth — Nay
Wood — Yea
Jim Patterson — Nay
Roger Hernández — Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Nay

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Subjects

healthcare health-insurance
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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 2743 do?
Under existing law, the State Department of Public Health licenses and regulates health facilities, as defined. A violation of these provisions is a crime. Existing law, the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act, provides for the involuntary commitment and treatment of persons with specified mental disorders for the protection of the persons so committed. Under the act, when a person, as a result of a mental health disorder, is a danger to others, or to himself or herself, or gravely disabled, he or she may, upon probable cause, be taken into custody by a peace officer, a member of the attending staff of an evaluation facility, designated members of a mobile crisis team, or another designated professional person, and placed in a facility designated by the county and approved by the State Department of Social Services as a facility for 72-hour treatment and evaluation. On or before July 1, 2017, this bill would require the department to establish and administer a pilot program to create an Internet Web site-based electronic registry, known as the acute psychiatric bed registry, in specified counties, to collect, aggregate, and display specified information regarding the availability of acute psychiatric beds in psychiatric health facilities, as defined, to facilitate the identification and designation of health facilities for the temporary detention and treatment of individuals who meet specified criteria for temporary detention. The bill would require a psychiatric health facility to, on or before July 1, 2017, designate an employee to submit to the registry notification that an acute psychiatric bed has become available at the psychiatric health facility and to serve as the contact person to respond to requests for information related to data reported to the registry, as provided. The bill would require the department to submit specified reports to the Legislature regarding the registry and to make these reports available to the public and on its Internet Web site. This bill would provide that a violation of its provisions is not a crime. The bill would repeal these provisions on January 1, 2022.
Who sponsors AB 2743?
AB 2743 is sponsored by Eggman.
What is the current status of AB 2743?
This bill died with 2015-2016 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” 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 2743?
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