BILL NUMBER: AB 1911	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 28, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 18, 2016

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Eggman

                        FEBRUARY 11, 2016

   An act to repeal and add Section 241.2 of the Welfare and
Institutions Code, relating to juveniles.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1911, as amended, Eggman. Dual-status minors.
   Existing law requires the probation department and  the 
child welfare  service   services 
department in each county to jointly develop a written protocol, as
specified, to ensure appropriate local coordination in the assessment
of a minor who is both a dependent child and a ward of the juvenile
court. Existing law requires, whenever a minor appears to be both a
dependent child and a ward of the juvenile court, the county
probation department and the child welfare services department,
pursuant to that jointly developed written protocol, to initially
determine which status will  best  serve the best
interests of the minor and the protection of society. 
Existing 
    Existing  law  authorizes the probation department
and the child welfare services department in a county to create a
jointly written protocol to allow the 2 departments to jointly assess
and produce a recommendation that the child be designated as a dual
status child, as specified. Existing law  requires the protocol
to include a plan to collect data, and requires the Judicial Council
to collect and compile  that   the  data.
Existing law requires the Judicial Council to prepare an evaluation
of the results of the implementation of the protocol, as specified,
and to report its findings and any resulting recommendations to the
Legislature within 2 years of the date those counties first deem a
child to be a dual status child.
   This bill would  instead  require the Judicial Council
 to, on or before January 31, 2017,   to 
convene a committee comprised of stakeholders involved in serving the
needs of dependents or wards of the juvenile court, as specified.
The bill would require the  committee  
committee, by January 1, 2018,  to develop and report to the
Legislature its recommendations to facilitate and enhance
comprehensive data and outcome tracking for the state's 
dually involved, crossover, and dual status youth,  
youth involved in both the child welfare system and the juvenile
justice system,  and would require the recommendations to
include specified information, including standardized definitions
related to  the populations of youth involved in both the
child welfare system and the probation system.   these
youth.  The bill would also require the State Department of
Social  Services to,   Services,  on or
before January 31,  2017,   2019, to 
implement a function within the Child Welfare Services/Case
Management System (CWS/CMS) that will enable county child welfare
agencies and county probation departments to identify  the
dually involved  youth  described above who are 
residing within their counties, and to issue guidance to all counties
on the manner in which to track joint assessment hearing information
completely and consistently for  dually involved 
 these  youth.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 241.2 of the Welfare and Institutions Code is
repealed.
  SEC. 2.  Section 241.2 is added to the Welfare and Institutions
Code, to read:
   241.2.  (a) The Judicial Council  shall, on or before
January 31, 2017,   shall  convene a committee
comprised of stakeholders involved in serving the needs of dependents
or wards of the juvenile court, including, but not limited to,
judges, probation officers, social workers,  youth involved in
both the child welfare system and the juvenile justice system, child
welfa   re and juvenile justice attorneys, child welfare and
juvenile justice advocates,  and representatives from the State
Department of Social Services.  Within one year from the
date of its first meeting,   By January 1, 2018, 
the committee shall develop and report to the  Legislature
  Legislature, pursuant to Section 9795 of the
Government Code,  its recommendations to facilitate and enhance
comprehensive data and outcome tracking for the state's 
dually involved, crossover, and dual status youth.  
youth involved in both the child welfare system and the juvenile
justice system.  The committee's recommendations shall include,
but not be limited to, all of the following:
   (1) A common identifier counties may use to reconcile data across
child welfare and  probation data   juvenile
justice  systems statewide.
   (2) Standardized definitions for terms related to the populations
of youth involved in both the child welfare system and the 
probation   juvenile justice  system.
   (3) Identified and defined outcomes for counties to track 
for dually involved, crossover, and dual status youth, such as
  youth involved in both the child welfare system and
the juvenile justice system, including, but not limited to, 
outcomes related to recidivism and education.
   (4) Established baselines and goals for the identified and defined
outcomes specified in paragraph (3).
   (5) An assessment as to the costs and benefits associated with
requiring all counties to implement the committee's recommendations.
   (b) The State Department of Social Services shall, on or before
January 31,  2017,   2019,  implement a
function within the Child Welfare Services/Case Management System
(CWS/CMS) that will enable county child welfare agencies and county
probation departments to identify  the dually involved
 youth  involved in both the child welfare system and
the juvenile justice system who are  residing within their
counties and shall issue guidance to all counties on how to track
joint assessment hearing information completely and consistently for
 dually involved   these  youth.