BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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Date of Hearing: May 11, 2016
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
Lorena Gonzalez, Chair
AB
2000 (Campos) - As Amended March 28, 2016
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Urgency: No State Mandated Local Program: YesReimbursable:
Yes
SUMMARY:
This bill requires the juvenile court to conduct a hearing when
terminating jurisdiction over a ward and to ensure that certain
information, documents, and services are provided by a probation
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officer to the ward in conjunction with termination of the
court's jurisdiction, similar to those provided to a foster
youth transitioning from the dependency system. The bill also
requires the Judicial Council to develop and implement standards
and adopt appropriate forms.
FISCAL EFFECT:
1)Unknown, but likely in the hundreds of thousands of dollars,
reimbursable mandate costs for county probation departments to
provide the required information, documents, and services and
to participate in hearings when necessary.
2)Minor and absorbable costs to the courts.
COMMENTS:
1)Purpose. The sponsor, Juvenile Court Judges of California
explains the need for the legislation as follows:
Information such as medication needs, a Social Security
card or copy, a copy of the youth's birth certificate,
driver's license, and a health and education summary should
be in the file. Assistance with obtaining Medi-Cal, and
referrals for assistance for housing, employment, financial
support, and college or vocational school applications are
all resources that most juvenile justice probation
departments have at their disposal. This legislation seeks
a more concerted effort to rally behind a youth prior to
leaving the system and is unlikely to cause a greater
burden for the probation department to document or research
because most of the information is already in the file or
easily obtainable.
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This bill does not propose assistance with certain of the
items listed above but instead proposes referrals for
assistance, for example, a resources print out of options
rather than specific assistance to obtain those services.
Medi-Cal assistance has been included because many youth
lose their Medi-Cal coverage while incarcerated, and upon
exit lack the resources and information to resume coverage.
2)Background. Current law ensures that foster youth who age out
of the dependency system when they become adults (or 21 years
of age for "nonminor dependents") are provided with a number
of documents and resources when leaving the dependency system.
Prior to termination of the juvenile court's jurisdiction,
the county welfare department is required to do a number of
things to help the nonminor transition to living without the
support of the juvenile court and the county welfare
department.
This bill requires that a number of those same services and
items of information to be provided to probation youth prior
to the juvenile delinquency court terminating its jurisdiction
over the youth. Instead of requiring the county welfare
department to provide those services, documents and
information, this bill requires the county probation
department to provide similar services, documents, and
information to the ward. Because not all of the services and
information that are required to be provided to foster youth
are necessary or appropriate for probation youth, some of the
requirements have been modified or eliminated.
Analysis Prepared by:Jennifer Swenson / APPR. / (916)
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