BILL NUMBER: SB 1408	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Allen

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2016

   An act to amend Section 125285.5 of the Health and Safety Code,
relating to mental health.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1408, as introduced, Allen. Alzheimer's disease: updated
guidelines.
   Existing law, until January 1, 2018, requires the State Department
of Public Health to convene a workgroup to update the 2008
Guidelines for Alzheimer's Disease Management in California to
address changes in the health care system. Existing law requires the
department to submit a report of the updates and recommendations from
the working group to the Legislature on or before March 1, 2017.
   This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to these
provisions.
   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.  Section 125285.5 of the Health and Safety Code is
amended to read:
   125285.5.  (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the
following:
   (1)  There   It is estimated that there 
are between  an estimated  60,000  to
  and  85,000 people with dementia in California's
Coordinated Care Initiative.
   (2) Average per person Medicaid spending for seniors  who
  are  dually eligible for Medicare  with
  and who have  Alzheimer's disease and other
dementias is 19 times higher than average per person Medicaid
spending for all other seniors.
   (3) The triple aim of the federal Patient Protection and
Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111-148) and Medicaid expansion is
improved population health, better experience of care, and lower per
capita health care costs.
   (4) Dementia care management has been proven, through
peer-reviewed, evidence-based research, to achieve all three aims.
   (b) The State Department of Public Health shall convene a
workgroup to update the 2008 Guidelines for Alzheimer's Disease
Management in California to address changes in the health care
system, including, but not limited to, changes in the federal Patient
Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111-148), Medicaid,
and Medicare. In updating the guidelines, the workgroup may draw on
evidence-based, peer-reviewed research and lessons learned from
demonstration and pilot projects.
   (c) The workgroup shall consist of members determined by the
department. It may include multidisciplinary experts in Alzheimer's
disease detection, diagnosis, treatment, and support.
   (d) The department shall submit a report of the updates and
recommendations from the working group to the Legislature on or
before March 1, 2017. This report shall be submitted in compliance
with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
   (e) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2018, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2018, deletes or extends
that date.