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                                                                  HR 15
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          Date of Hearing:   May 6, 2013

                             ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON RULES
                                Nancy Skinner, Chair
                   HR 15 (Conway) - As Introduced:  April 30, 2013
           
          SUBJECT  :   National Children's Mental Health Awareness Day.

           SUMMARY  :   Proclaims May 9, 2013, "National Children's Mental  
          Health Awareness Day" and urges our citizens and all agencies  
          and organizations interested in meeting every child's mental  
          health needs to observe exercises that will acquaint the people  
          of California with the benefits of year round programs for  
          children and youth with mental health needs.  Specifically,  this  
          resolution  makes the following legislative findings:

          1)The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration  
            (SAMHSA) was established in 1992 and directed by the United  
            States Congress to effectively target substance abuse and  
            mental health services to the people most in need and to  
            translate research in these areas more effectively and more  
            rapidly into the general health care system.

          2)Behavioral health services improve health status and reduce  
            health care and other costs to society; and, continued  
            improvement in the delivery and financing of prevention,  
            treatment, and recovery support services provides a  
            cost-effective opportunity to advance and protect the nation's  
            health.

          3)Addressing the complex mental health needs of children, youth,  
            and families today is important to the well-being of the State  
            of California; and it is appropriate that a day be set apart  
            to direct our thoughts toward our children's mental health and  
            well-being.

           FISCAL EFFECT  :   None

           REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION  :   

           Support 
           
          None on file

           Opposition 








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          Analysis Prepared by  :    Nicole Willis / RLS. / (916) 319-2800