Bill Text: CA SB621 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Mentally ill offender crime reduction grants.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Passed) 2015-10-03 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 473, Statutes of 2015. [SB621 Detail]

Download: California-2015-SB621-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: SB 621	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Hertzberg

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2015

   An act to amend Section 6045.4 of the Penal Code, relating to
mentally ill criminal offenders.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 621, as introduced, Hertzberg. Mentally ill offender crime
reduction grants.
   Existing law requires the Board of State and Community Corrections
to administer mentally ill offender crime reduction grants on a
competitive basis to counties that expand or establish a continuum of
timely and effective responses to reduce crime and criminal justice
costs related to mentally ill juvenile and adult offenders. Existing
law requires an application for a mentally ill offender crime
reduction grant to describe a 4-year plan for the programs, services,
or strategies to be provided under the grant, and authorizes the
funds from a mentally ill offender crime reduction grant to be used
to fund specialized alternative custody programs that offer
appropriate mental health and treatment services.
   This bill would additionally authorize the funds from a mentally
ill offender crime reduction grant to be used to fund specialized
diversion programs that offer appropriate mental health and treatment
services.
   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 6045.4 of the Penal Code is amended to read:
   6045.4.  (a) The application submitted by a county shall describe
a four-year plan for the programs, services, or strategies to be
provided under the grant. The board shall award grants that provide
funding for three years. Funding shall be used to supplement, rather
than supplant, funding for existing programs. Funds may be used to
fund specialized alternative custody  and diversion 
programs that offer appropriate mental health treatment and services.

   (b) A grant shall not be awarded unless the applicant makes
available resources in accordance with the instructions of the board
in an amount equal to at least 25 percent of the amount of the grant.
Resources may include in-kind contributions from participating
agencies.
   (c) In awarding grants, priority or preference shall be given to
those grant applications that include documented match funding that
exceeds 25 percent of the total grant amount.