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          Bill No:  AB 1907
          Author:   Lieu (D)
          Amended:  As introduced
          Vote:     21

           
           SENATE HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE  :  5-0, 6/13/06
          AYES:  Alquist, Maldonado, Aanestad, Chesbro, Romero

           ASSEMBLY FLOOR  :  71-0, 4/17/06 - See last page for vote


           SUBJECT  :    Office of Child Abuse Prevention:   
          multidisciplinary 
                      personnel

           SOURCE  :     California Association of Marriage and Family  
          Therapists


           DIGEST  :    This bill adds marriage and family therapists to  
          the list of eligible therapists who may comprise the  
          multidisciplinary personnel forming a team of three or more  
          persons trained to provide child abuse prevention services  
          under existing law.

           ANALYSIS  :    

          Existing law:

          1. Establishes an Office of Child Abuse Prevention within  
             the Department of Social Services which oversees the  
             programmatic design and allocation of state and federal  
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             funds for local child abuse prevention activities.

          2. Stipulates the involvement of "multidisciplinary  
             personnel" in local programs whose function is to offer  
             comprehensive services for children and families.

          3. Defines the personnel as chosen among "psychiatrists,  
             psychologists or other trained counseling personnel."

          This bill adds marriage and family therapists to the list  
          of eligible therapists who may comprise the  
          multidisciplinary personnel forming a team of three or more  
          persons trained to provide child abuse prevention services  
          under existing law.

           FISCAL EFFECT  :    Appropriation:  No   Fiscal Com.:  No    
          Local:  No

           SUPPORT  :   (Verified  6/15/06)

          California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists  
          (source)

           ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT  :    The expressed intent of the author  
          is to remove the vagueness of current law.  Further, it is  
          argued that marriage and family therapists are specifically  
          trained in the dynamics of family life, an understanding of  
          which is central to preventing child abuse.


           ASSEMBLY FLOOR  : 
          AYES:  Aghazarian, Arambula, Baca, Bass, Benoit, Berg,  
            Bermudez, Blakeslee, Bogh, Calderon, Canciamilla, Chan,  
            Chavez, Chu, Cogdill, Cohn, Coto, Daucher, De La Torre,  
            DeVore, Dymally, Emmerson, Evans, Frommer, Garcia,  
            Harman, Haynes, Shirley Horton, Houston, Huff, Jones,  
            Karnette, Keene, Klehs, Koretz, La Malfa, La Suer, Laird,  
            Leno, Leslie, Levine, Lieber, Lieu, Liu, Matthews, Maze,  
            McCarthy, Montanez, Mountjoy, Mullin, Nakanishi, Negrete  
            McLeod, Niello, Oropeza, Parra, Pavley, Plescia,  
            Ridley-Thomas, Sharon Runner, Ruskin, Saldana, Spitzer,  
            Strickland, Torrico, Tran, Umberg, Vargas, Villines,  
            Walters, Wyland, Yee
          NO VOTE RECORDED:  Goldberg, Hancock, Jerome Horton,  







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            Nation, Nava, Richman, Salinas, Wolk, Nunez


          CTW:mel  6/15/06   Senate Floor Analyses 

                         SUPPORT/OPPOSITION:  SEE ABOVE

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