Bill Text: CA AB1915 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Alcohol and drug programs: facility expansion.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2016-11-30 - From committee without further action. [AB1915 Detail]
Download: California-2015-AB1915-Amended.html
BILL NUMBER: AB 1915 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MARCH 18, 2016
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Santiago
FEBRUARY 11, 2016
An act to add and repeal Section 11760.7 of the Health and
Safety Code, relating to housing.
public social services, and making an appropriation therefor.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1915, as amended, Santiago. Homelessness: affordable
housing. Alcohol and drug programs: facility
expansion.
Under existing law, the State Department of Health Care Services
is responsible for administering state alcohol and drug programs by,
among other things, providing funds to counties for the planning and
implementation of local programs to alleviate problems related to
alcohol and other drug use and reviewing and executing contracts for
drug and alcohol services submitted for state or federal funds
allocated or administered by the department.
This bill would, until December 31, 2018, authorize the department
to establish a program for the purpose of making grants or loans to
residential treatment centers that are expanding services or to
substance use disorder treatment service facilities that are
expanding to provide residential treatment services, as specified.
The bill would establish the Residential Treatment Facility Expansion
Fund, a continuously appropriated fund, as specified, and would
transfer $120,000,000 from the General Fund to the Residential
Treatment Facility Expansion Fund for the purpose of implementing the
program. The bill would make related legislative findings and
declarations. By creating a continuously appropriated fund and
authorizing its expenditure, the bill would make an appropriation.
Under existing law, there are programs providing assistance for,
among other things, emergency housing, multifamily housing,
farmworker housing, veteran housing, home ownership for very low and
low-income households, and downpayment assistance for first-time
homebuyers.
This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would reduce homelessness and increase the
availability of affordable housing.
Vote: majority 2/3 . Appropriation:
no yes . Fiscal committee: no
yes . State-mandated local program: no.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. (a) The
Legislature finds and declares the following:
(1) There are not enough available residential treatment
facilities throughout the state to meet the needs of persons
suffering from substance use disorders.
(2) The state has an interest in increasing the availability of
residential treatment services to help ensure the state is making
progress in meeting the goals and terms of the Drug Medi-Cal
Organized Delivery System (DMC-ODS) demonstration waiver.
(3) Staffing models and other requirements and the facility costs
of providing residential treatment services present challenges for
expanding capacity to deliver this level of care in the state.
(4) Funds for capital investments in facility infrastructure and
equipment, including the purchase, implementation, and maintenance of
electronic health records systems, would enable facilities to
increase the number of residential treatment beds within existing
licensed and certified Drug Medi-Cal Treatment Program facilities or
for new residential treatment facilities.
(b) It is the intent of the Legislature to help ensure that an
adequate substance abuse treatment provider network is available to
eligible beneficiaries for residential treatment services provided
under the Drug Medi-Cal Treatment Program as set forth in Section
14021.35 and Article 3.2 (commencing with Section 14124.20) of
Chapter 7 of Part 3 of Division 9 of the Welfare and Institutions
Code.
SEC. 2. Section 11760.7 is added to the
Health and Safety Code , to read:
11760.7. (a) The department shall establish a program for the
purpose of making grants or loans to residential treatment centers
that are expanding services or to substance use disorder treatment
facilities that are expanding to provide residential treatment
services. A loan or grant made pursuant to this section shall be made
only to a county or a private nonprofit organization that operates a
residential treatment center or a substance use disorder treatment
facility.
(b) The Residential Treatment Facility Expansion Fund is hereby
established in the State Treasury for the purpose of making grants
and loans pursuant to subdivision (a). Notwithstanding Section 13340
of the Government Code, all moneys in the fund are continuously
appropriated, without regard to fiscal years, for the purpose of
carrying out the purposes of this section. All loan payments received
from previous loans and all future collections shall be deposited in
the Residential Treatment Facility Expansion Fund. The Residential
Treatment Facility Expansion Fund shall be invested in the Pooled
Money Investment Account. Interest earned shall accrue to the
Residential Treatment Facility Expansion Fund and may be made
available for future residential treatment facility expansion loans
or grants.
(c) The department may adopt regulations as are necessary to
implement this section.
(d) 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.
SEC. 3. The sum of one hundred twenty million
dollars ($120,000,000) is hereby transferred from the General Fund in
the State Treasury to the Residential Treatment Facility Expansion
Fund for the purpose of implementing Section 2 of this act.
SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature
to enact legislation that would reduce homelessness and increase the
availability of affordable housing.
