Bill Text: CA AB2806 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Introduced

California Assembly Bill 2806

Introduced

Bill Title: Mental health.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-02-16 - From printer. May be heard in committee March 17. [AB2806 Detail]

Download: California-2023-AB2806-Introduced.html

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 2806

Introduced by Assembly Member Santiago

February 15, 2024

An act to amend Section 5600 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to mental health.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 2806, as introduced, Santiago. Mental health.

Existing law, the Bronzan-McCorquodale Act, governs the organization and financing of community mental health services for persons with mental health disorders in every county through locally administered and locally controlled community mental health programs.

This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to that provision.

Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

Section 5600 of the Welfare and Institutions Code is amended to read:

5600.

(a) This part shall be ~~known~~ known, and may be ~~cited~~ cited, as the Bronzan-McCorquodale Act. This part is intended to organize and finance community mental health services for persons with mental health disorders in every county through locally administered and locally controlled community mental health programs. It is furthermore intended to better utilize existing resources at both the state and local levels in order to improve the effectiveness of necessary mental health services; to integrate state-operated and community mental health programs into a unified mental health system; to ensure that all mental health professions be appropriately represented and utilized in the mental health programs; to provide a means for participation by local governments in the determination of the need ~~for~~ for, and the allocation of of, mental health resources under the jurisdiction of the state; and to provide a means of allocating mental health funds deposited in the Local Revenue Fund equitably among counties according to community needs.

(b) With the exception of those referring to Short-Doyle Medi-Cal services, any other provisions of law referring to the Short-Doyle Act shall be construed as referring to the Bronzan-McCorquodale Act.