BILL NUMBER: AB 2547	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 7, 2014
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  MAY 23, 2014
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 15, 2014

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Beth Gaines

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2014

   An act to amend Section 18986.60 of, to amend the heading of
Chapter 12.96 (commencing with Section 18986.60) of Part 6 of
Division 9 of, and 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, Beth Gaines. Placer County Integrated Health and Human
Services 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become inoperative on July 1, 2016, and are repealed on January 1,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 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.


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 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 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 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 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 program. This 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 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 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 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.
  SEC. 4.  Section 18986.62 of the Welfare and Institutions Code 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.