Bill Text: CA SB662 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Public services.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2011-06-28 - Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. [SB662 Detail]

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BILL NUMBER: SB 662	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator DeSaulnier

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2011

   An act to add Chapter 12.97 (commencing with Section 18986.65) to
Part 6 of Division 9 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating
to public social services.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 662, as introduced, DeSaulnier. Integrated health and human
services program: Contra Costa County.
   Existing law authorizes Humboldt County, Mendocino County, and
Alameda County, and any additional county or counties, as determined
by the Secretary of California Health and Human Services, to
implement a program for the funding and delivery of services and
benefits through an integrated and comprehensive county health and
human services system, subject to certain limitations. Existing law
separately requires Placer County, with the assistance of the
appropriate state departments, to implement a pilot program in the
county, upon approval by that county, for the funding and delivery of
services and benefits through an integrated and comprehensive county
health and human services system.
   This bill would require Contra Costa County, with the assistance
of the appropriate state departments, to implement a permanent
program for the funding and delivery of services and benefits through
an integrated and comprehensive county health and human services
system, upon approval of the county, as specified. The bill would
require the county to evaluate the program and submit the evaluation
to the Governor and other designated recipients, no later than 6
months following the 3rd year of the implementation of the program,
provided that nonstate funding is available for purposes of the
evaluation, as specified.
   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.  Chapter 12.97 (commencing with Section 18986.65) is
added to Part 6 of Division 9 of the Welfare and Institutions Code,
to read:
      CHAPTER 12.97.  CONTRA COSTA COUNTY INTEGRATED HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES PROGRAM


   18986.65.  (a) Contra Costa County, with the assistance of the
appropriate state departments, and within the existing resources of
those departments, shall implement a program, upon approval of the
county, for the funding and delivery of services and benefits through
an integrated and comprehensive county health and human services
system in accordance with this chapter.
   (b) The Contra Costa County program, in providing services through
an integrated system to families and individuals, shall do all of
the following:
   (1) Implement and evaluate a universal intake system for those
seeking services.
   (2) Implement and evaluate a system whereby a family or individual
eligible for more than one service may be provided those services by
as few as a single county employee, through an integrated,
coordinated service plan.
   (3) Implement and evaluate a system of administration that
centralizes the management and support of client services.
   (4) Implement and evaluate a system of reporting and
accountability that provides for the combined provision of services
as provided for in paragraph (2), without the loss of state or
federal funds provided under current law.
   (c) The integrated system may include, but need not be limited to,
any of the following services:
   (1) Adoption services.
   (2) Child abuse prevention services.
   (3) Child welfare services.
   (4) Delinquency prevention services.
   (5) Drug and alcohol services.
   (6) Mental health services.
   (7) Eligibility determination.
   (8) Employment and training services.
   (9) Foster care services.
   (10) Health services.
   (11) Public health services.
   (12) Housing services.
   (13) Medically indigent program services.
   (14) All other appropriately identified and targeted services,
except for dental care.
   (d) Programs or services shall be included in the program only to
the extent that federal funding to either the state or the county
will not be reduced as a result of the inclusion of the services in
the program. This program shall not generate any increased
expenditures from the General Fund.
   (e) The county and the appropriate state departments shall jointly
seek federal approval of the program, as may be needed to ensure its
funding and allow for the integrated provision of services.
   (f) This chapter shall not authorize the county to discontinue
meeting its obligations required by law to provide services, or to
reduce its accountability for the provision of these services.
   (g) This chapter shall not authorize the county to reduce its
eligibility for state funding for the services included in the
program.
   (h) The county shall utilize any state general and county funds
that it is legally allocated or entitled to receive. Through the
creation of integrated health and social services structures, the
county shall maximize federal matching funds.
   (i) The appropriate state departments that are assisting and
cooperating in the implementation of the program authorized by this
chapter shall be authorized to waive regulations regarding the method
of providing services and the method of reporting and
accountability, as may be required to meet the goals set forth in
subdivision (b).
   18986.66.  (a) The county shall evaluate and prepare a final
evaluation of the program. The county shall submit its final
evaluation to the Governor or the Governor's designee and the
appropriate policy committees of the Legislature, no later than six
months following the third year of the implementation of the program.

   (b) With the assistance of the appropriate state departments, the
county shall seek private funding to provide for the evaluation of
the program as required by this section. The evaluation required by
this section shall be conducted only if nonstate resources are
available for this purpose.
   (c) Pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, this
section is repealed on January 1, 2016.