BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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SENATE THIRD READING
SB 101 (Budget and Fiscal Review Committee)
As Amended August 27, 2013
Majority vote. Budget Bill Appropriation Takes Effect Immediately
SENATE VOTE :Vote not relevant
BUDGET 17-5
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|Ayes:|Skinner, Gorell, Bloom, |
| |Campos, Chávez, Chesbro, |
| |Daly, Dickinson, Gordon, |
| |Jones-Sawyer, Melendez, |
| |Mitchell, Mullin, |
| |Muratsuchi, Nazarian, |
| |Stone, Ting |
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|Nays:|Grove, Morrell, Nestande, |
| |Patterson, Wagner |
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SUMMARY : Contains technical corrections to health-related budget
trailer bills adopted as part of the overall budget package in June
of 2013. This bill also appropriates private foundation funding,
and corresponding federal matching funds, that the state has
received from The California Endowment for purposes related to
compensating Medi-Cal application assisters and providing counties
with grants to conduct outreach to populations eligible for
Medi-Cal. Specifically, this bill :
1)Authorizes the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS), until
July 1, 2017, to liquidate the prior years' encumbrances
previously obligated by the former Department of Alcohol and Drug
Programs (DADP).
2)Requires the State Controller to transfer specified Budget Act
appropriations from the former DADP to DHCS in order to liquidate
prior years' encumbrances.
3)Authorizes the Department of Public Health (DPH), until July 1,
2017, to liquidate the prior years' encumbrances previously
obligated by the Office of Problem and Pathological Gambling
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(within the former DADP).
4)Requires the State Controller to transfer specified Budget Act
appropriations from the Office of Problem and Pathological
Gambling to DPH in order to liquidate prior years' encumbrances.
5)Clarifies procedures regarding the use of emergency regulations by
the California Health Facilities Financing Authority (CHFFA) in
the implementation of the Investment in Mental Health Wellness Act
of 2013. Specifically, requires any emergency regulations to be
adopted in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act and to
be deemed to be an emergency and necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health and safety, or general
welfare.
6)Creates the Healthcare Outreach and Medi-Cal Enrollment Account in
the Special Deposit Fund within the State Treasury, to collect and
allocate non-General Fund public or private grant funds, to be
appropriated by the Legislature, for outreach to and enrollment of
targeted Medi-Cal populations and to compensate application
assisters, consistent with statute adopted through AB 82 (Budget
Committee), Chapter 23, Statutes of 2013 (Budget Act of 2013
budget trailer bill).
7)Appropriates to DHCS $28 million ($14 million from the Healthcare
Outreach and Medi-Cal Enrollment Account; $14 million Federal
funds) for compensation to Medi-Cal application assisters.
8)Appropriates to DHCS $25 million ($12.5 million from the
Healthcare Outreach and Medi-Cal Enrollment Account; $12.5 million
Federal funds) to provide for outreach and enrollment grants to
eligible entities (as specified in AB 82).
9)Authorizes DHCS to expend up to $500,000 annually in 2013-14,
2014-15, and 2015-16 to implement sections 70 and 71 of AB 82,
which requires DHCS to accept funding from The California
Endowment for the purpose of compensating Medi-Cal application
assisters and making outreach and enrollment grants.
10)Sunsets this section of law, that creates the Healthcare Outreach
and Medi-Cal Enrollment Account, appropriates funds to DHCS from
this account, and contains related provisions, on June 30, 2018.
11)Contains an appropriation allowing this bill to take effect
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immediately upon enactment.
EXISTING LAW :
1)Transfers the duties, powers, purposes, functions,
responsibilities, and jurisdiction of the former DADP to DHCS.
2)Transfers the duties, powers, purposes, functions,
responsibilities, and jurisdiction of the Office of Problem and
Pathological Gambling to DPH.
3)Requires, within the Investment in Mental Health Wellness Act of
2013, that funds appropriated by the Legislature to the CHFFA be
made available to selected counties to increase capacity for
client assistance and services in crisis intervention, crisis
stabilization, crisis residential treatment, rehabilitative mental
health services, and mobile crisis support teams.
4)Authorizes CHFFA to adopt emergency regulations regarding the
implementation of the Mental Health Wellness Act grants for
counties.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriates $53 million ($26.5 million in private
foundation funding and $26.5 million in federal funds).
COMMENTS : This bill is necessary in order to make technical
corrections to budget trailer bills adopted in June 2013. It is
also necessary in order to appropriate the funds being given to the
state by The California Endowment, to create an account to receive
those funds, and to specify a cap on the amount of the funds
available for administration of this program.
Analysis Prepared by : Andrea Margolis / BUDGET / (916) 319-2099
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