Bill Text: CA AB2976 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Mental health care.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-02-17 - From printer. May be heard in committee March 18. [AB2976 Detail]
Download: California-2023-AB2976-Introduced.html
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 2976
| Introduced by Assembly Member Jackson |
February 16, 2024 |
An act relating to mental health care.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2976, as introduced, Jackson.
Mental health care.
Existing law establishes various state and local programs for the provision of mental health services within the jurisdiction of the State Department of Health Care Services, the State Department of Public Health, the California Behavioral Health Planning Council, the Department of Health Care Access and Information, and county public health or behavioral health departments, among other entities. Under existing law, those programs, services, and provisions include, among others, the Mental Health Services Act, the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act, the Children and Youth Behavioral Health Initiative, the Behavioral Health Continuum Infrastructure Program, the Licensed Mental Health Service Provider Education Program, and Medi-Cal specialty mental health services.
This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation relating to access
to mental health care.
