Bill Text: CA AB1911 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Dual status minors.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Passed) 2016-09-26 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 637, Statutes of 2016. [AB1911 Detail]
Download: California-2015-AB1911-Chaptered.html
BILL NUMBER: AB 1911 CHAPTERED
BILL TEXT
CHAPTER 637
FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE SEPTEMBER 26, 2016
APPROVED BY GOVERNOR SEPTEMBER 26, 2016
PASSED THE SENATE AUGUST 18, 2016
PASSED THE ASSEMBLY AUGUST 23, 2016
AMENDED IN SENATE AUGUST 15, 2016
AMENDED IN SENATE JUNE 16, 2016
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MARCH 31, 2016
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MARCH 28, 2016
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MARCH 18, 2016
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Eggman
FEBRUARY 11, 2016
An act to repeal and add Section 241.2 of the Welfare and
Institutions Code, relating to juveniles.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1911, Eggman. Dual status minors.
Existing law requires the probation department and the child
welfare services department in each county to jointly develop a
written protocol, as specified, to ensure appropriate local
coordination in the assessment of a minor who is both a dependent
child and a ward of the juvenile court. Existing law requires,
whenever a minor appears to be both a dependent child and a ward of
the juvenile court, the county probation department and the child
welfare services department, pursuant to that jointly developed
written protocol, to initially determine which status will serve the
best interests of the minor and the protection of society.
Existing law authorizes the probation department and the child
welfare services department in a county to create a jointly written
protocol to allow the 2 departments to jointly assess and produce a
recommendation that the child be designated as a dual status child,
as specified. Existing law requires the protocol to include a plan to
collect data, and requires the Judicial Council to collect and
compile the data. Existing law requires the Judicial Council to
prepare an evaluation of the results of the implementation of the
protocol, as specified, and to report its findings and any resulting
recommendations to the Legislature within 2 years of the date those
counties first deem a child to be a dual status child.
This bill would instead require the Judicial Council to convene a
committee comprised of stakeholders involved in serving the needs of
dependents or wards of the juvenile court, as specified. The bill
would require the committee, by January 1, 2018, to develop and
report to the Legislature its recommendations to facilitate and
enhance comprehensive data and outcome tracking for the state's youth
involved in both the child welfare system and the juvenile justice
system, and would require the recommendations to include specified
information, including standardized definitions related to these
youth. The bill would also require the State Department of Social
Services, on or before January 1, 2019, to implement a function
within the applicable case management system that will enable county
child welfare agencies and county probation departments to identify
youth described above who are within their counties, and to issue
instructions to all counties on the manner in which to completely and
consistently track the involvement of these youth in both the child
welfare system and the juvenile justice system.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 241.2 of the Welfare and Institutions Code is
repealed.
SEC. 2. Section 241.2 is added to the Welfare and Institutions
Code, to read:
241.2. (a) The Judicial Council shall convene a committee
comprised of stakeholders involved in serving the needs of dependents
or wards of the juvenile court, including, but not limited to,
judges, probation officers, social workers, youth involved in both
the child welfare system and the juvenile justice system, child
welfare and juvenile justice attorneys, child welfare and juvenile
justice advocates, education officials, and representatives from the
State Department of Social Services, county child welfare agencies,
and county probation departments. By January 1, 2018, the committee
shall develop and report to the Legislature, pursuant to Section 9795
of the Government Code, its recommendations to facilitate and
enhance comprehensive data and outcome tracking for the state's youth
involved in both the child welfare system and the juvenile justice
system. The committee's recommendations shall include, but not be
limited to, all of the following:
(1) A common identifier for counties to use to reconcile data
across child welfare and juvenile justice systems statewide.
(2) Standardized definitions for terms related to the populations
of youth involved in both the child welfare system and the juvenile
justice system.
(3) Identified and defined outcomes for counties to track youth
involved in both the child welfare system and the juvenile justice
system, including, but not limited to, outcomes related to
recidivism, health, pregnancy, homelessness, employment, and
education.
(4) Established baselines and goals for the identified and defined
outcomes specified in paragraph (3).
(5) An assessment as to the costs and benefits associated with
requiring all counties to implement the committee's recommendations.
(6) An assessment of whether a single technology system,
including, but not limited to, the State Department of Social
Services' Child Welfare Services/Case Management System (CWS/CMS) or
the Child Welfare Services-New System (CWS-NS), is needed to track
youth in the child welfare system and the juvenile justice system.
(b) The State Department of Social Services shall, on or before
January 1, 2019, implement a function within the applicable case
management system that will enable county child welfare agencies and
county probation departments to identify youth involved in both the
child welfare system and the juvenile justice system who are within
their counties and shall issue instructions to all counties on how to
completely and consistently track the involvement of these youth in
both the child welfare system and the juvenile justice system.
