BILL NUMBER: AB 936	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Wilk

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2013

   An act to amend Section 1507.6 of the Health and Safety Code,
relating to community care facilities.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 936, as introduced, Wilk. Group homes: mental health services.
   Existing law provides for child welfare services, which are public
social services directed toward, among other purposes, protecting
and promoting the welfare of all children, including those in foster
care placement. Existing law provides for the placement of children
in foster care in various settings, including group homes, by foster
placement agencies, under the oversight of the State Department of
Social Services. Under existing law, mental health services may be
provided to a child in a group home and shall be a case management
responsibility of the placing agency.
   This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to these
provisions.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 1507.6 of the Health and Safety Code is amended
to read:
   1507.6.  Mental health services, as deemed necessary by the
placing agency, may be provided to  children   a
child  in a group home. Except for the physical safety and
direct care and supervision of children so placed, the State
Department of Social Services and its agents shall not evaluate or
have responsibility or liability for the evaluation of mental health
services provided in  those   group  homes.
Supervision of mental health treatment services provided to a child
in a group home shall be a case management responsibility of the
placing agency.