BILL NUMBER: AB 2015	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 11, 2016
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  JUNE 1, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 18, 2016

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, McCarty. Public social services: 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. Existing law also
requires the department to contract with an appropriate and qualified
entity to conduct an evaluation of the adequacy of the current child
welfare services budgeting methodology and make recommendations for
revising the budgeting methodology, including, among other things,
appropriate caseload levels.
   This bill would require the 2011 realignment report to include
reported expenditures for counties that are participating and making
claims under a specified federal waiver, how those counties are
maximizing the utilization of funds, and how close counties are to
funding the optimum caseload ratios as recommended in the above
evaluation.



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) (1) 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.
   (2) 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.
   (3) The report shall also include reported expenditures for
counties that are participating and making claims under the federal
Title IV-E waiver, how those counties are maximizing the utilization
of funds, and how close counties are to funding the optimum caseload
ratios recommended by the evaluation conducted pursuant to Section
10609.5, also known as the California SB 2030 Study.
   (d) The department shall consult with legislative staff and
stakeholders to develop a reporting format consistent with the
Legislature's desired level of outcome and expenditure reporting
detail.