Bill Text: CA AB2333 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Office of Emergency Services: behavioral health response.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-08-16 - In committee: Held under submission. [AB2333 Detail]

Download: California-2017-AB2333-Introduced.html

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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2017–2018 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 2333

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Introduced by Assembly Member Wood

February 13, 2018

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An act relating to mental health.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 2333, as introduced, Wood. Office of Emergency Services: mental health response.

The California Emergency Services Act establishes the Office of Emergency Services within the Governor’s office under the supervision of the Director of Emergency Services and makes the office responsible for the state’s emergency and disaster response services for natural, technological, or manmade disasters and emergencies. Existing law authorizes the Governor, or the director when the governor is inaccessible, to proclaim a state of emergency under specified circumstances.

This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would bolster the mental health response from the Office of Emergency Services during a state declared emergency.

Digest Key

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

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Bill Text

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

SECTION 1.

 It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would bolster the mental health response from the Office of Emergency Services during a state declared emergency.