BILL NUMBER: SB 1113	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Beall

                        FEBRUARY 17, 2016

   An act relating to pupil health.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1113, as introduced, Beall. Pupil health: mental health
services: funding.
   Existing law requires each special education local plan area
submitting a local plan to the Superintendent of Public Instruction
to ensure that its policies, procedures, and programs are consistent
with state and federal laws governing, among other things, free
appropriate public education and individualized education programs,
and requires the local plan to contain specified information,
including an annual budget plan.
   Existing law provides for the Medi-Cal program under which
qualified low-income individuals receive health care services.
Existing law provides that Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis,
and Treatment (EPSDT) for any individual under 21 years of age is
covered under Medi-Cal, consistent with the requirements of federal
law.
   This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation relating to mental health services in schools that would
require counties to enter into agreements with special education
local plan areas to allow access to Early and Periodic Screening,
Diagnostic, and Treatment (EPSDT) funding through the county mental
health programs by providing EPSDT mental health services.
   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.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation relating to mental health services in schools that would
require counties to enter into agreements with special education
local plan areas to allow the special education local plan areas and
the local educational agencies to access Early and Periodic
Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment (EPSDT) funding through the
county mental health programs by providing EPSDT mental health
services.