BILL NUMBER: SB 1214	CHAPTERED  07/07/06

	CHAPTER  58
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  JULY 7, 2006
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  JULY 7, 2006
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  JUNE 26, 2006
	PASSED THE SENATE  MAY 4, 2006
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 17, 2006
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MARCH 22, 2006

INTRODUCED BY   Committee on Human Services (Senators Alquist
(Chair), Aanestad, Chesbro, Maldonado, and Romero)

                        JANUARY 30, 2006

   An act to amend Section 12741 of the Government Code, relating to
state government.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1214, Committee on Human Services  Community services programs.

   Existing law requires the Department of Community Services and
Development to prepare an annual state plan for the California
Community Services Block Grant Program. Upon receiving legislative
certification that the plan conforms to statutory requirements, the
department is required to submit the final state plan to the
Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human
Services by September 15 of each year.
   This bill would require that the final state plan be submitted to
the secretary as required by a specified federal law.


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


  SECTION 1.   Section 12741 of the Government Code is amended to
read:
   12741.  The state's planning process shall include the following:

   (a) The state plan shall identify eligible activities and the
eligible entities which will conduct those activities in order to
meet the general goals of the California Community Services Block
Grant Program and the specific goals of the program. The plan shall,
particularly with respect to subdivision (d) of Section 12740,
reflect the aggregate of community action plans in order to fairly
represent the most essential characteristic of the California
Community Services Block Grant Program, which is its adherence to the
principle of community self-help.
   (b) The appropriate policy committee of the Assembly or the
Senate, or both shall conduct one or more public hearings on the
proposed use and distribution of funds provided under the California
Community Services Block Grant Program. Prior to the hearing, the
department shall forward to the policy committees a list of the
activities it has identified as statewide priorities pursuant to
subdivision (e) of Section 12745, in order to notify the Legislature
and the public of the issues to be addressed by the department at
each hearing. The chairs of the policy committees may request
additional issues to be reported on by the department. The hearings
shall be conducted in such a manner as to satisfy the legislative
hearing requirement of federal Public Law 97-35, as amended, and to
give the Legislature an opportunity to certify that the state plan
conforms to the requirements of this chapter. At the discretion of
the respective chairs, the policy committees may hold a single or
joint hearing, or both to satisfy the requirements of this section.
   (c) The department shall make adjustments to the state plan as a
result of public comments presented at the legislative hearing as
well as written comments which are submitted to the department. The
department shall identify all testimony presented by the poor, and
shall state whether the concerns expressed therein have been included
in the plan. If any of those concerns have not been included in the
plan the department shall specify in the plan the reasons for the
rejection of those concerns. Concerns shall only be rejected if there
is good cause for the rejection.
   (d) The committees conducting the hearings pursuant to subdivision
(b) shall determine whether the concerns of the poor have been
included in the state plan, as adjusted, or rejected for good cause.
Before the final state plan is submitted to the secretary, the chairs
of the committees conducting hearings shall certify that the state
plan conforms with the requirements of this chapter.
   (e) Upon receiving the certification required in subdivision (d),
the department shall submit the final state plan, as required by
Section 9908 of Title 42 of the United States Code, as amended, to
the secretary, and shall provide a copy to all grantees and state
legislators no more than one week thereafter.