BILL NUMBER: AB 2044	CHAPTERED  09/18/02

	CHAPTER  648
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 18, 2002
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 17, 2002
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 29, 2002
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 28, 2002
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 13, 2002
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 16, 2002
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 17, 2002

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Salinas

                        FEBRUARY 15, 2002

   An act to amend Section 1 of Chapter 367 of the Statutes of 2001,
relating to mental health, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take
effect immediately.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2044, Salinas.  Mental health realignment:  reports.
   Existing law requires the State Department of Mental Health to
cooperate and coordinate with other state and local agencies engaged
in research and evaluation studies regarding mental health.
   Existing law requires the department, in collaboration with the
California Mental Health Directors Association and other relevant
parties, to submit specified data on the current status of county
mental health programs to the Legislature by April 1, 2002.
   This bill would require, instead, that all of the data be
submitted by October 1, 2002.
   This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as
an urgency statute.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 1 of Chapter 367 of the Statutes of 2001 is
amended to read:
  Sec. 1.  (a) The State Department of Mental Health shall work
cooperatively with the California Mental Health Directors Association
and other relevant parties to submit data on the current status of
the county mental health programs.  This data shall, at a minimum,
address all of the following:
   (1) The current structure and status of the financing of mental
health services established in the statutes affected by Chapters 89,
91, and 611 of the Statutes of 1991, commonly referred to as
realignment.
   (2) Changes in the current service delivery system of mental
health programs that have occurred since the enactment of Chapters
89, 91, and 611 of the Statutes of 1991.
   (3) Trends in the financial status and service delivery systems
within county mental health programs.
   (b) By October 1, 2002, the department shall submit all of the
data  specified in subdivision (a) to the Legislature.
  SEC. 2.  This act is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within the
meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into immediate
effect.  The facts constituting the necessity are:
   In order to ensure the health and safety, at the earliest possible
time, of persons receiving mental health services pursuant to
Chapter 89, 91, or 611 of the Statutes of 1991, it is necessary that
this act take effect immediately.