BILL ANALYSIS Ó AB 602 Page 1 Date of Hearing: April 10, 2013 ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS Mike Gatto, Chair AB 602 (Yamada) - As Amended: April 1, 2013 Policy Committee: Public SafetyVote: Urgency: No State Mandated Local Program: Yes Reimbursable: Yes SUMMARY This bill requires the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) to establish, by July 1, 2015, and to keep updated, a training course regarding law enforcement interaction with mentally disabled or developmentally disabled persons living in a state mental hospital or state developmental center. This bill also creates additional requirements on mandated reporters in state mental hospitals and state developmental centers. Specifically, this bill: 1)Requires the training course "for law enforcement personnel with jurisdiction over state mental health hospitals and state developmental centers," and requires the course to be classroom-based and interactive. 2)Requires POST to submit a report to the Legislature, by October 1, 2017, regarding the course and its utilization. 3)Requires mandated reporters of elder or dependent adult abuse report specified serious incidents of specified alleged abuse or neglect in state mental hospitals or state developmental centers to both (rather than either) local law enforcement and designated investigators of the State Department of State Hospitals or the State Department of Developmental Services, within two hours of the mandated reporter suspecting abuse. 4)Requires local law enforcement agencies to coordinate efforts with designated investigators of the State Department of State Hospitals or the State Department of Developmental Services to provide a response to investigate reports received. AB 602 Page 2 FISCAL EFFECT 1)Special fund costs in the range of $100,000 to POST to create and offer a specific and mandatory course for law enforcement interaction with persons living in a state hospital or developmental center. (POST already maintains and updates a training course on interaction with mentally disabled persons.) The proposed training would most likely be included within the existing basic 664 hours of training provided to peace officers. 2)Minor GF costs, likely less than $25,000, to state hospitals and developmental centers to provide additional training to peace officers, in most cases within the existing training block. 3)Minor state-reimbursable local costs, likely less than $50,000, to provide additional mandated training to peace officers, in most cases within existing training. The requirement that the training be classroom-based and interactive is somewhat prescriptive in that POST offers many courses on-line, which reduces costs such as travel, per diem and backfilling officer posts. The committee may wish to consider deleting this specification. 4)Minor, if any, reimbursable local agency costs for specified coordination with state hospitals and developmental centers, which in most cases is current practice. COMMENTS 1)Rationale . The author and proponents contend this bill simply adds institutional-specific and appropriate training, and ensures prompt and uniform reporting of abusive incidents at state hospitals and developmental centers. 2)There is no known opposition . Analysis Prepared by : Geoff Long / APPR. / (916) 319-2081 AB 602 Page 3