Bill Text: CA AB578 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Crisis nurseries: study.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2014-08-14 - In committee: Held under submission. [AB578 Detail]

Download: California-2013-AB578-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 578	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 26, 2014
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 11, 2014
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 24, 2013
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 8, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Dickinson
    (   Principal coauthor:   Senator 
 Wolk   ) 

                        FEBRUARY 20, 2013

   An act to add  and repeal  Section 1517  to
  of  the Health and Safety Code, relating to
crisis nurseries.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 578, as amended, Dickinson. Crisis nurseries: study.
   Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation by the
State Department of Social Services of crisis nurseries. Crisis
nurseries are nonprofit corporations that care for and supervise
children under 6 years of age who are voluntarily placed in the
crisis nursery by a parent or legal guardian due to a family crisis
or stressful situation for no more than 30 days.
   This bill, until January 1, 2017, would require the department to
implement a 2-year pilot project in the counties of Sacramento and
Yolo to conduct a study of the relationship between crisis respite
care and incidents of reported child abuse in those counties, and
report the results of the study to the Legislature. The bill would
make the implementation of this pilot project contingent upon all of
the crisis nurseries in those counties voluntarily participating in
the project and providing funding for 1/2 of the cost of the project.
 This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to
provide state funding for crisis nurseries in the Budget Act of 2014
for community services and this pilot project. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 1517 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to
read:
   1517.  (a) The department shall implement a two-year pilot project
in the County of Sacramento and the County of Yolo for the purpose
of evaluating the effectiveness of crisis nurseries in lowering the
incidence of child abuse in those counties. This pilot project shall
be implemented only if all of the crisis nurseries in those counties
voluntarily participate in the project and provide private funding
for one-half of the cost of the project. The pilot project shall
consist of both of the following:
   (1) The department shall conduct a study of the relationship
between crisis respite care and incidents of reported child abuse in
pilot project counties.
   (2) The department shall report the results of the study to the
Legislature on or before December 31, 2016, pursuant to Section 9795
of the Government Code. 
   (b) It is the intent of the Legislature to provide state funding
for crisis nurseries in the Budget Act of 2014 in order to enable
crisis nurseries to continue to provide services to the community and
to participate in the pilot project established by this section.
 
   (c) 
    (b)  This section shall remain in effect only until
January 1, 2017, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later
enacted statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2017, deletes or
extends that date.