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 ----------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------- |--------------------------------+--------------------------------| | | | |Version: April 26, 2016 |Policy Vote: HEALTH 9 - 0, PUB. | | | S. 7 - 0 | | | | |--------------------------------+--------------------------------| | | | |Urgency: No |Mandate: No | | | | |--------------------------------+--------------------------------| | | | |Hearing Date: May 27, 2016 |Consultant: Jolie Onodera | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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 SB 1404 (Leno) Page 1 of ? 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 SB 1404 (Leno) Page 2 of ? ** 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 CompensationProgramand Government Claims Board toadminister a grant program to establishmake grants to trauma recovery centers to provide services to victims of crimemodeled after the UCSF TRC. (2)On page 8, lines 8-10: (b) The board shall not spend more than 5 percentannually 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 . -- END --