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THIRD READING
Bill No: SB 1062
Author: Bowen (D)
Amended: As introduced
Vote: 21
SENATE HEALTH COMMITTEE : 11-0, 4/6/05
AYES: Ortiz, Runner, Aanestad, Alquist, Chesbro, Cox,
Figueroa, Kuehl, Maldonado, Romero, Vincent
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : Senate Rule 28.8
SUBJECT : Domestic violence
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill provides that if an agency that
provides domestic violence services receives funding from
both the Comprehensive Statewide Domestic Violence Program
and the Maternal and Child Health Branch funding programs
during any grant cycle, the two programs shall coordinate
agency site visits and share performance assessment data to
reduce administrative costs.
ANALYSIS :
Existing law:
1. Requires the Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Branch of
the State Department of Health Services (DHS) to
administer a comprehensive shelter-based grant program
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to battered women's shelters.
2. Creates in the Office of Emergency Services (OES) a
Comprehensive Statewide Domestic Violence Program
(CSDVP) to provide financial and technical assistance to
domestic violence shelter service providers.
3. Specifies in the Health and Safety Code Section
governing the MCH program that if an agency receives
funding from both the MCH Branch of DHS and the CSDVP in
OES during any grant cycle, the MCH and the CSDVP shall,
to the extent feasible, coordinate agency site visits
and share performance assessment data with the goal of
improving efficiency, eliminating duplication, and
reducing administrative costs.
4. Requires the MCH Branch and OES to conduct a minimum of
one site visit per grant term and one site visit every
three years, respectively, for each agency funded under
the programs.
5. Specifies that the purpose of the site visit is to
conduct a performance assessment of, and provide
subsequent technical assistance for, each agency
visited.
This bill:
1. Duplicates in the Penal Code that if an agency receives
funding from both the CSDVP in OES and the MCH Branch of
DHS during any grant cycle, the CSDVP and the MCH shall,
to the extent feasible, coordinate agency site visits
and share performance assessment data with the goal of
improving efficiency, eliminating duplication, and
reducing administrative costs.
2. Makes technical changes to the language governing the
administration of the MCH Branch's domestic violence
program to reflect the correct names of the CSDVP and
the OES.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
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SUPPORT : (Verified 5/2/05)
California Alliance Against Domestic Violence
Junior Leagues of California
ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT : The California Alliance Against
Domestic Violence writes in support that this bill offers a
sensible solution to the streamlining of grant
administration. By requiring the OES and DHS to work
together, this bill will significantly reduce the amount of
duplication and wasted time and energy by both state
agencies and the shelters. This allows shelter staff to
focus on the provision of services to victims rather than
on unnecessarily duplicative state bureaucracy.
CTW:mel 5/2/05 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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