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THIRD READING
Bill No: AB 107
Author: Assembly Budget Committee
Amended: 8/26/13 in Senate
Vote: 21
SENATE BUDGET & FISCAL REVIEW COMMITTEE : 10-3, 8/29/13
AYES: Leno, Beall, Block, DeSaulnier, Hancock, Jackson,
Monning, Roth, Torres, Wright
NOES: Emmerson, Anderson, Nielsen
NO VOTE RECORDED: Berryhill, Wyland, Vacancy
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : Not relevant
SUBJECT : Health-related statutory revisions necessary to
implement the Budget Act of 2013.
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill makes technical statutory revisions
affecting health programs necessary to implement the Budget Act
of 2013 (AB 110, Assembly Budget Committee, Chapter 20, Statutes
of 2013).
ANALYSIS :
Existing law:
AB 75 (Assembly Budget Committee, Chapter 22, Statues of 2013) a
2013 Budget Trailer bill, eliminates the Department of Alcohol
and Drug Programs (DADP) and transfers its substance use
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disorder programs to the Department of Health Care Services
(DHCS) and its Office of Problem Gambling to the Department of
Public Health (DPH).
SB 82 (Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee, Chapter 35,
Statutes of 2013) a 2013 Budget Trailer bill, implements the
Investment in Mental Health Wellness Act of 2013 (Act). This
Act authorizes the California Health Facilities Financing
Authority (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 (Assembly Budget Committee, 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.
This bill:
1.Makes technical changes and adds clarifying language to ensure
all prior year appropriations from DADP will be transferred to
DHCS and DPH for liquidation.
2.Clarifies emergency regulation authority for CHFFA to
implement the investment in the Act.
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.
This 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.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: Yes Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
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According to the Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee, this
bill appropriates $26.5 million in private funds and $26.5
million in federal funds to DHCS.
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 51-24, 5/13/13
AYES: Alejo, Atkins, Bloom, Blumenfield, Bocanegra, Bonilla,
Bonta, Bradford, Brown, Buchanan, Ian Calderon, Campos, Chau,
Chesbro, Cooley, Daly, Dickinson, Eggman, Fong, Fox, Frazier,
Garcia, Gatto, Gomez, Gordon, Gray, Hall, Roger Hernández,
Jones-Sawyer, Levine, Medina, Mitchell, Mullin, Muratsuchi,
Nazarian, Pan, Perea, V. Manuel Pérez, Quirk, Quirk-Silva,
Rendon, Salas, Skinner, Stone, Ting, Torres, Weber,
Wieckowski, Williams, Yamada, John A. Pérez
NOES: Achadjian, Bigelow, Chávez, Conway, Dahle, Donnelly, Beth
Gaines, Gorell, Grove, Hagman, Harkey, Jones, Linder, Logue,
Maienschein, Mansoor, Melendez, Morrell, Nestande, Olsen,
Patterson, Wagner, Waldron, Wilk
NO VOTE RECORDED: Allen, Ammiano, Holden, Lowenthal, Vacancy
JA:ej 8/30/13 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: NONE RECEIVED
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