Bill Text: CA SR86 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Relative to mental health

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2016-08-17 - Read. Adopted. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5066.) [SR86 Detail]

Download: California-2015-SR86-Enrolled.html

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BILL NUMBER: SR 86	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	ADOPTED IN SENATE  AUGUST 17, 2016
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 11, 2016

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Beall

                        AUGUST 11, 2016

   Relative to mental health


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
             HOUSE OR SENATE RESOLUTIONS DO NOT CONTAIN A DIGEST



   WHEREAS, The Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act of 2016
(the act) would make available needed psychiatric, psychological, and
supportive services for individuals with mental illness and families
in mental health crisis; and
   WHEREAS, The act would enhance crisis response services, increase
mental health workforce, promote early intervention for mental
illness, and support integration of mental health, substance use, and
primary care; and
   WHEREAS, Mental illness affects all segments of society, and can
have a devastating effect on the lives and families it touches,
especially if left untreated; and
   WHEREAS, Nearly 10 million Americans have serious mental illness,
but millions are going without treatment as families struggle to find
care for their loved ones; and
   WHEREAS, The act has wide bipartisan support and recently passed
out of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce by a vote of 53-0;
now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, That the Senate
of the State of California requests the Congress of the United
States to pass the Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act of
2016 (H.R. 2646), and further requests President Barack Obama to sign
that legislation; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this
resolution to the President and Vice President of the United States,
to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, to the Majority
Leader of the Senate, to each Senator and Representative from
California in the Congress of the United States, and to the author
for appropriate distribution.