BILL ANALYSIS Ó
SENATE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
Senator Ricardo Lara, Chair
2015 - 2016 Regular Session
SB 1013 (Beall) - Mentally ill parolees: housing
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|Version: April 26, 2016 |Policy Vote: PUB. S. 7 - 0 |
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|Urgency: No |Mandate: No |
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|Hearing Date: May 9, 2016 |Consultant: Jolie Onodera |
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This bill meets the criteria for referral to the Suspense File.
Bill
Summary: SB 1013 would require service providers in the
Integrated Services for Mentally Ill Parolees (ISMIP) program to
provide participants with appropriate permanent supportive
housing and interim housing, as necessary, and specifies that
these services shall be provided using funding appropriated by
the Legislature for the ISMIP program. This bill states the
intent of the Legislature that the Department of Corrections and
Rehabilitation (CDCR) incorporate the changes made by this bill
into contracts renewed or entered into for the ISMIP program on
and after January 1, 2017.
Fiscal
Impact:
ISMIP program : Major future increase in ISMIP program
expenditures, potentially increasing by up to $6.4 million
(General Fund) annually assuming the program operates at
capacity to provide supportive and interim housing for
parolees at fair market rent and to provide support for a
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housing specialist position for each existing provider. To the
extent the program operates at 50 percent of program capacity,
the estimated additional program costs would be covered within
existing funds budgeted for the ISMIP program. To the extent
utilization rates are significantly higher or lower, total
program costs and the impact of this measure would adjust
accordingly.
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|ISMIP program | Funding |
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|2016-17 Budget Act | $13.3 million |
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|Projected annual | $8.3 million |
|expenditures | |
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|Projected unspent | $5.0 million |
|funds | |
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|SB 1013 projection | $3.6 million - |
| | $6.4 million |
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|Net impact | ?$1.4 million |
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To the extent ISMIP program expenditures exceed the annual
allocated amount in future years, in the absence of an
increase to ISMIP program funding provided for in the annual
Budget Act , program costs could potentially be shifted away
from the provision of existing treatment and crisis care
services to meet the mandated provider requirements.
CDCR administration : Potentially moderate one-time costs
(General Fund) for additional administrative workload related
to the revision of provider contracts to reflect the
requirements in this bill.
Background: Existing law authorizes the CDCR to obtain day treatment, and
contract for crisis care for parolees with mental health
problems. Existing law provides that day treatment and crisis
care services should be designed to reduce parolee recidivism.
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Existing law requires CDCR to work with counties to obtain day
treatment and crisis care services for parolees with the goal of
extending the services upon completion of the offender's period
of parole, if needed. (Penal Code (PC) § 3073.)
Pursuant to the provisions of SB 1021 (Committee on Budget and
Fiscal Review) Chapter 41/2012, the public safety trailer bill,
CDCR established the Supportive Housing Program for Mentally Ill
Parolees to provide wraparound services to mentally ill parolees
at risk of homelessness using funding appropriated for that
purpose. (PC § 2985 et seq.)
Under the program, an inmate or parolee is eligible for
participation if he or she has a serious mental disorder, as
specified, has been assigned a release date from state prison,
and is likely to become homeless upon release or is currently a
homeless parolee. Existing law requires providers to offer
various services, including housing location services and rental
subsides. Additionally, existing law requires providers to
report specified information to the CDCR, including the number
of participants served and the outcomes for participants. CDCR,
in turn, is required to prepare an analysis of the information
and annually submit a report to the Legislature.
Proposed Law:
This bill would amend existing provisions of the Supportive
Housing Program for Mentally Ill Parolees, as follows:
Clarifies that CDCR shall provide a supportive housing
program that provides wraparound services to mentally ill
parolees who are homeless, in addition to those who are at
risk of homelessness.
Specifies housing supports shall be provided using funds
appropriated by the Legislature for the ISMIP program,
instead of funding appropriated specifically for the
purpose of the supportive housing program.
Requires a service provider in the program for mentally
ill parolees to demonstrate an existing relationship with a
supportive housing provider.
Requires a service provider to exercise due diligence in
providing any mental health or other contracted services,
as provided, and requires the provider to notify the CDCR
of an individual's participation in such services.
Specifies that a parolee participant is not required to
receive other ISMIP services as a condition of eligibility
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to receive rental assistance through the program.
Requires a service provider to offer rental subsidies
that are equal to or greater than fair market rent, as
defined.
Prohibits the CDCR or a service provider from limiting
the duration that a program participant may receive rental
assistance through the program, except by the length of the
person's parole.
Requires a service provider to identify and locate
supportive housing opportunities no later than nine months
after the program participant has agreed to participate in
the program.
Requires that the housing located provide the program
participant with a lease where he or she has all of the
rights and responsibilities of tenancy.
Requires a service provider to use a portion of the
ISMIP program payments received from CDCR to provide
interim housing, as defined.
Authorizes a service provider to use ISMIP program
payments to support a housing specialist position to work
with lessors, affordable and for-profit housing developers,
public housing authorities, and other housing providers to
identify and secure affordable rental housing for program
participants.
In addition to the information already reported to the
CDCR, requires a service provider to report to the CDCR the
percentage of program participants currently living in
permanent housing and the number who are arrested and
residing in county jail.
Includes uncodified legislative findings and
declarations, including but not limited to, stating
legislative intent that the CDCR include the changes made
in this act into contracts renewed or entered into for the
ISMIP program on and after January 1, 2017.
Prior
Legislation: SB 1021 (Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review)
Chapter 41/2012, among its numerous provisions, created the
Supportive Housing Program for Mentally Ill Parolees, to provide
wraparound services to mentally ill parolees at risk of
homelessness using funding appropriated for that purpose.
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