BILL NUMBER: AB 2015	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member McCarty

                        FEBRUARY 16, 2016

   An act to amend Section 10104 of the Welfare and Institutions
Code, relating to public social services.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2015, as introduced, McCarty. 2011 realignment report.
   Existing law requires the State Department of Social Services to
annually report to the appropriate fiscal and policy committees of
the Legislature and to post on its Internet Web site a summary of
outcome and expenditure data that allows for monitoring the changes
of the 2011 realignment of child welfare services, foster care,
adoptions, and adult protective services programs.
   This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to those
provisions.
   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.  Section 10104 of the Welfare and Institutions Code is
amended to read:
   10104.  (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to ensure that the
impacts of the 2011 realignment of child welfare services, foster
care, adoptions, and adult protective services programs are
identified and evaluated initially and over time. It is further the
intent of the Legislature to ensure that information regarding these
impacts is publicly available and accessible and can be utilized to
support the state's and counties' effectiveness in delivering these
critical services and supports.
   (b) The State Department of Social Services shall annually report
to the appropriate fiscal and policy committees of the Legislature,
and publicly post on the department's Internet Web site, a summary of
outcome and expenditure data that allows for monitoring of changes
over time.
   (c) The report shall be submitted and posted by April 15 of each
year and shall contain expenditures for each county for the programs
described in clauses (i) to (vii), inclusive, of subparagraph (A) of
paragraph (16) of subdivision (f) of Section 30025 of the Government
Code. To the extent that the information is readily or publicly
available, the report shall also contain the amount of funds each
county receives from the Protective Services Growth Special Account
created pursuant to Section 30025 of the Government Code, child
welfare services social worker caseloads per county, and the number
of authorized positions in the local child welfare services agency.
   (d) The department shall consult with legislative staff and
 with  stakeholders to develop a reporting format
consistent with the Legislature's desired level of outcome and
expenditure reporting detail.