Bill Text: CA AB174 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Public school health centers.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Vetoed) 2014-03-06 - Last day to consider Governor's veto pursuant to Joint Rule 58.5. [AB174 Detail]
Download: California-2013-AB174-Enrolled.html
BILL NUMBER: AB 174 ENROLLED
BILL TEXT
PASSED THE SENATE SEPTEMBER 9, 2013
PASSED THE ASSEMBLY SEPTEMBER 10, 2013
AMENDED IN SENATE SEPTEMBER 3, 2013
AMENDED IN SENATE JUNE 24, 2013
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MAY 24, 2013
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 17, 2013
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 4, 2013
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MARCH 19, 2013
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Bonta
JANUARY 24, 2013
An act to add and repeal Section 124174.7 of the Health and Safety
Code, relating to public health.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 174, Bonta. Public school health centers.
Existing law establishes the Public School Health Center Support
Program, pursuant to which the State Department of Public Health, in
collaboration with the State Department of Education, provides, among
other things, technical assistance to school health centers on
effective outreach and enrollment strategies to identify children who
are eligible for, but not enrolled in, the Medi-Cal program, the
Healthy Families Program, or any other applicable program and
technical assistance to facilitate and encourage the establishment,
retention, or expansion of school health centers.
This bill would require the State Department of Public Health to
establish, within the County of Alameda, a grant pilot program within
the Public School Health Center Support Program that would be known
as Promoting Resilience: Offering Mental Health Interventions to
Support Education (PROMISE).
The program would operate for the 2015-16 school year. The
program would provide resources to eligible applicants, including
local education agencies, nonprofit organizations, and community
health centers, to fund activities and services to directly address
the mental health and related needs of students who are impacted by
trauma, as specified. The bill would define trauma for these
purposes. The bill would require the department, within 60 days
following the completion of the program, to submit specified
information on the program to the appropriate policy and fiscal
committees of the Legislature. The bill would require the department
to implement these provisions only to the extent that funding is made
available from nonstate resources, as specified. The bill would
repeal these provisions on January 1, 2019.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 124174.7 is added to the Health and Safety
Code, to read:
124174.7. (a) (1) The State Department of Public Health shall
establish a grant pilot program within the Public School Health
Center Support Program to fund activities and services to directly
address the mental health and related needs of students who are
impacted by trauma. This grant pilot program shall be named Promoting
Resilience: Offering Mental Health Interventions to Support
Education (PROMISE).
(2) The department shall establish the pilot program in the County
of Alameda in up to 10 facilities that meet the requirements in this
section.
(3) The program shall operate for the 2015-16 school year.
(4) Within 60 days following completion of the program, the
department shall review and compile the results of the summary
reports prepared by participating facilities pursuant to paragraph
(3) of subdivision (d) and submit that information to the appropriate
policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature.
(b) Grant funds shall be used according to the following
requirements:
(1) Grant funds shall be used by eligible applicants to directly
address the mental health and related needs of students who are
impacted by trauma.
(2) Grant funds may be used for the following activities and
services:
(A) Individual, family, and group counseling.
(B) Targeted outreach and education.
(C) Risk screening, triage, and referral to campus-based services.
(D) Schoolwide violence prevention and response efforts.
(E) Youth development programming related to trauma and violence.
(F) Crisis response coordination and services.
(G) Case management services.
(H) Coordination with off-campus mental health and support
services.
(I) Staff training and consultation on supporting students'
trauma-related needs.
(J) Oversight, coordination, and evaluation of the above
activities and services.
(3) Individual, family, and group counseling funded by a grant
awarded pursuant to this section may be provided by any of the
following:
(A) A mental health clinician licensed by the Board of Behavioral
Sciences, including a licensed marriage and family therapist, a
licensed clinical social worker, or a licensed educational
psychologist.
(B) A clinical psychologist licensed by the Board of Psychology.
(C) A psychiatric nurse practitioner licensed by the Board of
Registered Nursing.
(D) A psychiatrist licensed by the Medical Board of California.
(E) A school social worker credentialed by the State of
California.
(F) An unlicensed mental health professional who is registered by
either the Board of Behavioral Sciences or the Board of Psychology,
and who is receiving clinical supervision as prescribed by that
entity.
(4) Other activities and services, including schoolwide violence
prevention efforts, shall be provided or overseen by a mental health
professional as described in subparagraphs (A) through (F),
inclusive, of paragraph (3).
(5) Grant funds may be used to provide referrals to evidence-based
mental health treatment services in the community.
(c) Grant funds shall be awarded according to the following
requirements:
(1) Eligible applicants shall include:
(A) Local education agencies.
(B) Nonprofit organizations.
(C) Community health centers.
(D) The county mental health department.
(2) Grant applications shall comply with all of the following:
(A) Describe the applicant's program to address the mental health
and other related needs of students who are impacted by trauma, and
to foster a positive school climate. At a minimum, the program
described in the application shall include:
(i) Individual, family, and group counseling.
(ii) Youth development programming related to trauma and violence.
(iii) Schoolwide violence prevention and response efforts,
including, at a minimum, training for staff on trauma and their roles
in preventing and responding to it.
(iv) Coordination between school-based and community services.
(v) A discussion of any components of the program for which
funding does not yet exist or is currently insufficient and for which
they are seeking grant funding.
(B) Demonstrate the applicant's ability to provide a dedicated
space located on the school campus that will serve as the hub of the
program, that will be youth friendly, and, for middle and high
schools, that will be regularly accessible to students on a drop-in
basis.
(C) Demonstrate that each facility that will provide services is
capable of providing trauma-informed services to children and youth.
(D) Provide evidence of a strong partnership and commitment to
collaboration between the school and any agencies or organizations
that will provide mental health, medical, or other related services
on the school campus, whether funded by this grant or another funding
source. Specific mechanisms by which applicants shall provide this
evidence shall be detailed in the request for applications, but may
include letters of agreement or support, memoranda of understanding,
or draft, signed subcontracts.
(3) As detailed in the request for applications, priority for
awarding a grant shall be given to eligible applicants that
demonstrate the following:
(A) High levels of exposure to trauma and violence among the
target population.
(B) Limited access to mental health services among the target
population.
(C) An ability to meet the cultural and linguistic needs of the
target population.
(D) An ability to engage and serve subgroups of students within
the target population who are disproportionately impacted by trauma
and violence.
(E) An ability to hire staff with similar backgrounds and
experiences to the target population and who can therefore enhance
program impact.
(F) An ability to obtain additional sources of funding or
third-party reimbursement to create a robust and sustainable
school-based mental health program.
(G) An ability to integrate mental health and related services
with primary medical care.
(d) An eligible applicant that receives grant funds shall commit
to all of the following:
(1) Establish a written memorandum of understanding (MOU) between
the school, the school district, and other agencies or organizations
providing grant-funded mental health, medical, or other related
services, in an effort to develop a strong collaborative partnership
between involved entities.
(A) The collaborative partnership shall do all of the following:
(i) Include local education agency-employed personnel, including
school administrators, teachers, and staff, and any school health
personnel, including school nurses or social workers.
(ii) Include personnel employed by other agencies or
organizations, including community health centers, who provide
relevant services on campus.
(iii) Establish and implement regular communication protocols
between the school and agencies or organizations.
(iv) Engage all relevant personnel in identifying students who
would benefit from mental health or other related services and
linking them to those services.
(v) Promote the integration of funded services into the overall
school environment.
(B) The MOU shall do both of the following:
(i) Describe how services are coordinated on the campus and how
services will be integrated into the overall school environment.
(ii) Ensure the confidentiality and privacy of both education and
health information, consistent with applicable federal and state
laws.
(2) Make services available to all students in the school,
regardless of ability to pay.
(3) Submit a summary report to the department, within 30 days
following the completion of the program, that includes a discussion
of all of the following:
(A) The activities and services funded through the grant award.
(B) The number of students served through specific activities and
services.
(C) The roles and credentials of personnel funded through the
grant award.
(D) Any additional funding sources that are available to enhance
or sustain activities and services. To the extent possible, grant
reporting requirements shall be consistent with those required by
other funding mechanisms that support the program.
(E) An analysis of the effects of the program on the surrounding
community.
(e) (1) The department shall implement this section only to the
extent that funding is made available from nonstate resources,
including federal funding, in-kind assistance, private funding, and
foundation support for the operation and distribution of grants for
this program and for administrative costs incurred by the department
in implementing this section.
(2) The department may work with private entities to facilitate
the direct gift of grant funds from the private entity to a grantee.
(f) For purposes of this section, "trauma" or "trauma exposure" is
defined as experiencing or being witness to community violence,
terrorism, disaster, sexual abuse, or other violent acts. The effects
of trauma or trauma exposure include emotional, cognitive, physical,
or interpersonal reactions as a result of the event witnessed or
experienced.
(g) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2019, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2019, deletes or extends
that date.
