Bill Text: CA AB340 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment Program: trauma screening.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-10-12 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 700, Statutes of 2017. [AB340 Detail]
Download: California-2017-AB340-Amended.html
Amended
IN
Senate
September 01, 2017 |
Assembly Bill | No. 340 |
Introduced by Assembly Member Arambula (Coauthor: Assembly Member Bonta) |
February 07, 2017 |
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Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NOBill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
(a)Consistent with federal law, screening services provided under the Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment (EPSDT) benefit pursuant to subdivision (v) of Section 14132 shall include screening for trauma consistent with the protocols the department develops pursuant to subdivision (c).
(b)“Trauma,” as used in this section, means the result of an event, series of events, or set of circumstances that is experienced by an individual as physically or emotionally harmful or threatening and that has lasting adverse effects on the individual’s functioning and physical, social, emotional, or spiritual well-being.
(c)(1)The department, in consultation with the State Department of Social Services, behavioral health experts, child welfare experts, and stakeholders, shall adopt, employ, and develop, as appropriate, tools and protocols for the screening of children for trauma, consistent with existing law and this section.
(2)Notwithstanding Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, the department may implement, interpret, or make specific this subdivision by means of all-county letters, plan letters, plan or provider bulletins, or similar instructions, without taking regulatory action.