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          CONCURRENCE IN SENATE AMENDMENTS
          AB 753 (Lowenthal)
          As Amended June 18, 2013
          2/3 vote.  Urgency
           
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          |ASSEMBLY:  |70-0 |(May 16, 2013)  |SENATE: |39-0 |(August 26,    |
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           Original Committee Reference:    HEALTH  

           SUMMARY  :  Repeals and recasts existing law governing caregiver  
          resource centers (CRCs) to reflect the transfer of their  
          oversight from the former Department of Mental Health (DMH) to  
          the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS).

           The Senate amendments  :

          1)Require the CRCs that DHCS contracts with to be nonprofit.

          2)Eliminate a requirement for DHCS to seek funding for CRCs from  
            federal and private sources.

          3)Clarify that contracts between DHCS and CRCs are exempt from  
            provisions of the Public Contract Code related to contracting  
            by state agencies, replacing a narrower exemption from  
            provisions related to state acquisition of goods and services.

          4)Make minor and technical changes.

           EXISTING LAW  : 

          1)Establishes the Comprehensive Act for Families and Caregivers  
            of Brain-Impaired Adults, previously administered by DMH, to  
            contract with a Statewide Resources Consultant to coordinate a  
            statewide system of CRCs to serve caregivers of adults with  
            Alzheimer's disease, stroke, Parkinson's, traumatic brain  
            injury, and other adult-onset cognitive disorders.  

          2)Transfers the CRC program from DMH to DHCS due to the  
            elimination of DMH in the 2012 Budget.

           FISCAL EFFECT  :  According to the Senate Appropriations  
          Committee, pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8, negligible state costs.  








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          Analysis Prepared by  :    Ben Russell / HEALTH / (916) 319-2097 


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