AB 2242 — Mental health services.

Summary

(1) Existing law, the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act (the Act) , authorizes the involuntary commitment and treatment of persons with specified mental health disorders for the protection of the persons so committed. Under the act, if a person, as a result of a mental health disorder, is a danger to others, or to themselves, or is gravely disabled, the person 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. The act also authorizes a conservator of the person, of the estate, or of both, to be appointed for a person who is gravely disabled as a result of a mental health disorder. This bill, on or before December 1, 2023, would require the State Department of Health Care Services to convene a stakeholder group of entities, including the County Behavioral Health Directors Association of California and the California Hospital Association, among others, to create a model care coordination plan to be followed when discharging those held under temporary holds or a conservatorship. The bill would require the model care coordination plan and process to outline who would be on the care team and how the communication would occur to coordinate care. Among other components, the bill would require the model care coordination plan to require that an individual exiting a temporary hold or a conservatorship be provided with a detailed plan that includes a scheduled first appointment with the health plan, the mental health plan, a primary care provider, or another appropriate provider to whom the person has been referred. The bill would require facilities designated by the counties for evaluation and treatment of involuntarily committed patients to implement the care coordination plan by August 1, 2024. This bill would require a care coordination plan to be developed, as specified, and provided to an individual before being discharged from a hold or released after being detained for evaluation and treatment. The bill would also require a care coordination plan to be developed and provided to a conservatee prior to their release. The bill would require the county behavioral health department, among others, to participate in designing an individual's care coordination plan. By placing additional duties on counties, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The bill would require, for purposes of care coordination and scheduling a followup appointment, the health plan, mental health plan, primary care provider, or other appropriate provider to whom a person released from hold or a conservatorship is referred for services to make a good faith effort to contact the referred individual no less than 3 times, either by email, telephone, mail, or in-person outreach, as specified. (2) Existing law, the Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) , an initiative measure enacted by the voters as Proposition 63 at the November 2, 2004, statewide general election, establishes the continuously appropriated Mental Health Services Fund to fund various county mental health programs. The MHSA also established the Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission to oversee the administration of various parts of the act. This bill, to the extent permitted under state and federal law and consistent with the MHSA and for the purposes of the above-mentioned provisions of the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act, would clarify that counties may pay for the services authorized in those provisions using funds from the Mental Health Services Fund when included in county plans, as specified, and would also authorize counties to pay for those services with specified funds from the Local Revenue Fund and the Local Revenue Fund 2011. The bill would make these provisions severable. (3) 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, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.

Bill Text

• Chaptered 09/30/22 - Chaptered Current pdf September 30, 2022
• Enrolled 09/02/22 - Enrolled pdf September 02, 2022
• Amended 08/25/22 - Amended Senate pdf August 25, 2022
• Amended 08/11/22 - Amended Senate pdf August 11, 2022
• Amended 06/27/22 - Amended Senate pdf June 27, 2022
• Amended 06/13/22 - Amended Senate pdf June 13, 2022
• Amended 05/19/22 - Amended Assembly pdf May 19, 2022
• Amended 04/21/22 - Amended Assembly pdf April 21, 2022
• Amended 04/18/22 - Amended Assembly pdf April 18, 2022
• Amended 03/24/22 - Amended Assembly pdf March 24, 2022
• Introduced 02/16/22 - Introduced pdf February 16, 2022
• AB2242 View text html

Action History

1. September 30, 2022

   Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 867, Statutes of 2022.

2. September 30, 2022

   Approved by the Governor.

3. September 13, 2022

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

4. August 31, 2022

   Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0.).

5. August 30, 2022

   In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

6. August 30, 2022

   Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0.).

7. August 25, 2022

   Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading.

8. August 15, 2022

   Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

9. August 11, 2022

   Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.

10. August 11, 2022

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

11. August 02, 2022

    In committee: Referred to suspense file.

12. June 29, 2022

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

13. June 27, 2022

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

14. June 23, 2022

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 22).

15. June 13, 2022

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

16. June 08, 2022

    Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and JUD.

17. May 27, 2022

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

18. May 26, 2022

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 63. Noes 1.)

19. May 23, 2022

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

20. May 19, 2022

    Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.

21. May 19, 2022

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 1.) (May 19).

22. May 19, 2022

    Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 4736.)

23. May 18, 2022

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

24. April 28, 2022

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

25. April 28, 2022

    Coauthors revised.

26. April 27, 2022

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 12. Noes 1.) (April 26). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

27. April 25, 2022

    Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.

28. April 21, 2022

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

29. April 21, 2022

    (pending re-refer to Com. on JUD.)

30. April 21, 2022

    Assembly Rule 56 suspended. (Page 4359.)

31. April 19, 2022

    In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.

32. April 19, 2022

    Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.

33. April 18, 2022

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

34. March 28, 2022

    Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.

35. March 24, 2022

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

36. March 24, 2022

    Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and JUD.

37. February 17, 2022

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.

38. February 16, 2022

    Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

• Santiago · Primary
• Friedman · Cosponsor
• Glazer · Cosponsor
• Henry I. Stern · Cosponsor
• Eggman · Cosponsor

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