BILL NUMBER: AB 1003	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Nazarian

                        FEBRUARY 26, 2015

   An act relating to public social services.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1003, as introduced, Nazarian. Mental health: State Department
of State Hospitals.
   Existing law creates in state government the California State
Auditor's Office under the direction of the Milton Marks "Little
Hoover" Commission on California State Government Organization and
Economy. Existing law provides that the office is headed by the
California State Auditor and is independent of the executive branch
and legislative control. Existing law requires the California State
Auditor to conduct financial and performance audits as directed by
statute, and to conduct audits of a state or local governmental
agencies or other publicly created entities as requested by the Joint
Legislative Audit Committee.
   Existing law also creates the State Department of State Hospitals
in the California Health and Human Services Agency. Existing law
requires that state hospitals provide care, treatment, and education
of mentally disordered persons who are under the jurisdiction of the
State Department of State Hospitals.
   This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would implement the recommendations of a forthcoming
California State Auditor's report on the practices of doctors
contracting with the State Department of State Hospitals.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would implement the recommendations of a forthcoming
State Auditor's report on the practices of doctors contracting with
the State Department of State Hospitals.