BILL ANALYSIS
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CONCURRENCE IN SENATE AMENDMENTS
AB 1766 (Gaines and Logue)
As Amended August 20, 2010
Majority vote
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|ASSEMBLY: | |(May 24, 2010) |SENATE: |35-0 |(August 27, |
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(vote not relevant)
Original Committee Reference: REV. & TAX.
SUMMARY : Changes the date upon which the Placer County pilot
program to integrate the funding and delivery of services and
benefits for the county health and human services system becomes
inoperative from July 1, 2011 to July 1, 2016, and extends the
sunset date of the program from January 1, 2012 to January 1,
2017.
The Senate amendments delete the Assembly version of this bill,
and instead extend the sunset date of the Placer County pilot
program for the funding of services and benefits through an
integrated and comprehensive county health and human services
system by 5 years.
EXISTING LAW :
1)Authorizes Placer County to implement a pilot program upon
approval of the county for the funding of services and
benefits through an integrated and comprehensive county health
and human services system.
2)Provides that the program shall become inoperative on July 1,
2011, and repeals the authorizing statute as of January 1,
2012, unless the dates are repealed or extended by statute on
or before January 1, 2012.
AS PASSED BY THE ASSEMBLY , this bill added the wildfires that
began in Placer County on August 30, 2009 (49 Fire) to the list
of disasters eligible for full state reimbursement of local
property tax losses, beneficial homeowners' property tax
exemption treatment, and special "carry forward" treatment of
excess disaster losses.
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FISCAL EFFECT : Unknown. The Assembly and Senate Appropriations
Committees' fiscal analyses are not relevant to the current
version of this bill. However, both the Assembly and Senate
Appropriations Committee analyses of a similar bill, AB 2039
(Logue 2010), which would have deleted rather than extended the
sunset, found "no significant costs" associated with that bill.
COMMENTS : This bill would allow the Placer County Health and
Human Services Department to continue, for an additional 5
years, its consolidated health and human services program. The
county began implementation of the original pilot pursuant to AB
1846 (Leslie), Chapter 899, Statutes of 1996. AB 1846 had a
sunset date of January 1, 2002. The sunset was extended twice,
first by AB 308 (Leslie), Chapter 17, Statutes of 2001, with the
program becoming inoperative on July 1, 2006 and the statute
being repealed on January 1, 2007, and then by AB 1859 (Leslie),
Chapter 268, Statutes of 2006, with the program becoming
inoperative on July 1, 2011 and the statute being repealed on
January 1, 2012.
According to the Placer County Board of Supervisors, the "Placer
Model" of integrating child welfare, mental health, probation,
and education case management "has resulted in significant
efficiencies and improved outcomes reducing the recurrence of
abuse and neglect. Since 2005, this integrated approach has
resulted in a 20% reduction in the number of children needing to
enter foster care and contributed to over 100 children finding
stable loving homes with adoptive parents ...." The Board notes
that the program "is nationally recognized and has achieved
excellent outcomes for children and families in the County."
Another bill introduced this year, AB 2039 (Logue), would have
deleted rather than extended the sunset date for the Placer
County program so that it would no longer be a pilot. AB 2039
was vetoed by the governor, however. The governor's veto
message said, "I am returning Assembly Bill 2039 without my
signature. I do not believe it is appropriate to permanently
extend this program without some ability to periodically
evaluate its usefulness and effectiveness. For this reason, I
am returning this bill without my signature."
With the veto, however, under existing law, the pilot program
will become inoperative on July 1, 2011 and will sunset on
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January 1, 2012. This bill, consistent with the governor's veto
message, will allow the program to continue as a pilot program
for another 5 years.
This bill, as amended in the Senate, is inconsistent with the
Assembly actions. However, this bill is similar to AB 2039
(Logue), which was heard in Assembly and Senate policy
committees this session and received no "No" votes either in
committee or on the floor of either house.
Analysis Prepared by : Eric Gelber / HUM. S. / (916) 319-2089
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