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                  SENATE COMMITTEE ON BUDGET AND FISCAL REVIEW
                                Mark Leno, Chair
                                        
          Bill No:       AB 107
          Author:        Committee on Budget
          As Amended:    August 26, 2013
          Consultant:    Michelle Baass
          Fiscal:        Yes
          Hearing Date:  August 29, 2013
          
          Subject:  Health-related statutory revisions necessary to  
          implement the Budget Act of 2013.

          Summary:  The bill makes technical statutory revisions  
          affecting health programs necessary to implement the Budget  
          Act of 2013. This bill:

          1.Makes technical changes and adds clarifying language to  
            ensure all prior year appropriations from the Department  
            of Alcohol and Drug Programs (DADP) will be transferred  
            to the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) and the  
            Department of Public Health (DPH) for liquidation.  

          2.Clarifies emergency regulation authority for the  
            California Health Facilities Financing Authority (CHFFA)  
            to implement the Investment in Mental Health Wellness Act  
            of 2013.

          3.Appropriates $26.5 million in The California Endowment  
            grant funds, and a matching amount of federal funds, for  
            in-person Medi-Cal enrollment assisters and Medi-Cal  
            outreach and enrollment activities for an extended  
            encumbrance period of three years.  Creates the  
            Healthcare Outreach and Medi-Cal Enrollment Account in  
            order to collect these grant funds. The bill also  
            authorizes the use of grant funds for 4.0 limited-term  
            positions and caps DHCS administrative expenses for these  
            purposes to $500,000 annually, for three years. 

          Background:  AB 75 (Chapter 22, Statues of 2013), a 2013  
          budget trailer bill, eliminates DADP and transfers its  
          substance use disorder programs to DHCS and its Office of  
          Problem Gambling to DPH.

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          SB 82 (Chapter 35, Statutes of 2013), a 2013 budget trailer  
          bill, implements the Investment in Mental Health Wellness  
          Act of 2013. This act authorizes CHFFA to administer a  
          competitive selection process for capital capacity and  
          program expansion to increase capacity for mobile crisis  
          support, crisis intervention, crisis stabilization  
          services, crisis residential treatment, and specified  
          personnel resources.

          AB 82 (Chapter 23, Statutes of 2013), a 2013 budget trailer  
          bill, requires DHCS to accept a grant from The California  
          Endowment for Medi-Cal Enrollment Assistance ($14 million)  
          and Medi-Cal Outreach and Enrollment Grants to  
          community-based organizations ($12.5 million) and obtain  
          $26.5 million in matching federal funds for these purposes.  
          These funds will be used to maximize Medi-Cal enrollment  
          under the Affordable Care Act.

          Fiscal Effect:  Appropriates $26.5 million in private funds  
          and $26.5 million in federal funds to the Department of  
          Health Care Services.

          Support:   Unknown

          Opposed:  Unknown


















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