BILL NUMBER: AB 2399	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Allen

                        FEBRUARY 24, 2012

   An act to add Section 4141 to the Welfare and Institutions Code,
relating to mental health.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2399, as introduced, Allen. Mental health: state hospitals:
injury and illness prevention plan.
    Existing law provides for state hospitals for the care,
treatment, and education of mentally disordered persons. These
hospitals are under the jurisdiction of the State Department of
Mental Health, which is authorized by existing law to adopt
regulations regarding the conduct and management of these facilities.

   This bill would require the department, in consultation with the
Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal-OSHA) and employee
and patient representatives, to develop an injury and illness
prevention plan to ensure the health and safety of both the patient
population and the employees of state hospitals. This bill would
require the plan to be completed and fully implemented no later than
July 1, 2013.
   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.  Section 4141 is added to the Welfare and Institutions
Code, to read:
   4141.  (a) Consistent with the authority of the department to
operate and maintain state hospitals under its jurisdiction, the
Director of Mental Health shall develop an injury and illness
prevention plan to ensure the health and safety of both the patient
population and the employees of state hospitals. The director shall
develop the plan in consultation with the Division of Occupational
Safety and Health (Cal-OSHA) and employee and patient
representatives.
   (b) The injury and illness prevention plan described in
subdivision (a) shall be completed and fully implemented no later
than July 1, 2013.