Bill Text: CA AB1514 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Introduced

California Assembly Bill 1514 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Women and children’s residential treatment services.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Failed) 2018-02-01 - Died at Desk. [AB1514 Detail]

Download: California-2017-AB1514-Introduced.html

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2017–2018 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 1514

Introduced by Assembly Member Gloria

February 17, 2017

An act to amend Section 11757.65 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to alcohol and drug programs.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 1514, as introduced, Gloria. Women and children’s residential treatment services.

Existing law finds that women and children’s residential treatment services (WCRTS) programs pursue 4 primary goals, including demonstrating that alcohol and other drug abuse treatment services delivered in a residential setting and coupled with other services can improve overall treatment outcomes, and declares the intent of the Legislature for specified outcomes to be achieved through the WCRTS program, including preserving family unity. Existing law authorizes a county to establish a WCRTS program designed to meet those goals and produce those same outcomes.

This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to these provisions.

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

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

SECTION 1.

Section 11757.65 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:

11757.65.

(a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares both of the following:

(1) The state has an interest in the women and children’s residential treatment services (WCRTS) program.

(2) In 2012, there ~~are~~ were eight local WCRTS programs established through grants from the federal Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, Residential Women and Children, and Pregnant and Postpartum Women Demonstration Program. WCRTS programs pursue the following four primary goals:

(A) Demonstrate that alcohol and other drug abuse treatment services delivered in a residential setting and coupled with primary health, mental health, and social services for women and ~~children,~~ children can improve overall treatment outcomes for women, children, and the family unit as a whole.

(B) Demonstrate the effectiveness of six-month or 12-month stays in a comprehensive residential treatment program.

(C) Develop models of effective comprehensive service delivery for women and their children that can be replicated in similar communities.

(D) Provide services to promote safe and healthy pregnancies and perinatal outcomes.

(b) It is the intent of the Legislature for the following outcomes to be achieved through the WCRTS program:

(1) Preserving family unity.

(2) Promoting healthy pregnancies.

(3) Enabling children to thrive.

(4) Freeing women and their families from substance abuse.

(c) It is also the intent of the Legislature for the State Department of Health Care Services to work collaboratively with counties and the eight WCRTS programs receiving funds from the Women’s and Children’s Residential Treatment Services Special Account under the 2011 realignment to develop reporting requirements. It is the intent of the Legislature that, to the extent that WCRTS programs report to the counties, the counties annually report data on the outcomes achieved by the WCRTS program to the department and for the department to annually report to the appropriate budget committees of the Legislature on the fiscal and programmatic status of the WCRTS program.

(d) ~~Any~~ A county may establish a WCRTS program designed to meet the goals and produce the same outcomes as described in this section.