BILL NUMBER:  AB 741
  VETOED	DATE: 09/30/2016




To the Members of the California State Assembly:

I am returning Assembly Bill 741 without my signature.

This bill establishes a licensing category for children's crisis
residential centers which would be regulated by the Department of
Social Services.

The licensing category proposed by this bill limits the length of
treatment stays and the size of the centers.  These restrictions are
not consistent with federal rules and put funding in jeopardy.

I recognize there is an acute shortage of residential programs that
provide crisis mental health treatment for children and teens.
Therefore, I am directing the Departments of Social Services and
Health Care Services to work with county behavioral health directors
and children's advocates to develop a more viable licensing category.


Sincerely,



Edmund G. Brown Jr.