BILL ANALYSIS Ó
SENATE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
Senator Ricardo Lara, Chair
2015 - 2016 Regular Session
SB 1404 (Leno) - Victims of violent crimes: trauma recovery
centers
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|Version: April 26, 2016 |Policy Vote: HEALTH 9 - 0, PUB. |
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|Urgency: No |Mandate: No |
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|Hearing Date: May 27, 2016 |Consultant: Jolie Onodera |
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Bill
Summary: SB 1404 would recognize the University of California,
San Francisco General Hospital Trauma Recovery Center (UCSF TRC)
as the State Pilot TRC, and would require the Victim
Compensation and Government Claims Board (Board) to enter into
an interagency agreement with the UCSF TRC to establish the
State Pilot TRC as the state's trauma recovery center of
excellence (TR-COE), as specified. This bill:
Removes the restriction in existing law limiting TRC grant
funding only from the Restitution Fund.
Deletes the limitation in existing law restricting the number
of grant awards to a specific TRC to no more than one grant
for any period of time.
Requires TRCs funded through the Safe Neighborhoods and
Schools Fund (SNSF) to meet specified statutory requirements
and standards.
Specifies procedures and policies, including reporting
requirements, for using funds from the SNSF created through
Proposition 47 (2014).
Requires the Board to create an advisory committee to make
recommendations on regulations governing TRC funding and the
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criteria for awarding grants.
*********** ANALYSIS ADDENDUM - SUSPENSE FILE ***********
The following information is revised to reflect amendments
adopted by the committee on May 27, 2016
Fiscal
Impact:
Administrative costs : Annual costs of $925,000 (Special
Fund*/General Fund**) to the Board to review and evaluate TRC
grant applications, facilitate advisory committee activities,
secure an evaluation contractor (potentially UC) and submit
annual reports to the Legislature. Administrative costs
payable from the SNSF would be limited to 5 percent of the
SNSF funds received annually.
TRC grants : Major future grant awards in the millions of
dollars (Special Fund*/General Fund**) annually provided to
TRCs meeting specified criteria, including the potential for
the issuance of multiple awards to a single TRC with
overlapping grant periods. In addition to the $2 million
annual appropriation from the Restitution Fund, the LAO has
projected annual disbursements from the SNSF to the Board in
the range of $10 million to $20 million to fund TRC grants.
The Restitution Fund is structurally imbalanced. In light of
the dedicated funding source for TRCs provided by Proposition
47 (2014), removal or reduction of the annual appropriation
from the Restitution Fund may be considered in the future.
UC (TR-COE) activities : To the extent the UC resolves to
enter into the agreement, significant ongoing costs
(Private/Local Fund/Federal Fund/Special Fund*) to comply with
the requirements of the agreement including but not limited to
providing training materials, ongoing consultation to the
Board and TRCs, and designing a multisite evaluation to
measure effectiveness of TRCs. Staff notes the use of SNSF
funds awarded as TRC grants may not be allowable for the
aforementioned activities to the extent the activities do not
"provide services to victims of crime," but are considered
administrative in nature.
*Restitution Fund
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** Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Fund (annual transfer from the
General Fund)
Author
Amendments: Make the following technical changes:
(1)On page 3, lines 21-23:
(e) The Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Act of 2014 requires 10
percent of the moneys in the Safe Neighborhoods and Schools
Fund to be allocated to the California Victim Compensation
Program and Government Claims Board to administer a grant
program to establish make grants to trauma recovery centers to
provide services to victims of crime modeled after the UCSF
TRC .
(2)On page 8, lines 8-10:
(b) The board shall not spend more than 5 percent annually of
the moneys appropriated to it from the Safe Neighborhoods and
Schools Fund for administrative costs. of the total funds it
receives from the Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Fund on an
annual basis for administrative costs .
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