BILL ANALYSIS Ó
-----------------------------------------------------------------
|SENATE RULES COMMITTEE | SB 101|
|Office of Senate Floor Analyses | |
|1020 N Street, Suite 524 | |
|(916) 651-1520 Fax: (916) | |
|327-4478 | |
-----------------------------------------------------------------
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
Bill No: SB 101
Author: Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee
Amended: 8/27/13
Vote: 21
PRIOR SENATE VOTES NOT RELEVANT
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : Not available
SUBJECT : Health
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill 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.
Assembly Amendments delete the Senate version of the bill, which
expressed legislative intent to enact statutory changes relating
to the Budget Act, and instead add the current language.
ANALYSIS :
Existing law:
CONTINUED
SB 101
Page
2
1.Transfers the duties, powers, purposes, functions,
responsibilities, and jurisdiction of the former Department of
Alcohol and Drug Programs (DADP) to the Department of Health
Care Services (DHCS).
2.Transfers the duties, powers, purposes, functions,
responsibilities, and jurisdiction of the Office of Problem
and Pathological Gambling to the Department of Public Health
(DPH).
3.Requires, within the Investment in Mental Health Wellness Act
of 2013, that funds appropriated by the Legislature to the
California Health Facilities Financing Authority (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.
This bill:
1.Authorizes DHCS, until July 1, 2017, to liquidate the prior
years' encumbrances previously obligated by the former 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 DPH, until July 1, 2017, to liquidate the prior
years' encumbrances previously obligated by the Office of
Problem and Pathological Gambling (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 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
SB 101
Page
3
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 SB 82 (Budget Act of 2013 Budget
Trailer bill, Chapter 23, Statutes of 2013).
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 Chapter 23 of
2013).
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
Chapter 23, Statutes of 2013, 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.Establishes that this bill is related to the Budget Bill and
that it shall take effect immediately.
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
SB 101
Page
4
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.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: Yes Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
According to the Assembly Budget Committee, appropriates $53
million ($26.5 million in private foundation funding and $26.5
million in federal funds).
JL:ej 9/6/13 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: NONE RECEIVED
**** END ****