BILL NUMBER: AB 1911	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 31, 2016
	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 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 serve the
best interests of the minor and the protection of society.
   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 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 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, 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 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 these
youth. The bill would also require the State Department of Social
Services, on or before January  31,   1, 
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 youth described
above who are  residing  within their counties, and
to issue  guidance   instructions  to all
counties on the manner in which to  track joint assessment
hearing information completely and consistently for these youth.
  completely and consistently track the involvement of
these youth in both the child welfare system and the juvenile justice
system. 
   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 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
welfare and juvenile justice attorneys, child welfare and juvenile
justice advocates,  education officials,  and
representatives from the State Department of Social 
Services.   Services, county child welfare agencies, and
county probation departments.  By January 1, 2018, the
committee shall develop and report to the Legislature, pursuant to
Section 9795 of the Government Code, its recommendations to
facilitate and enhance comprehensive data and outcome tracking for
the state's 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  for  counties  may
  to  use to reconcile data across child welfare
and juvenile justice systems statewide.
   (2) Standardized definitions for terms related to the populations
of youth involved in both the child welfare system and the juvenile
justice system.
   (3) Identified and defined outcomes for counties to track youth
involved in both the child welfare system and the juvenile justice
system, including, but not limited to, outcomes related to 
recidivism   recidivism, health, pregnancy,
homelessness, employment,  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,   1,  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 youth involved in both the child
welfare system and the juvenile justice system who are 
residing  within their counties and shall issue 
guidance   instructions  to all counties on how to
 track joint assessment hearing information 
completely and consistently  for these youth.  
track the involvement of these youth in both the child welfare system
and the juvenile justice system.