BILL NUMBER: AB 2547 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MAY 15, 2014
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Beth Gaines
FEBRUARY 21, 2014
An act to amend Section 18986.62 18986.60
of , to amend the heading of Chapter 12.96 (commencing
with Section 18986.60) of Part 6 of Division 9 of, an d to
repeal Sections 18986.61 and 18986.62 of, the Welfare and
Institutions Code, relating to health and human services.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2547, as amended, Beth Gaines. Placer County Integrated Health
and Human Services Pilot Program.
Existing law requires Placer County, upon approval of the county,
and with the assistance of the appropriate state departments, to
implement a pilot program for the funding and delivery of services
and benefits through an integrated and comprehensive county health
and human services system. Under existing law, these provisions
become inoperative on July 1, 2016, and are repealed on January 1,
2017.
This bill would extend by 5 years the dates upon which
the provisions relating to the Placer County health and human
services pilot program would become inoperative and would be
repealed. delete the provisions making the program
inoperative and providing for its repeal, thereby
extending that program indefinitely. The bill would delete obsolete
related provisions and make other conforming changes.
This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to
the necessity of a special statute for Placer County.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The heading of Chapter 12.96
(commencing with Section 18986.60) of Part 6 of Division 9 of the
Welfare and Institutions Code is amended to
read:
CHAPTER 12.96. PLACER COUNTY INTEGRATED HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES PILOT PROGRAM
SEC. 2. Section 18986.60 of the Welfare
and Institutions Code is amended to read:
18986.60. (a) Placer County, with the assistance of the
appropriate state departments, within the existing resources of those
departments, shall implement a pilot program upon
approval of that county, for the funding and delivery of services
and benefits through an integrated and comprehensive county health
and human services system.
(b) The Placer County pilot project
program shall, in providing services through an integrated
system to families and individuals, among other things, do all of the
following:
(1) Implement and evaluate a system of universal intake for those
seeking services.
(2) Implement and evaluate a system whereby a family or individual
eligible for more than one service may be provided those services by
as few as a single county employee, through an integrated,
coordinated service plan.
(3) Implement and evaluate a system of administration that
centralizes the management and support of client services.
(4) Implement and evaluate a system of reporting and
accountability that provides for the combined provision of services
as provided for in paragraph (2), without the loss of state or
federal funds provided under current law.
(c) The integrated system may include, but need not be limited to,
any or all of the following:
(1) Adoption services.
(2) Child abuse prevention services.
(3) Child welfare services.
(4) Delinquency prevention services.
(5) Drug and alcohol services.
(6) Mental health services.
(7) Eligibility determination.
(8) Employment and training services.
(9) Foster care services.
(10) Health services.
(11) Public health services.
(12) Housing services.
(13) Medically indigent program services.
(14) All other appropriately identified and targeted services,
except for dental care.
(d) Programs or services shall be included in the pilot
project program only to the extent that federal
funding to either the state or the county will not be reduced as a
result of the inclusion of the services in the project.
program. This pilot project
program shall not generate any increased expenditures from
the General Fund.
(e) The county and the appropriate state departments shall jointly
seek federal approval of the pilot project,
program, as may be needed to ensure its funding and allow for
the integrated provision of services.
(f) This chapter shall not authorize Placer County to discontinue
meeting its obligations under current law to provide services or to
reduce its accountability for the provision of these services.
(g) This chapter shall not authorize Placer County to reduce
Placer County's eligibility under current law for state funding for
the services included in the pilot project.
program.
(h) Placer County shall utilize any and all state general and
county funds that it is legally allocated or entitled to receive.
Through the creation of integrated health and social services
structures, the county shall maximize federal matching funds.
(i) The appropriate state departments that are assisting and
cooperating in the implementation of the project
program authorized by this chapter shall have the
authority to waive regulations regarding the method of providing
services and the method of reporting and accountability, as may be
required to meet the goals set forth in subdivision (b).
SEC. 3. Section 18986.61 of the Welfare
and Institutions Code is repealed.
18986.61. (a) Placer County shall evaluate the pilot program and
shall prepare a final evaluation and submit the final evaluation to
the Governor or the Governor's designee and the appropriate policy
committees of the Legislature not later than six months following the
third year of the implementation of the pilot program.
(b) The county, with the assistance of the appropriate state
departments, shall seek private funding to provide for the evaluation
of the pilot program. The evaluation required by this section shall
be conducted only if nonstate resources are made available for this
purpose.
SEC. 4. Section 18986.62 of the Welfare
and Institutions Code is repealed.
18986.62. This chapter shall become inoperative on July 1, 2016,
and, as of January 1, 2017, is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that becomes operative on or before January 1, 2017, deletes
or extends the dates on which it becomes inoperative and is
repealed.
SEC. 5. The Legislature finds and declares that a
special law is necessary and that a general law cannot be made
applicable within the meaning of Section 16 of Article IV of the
California Constitution due to the unique circumstances of Placer
County and the success of the Placer County Integrated Health and
Human Services Pilot Program.
SECTION 1. Section 18986.62 of the Welfare and
Institutions Code is amended to read:
18986.62. This chapter shall become inoperative on July 1, 2021,
and, as of January 1, 2022, is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that becomes operative on or before January 1, 2022, deletes
or extends the dates on which it becomes inoperative and is
repealed.