BILL ANALYSIS
SB 1062
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SENATE THIRD READING
SB 1062 (Bowen)
As Amended August 24, 2006
Majority vote
SENATE VOTE :38-0
HEALTH 11-0 APPROPRIATIONS 16-0
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|Ayes:|Chan, Aghazarian, Berg, |Ayes:|Chu, Sharon Runner, Bass, |
| |Dymally Frommer, De La | |Berg, Calderon, Emmerson, |
| |Torre, Jones, Montanez | |Mullin, Haynes, Karnette, |
| |Negrete McLeod, Richman, | |Klehs, Leno, Nakanishi, |
| |Ridley-Thomas | |Nation, Saldana, Walters, |
| | | |Yee |
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JUDICIARY 9-0 PUBLIC SAFETY 6-0
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|Ayes:|Jones, Evans, Haynes, |Ayes:|Leno, La Suer, Dymally, |
| |Laird, Leslie, Levine, | |Goldberg, Spitzer, Lieber |
| |Lieber, Montanez, Huff | | |
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APPROPRIATIONS 18-0
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|Ayes:|Chu, Sharon Runner, Bass, | | |
| |Berg, Calderon, De La | | |
| |Torre, Emmerson, Haynes, | | |
| |Karnette, Klehs, Leno, | | |
| |Nakanishi, Nation, Laird, | | |
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| |Ridley-Thomas, Saldana, | | |
| |Walters, Yee | | |
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SUMMARY : Adds sexual assault to California's Confidential
Address Program for Victims of Domestic Violence and Stalking
(CalCAP) and makes technical changes to the statute that governs
the domestic violence programs within the Maternal Child Health
(MCH) Branch of the Department of Health Services (DHS) and the
Comprehensive Statewide Domestic Violence Program (CSDVP) within
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the Office of Emergency Services (OES). Specifically, this
bill :
1)Extends CalCAP eligibility to include victims of sexual
assault, in addition to victims of domestic violence and
stalking.
2)Defines "sexual assault" as an act or attempt made punishable
by specified sections of the Penal Code.
3)Requires MCH and CSDVP, to the extent feasible, in the event
an agency receives funding from both MCH and CSDVP during any
grant cycle, to coordinate agency site visits and share
performance assessment data with the goal of improving
efficiency, eliminating duplication, and reducing
administrative costs.
4)Duplicates the language requiring coordination in #3) above in
the Penal Code.
5)Adds language to resolve a chaptering conflict with AB 2051.
EXISTING LAW :
1)Creates, until January 1, 2008, CalCAP to protect victims of
domestic violence and stalking from being compelled to
disclose confidential address information which could put them
at risk of future violence. Participants in CalCAP designate
the Office of the Secretary of State (SOS) as the agent for
service of process and mail receipt so that a victim may flee
from an abuser and not be required to divulge his or her new
address on, for example, legal documents or voter registration
records.
2)Establishes CSDVP to provide financial and technical
assistance to domestic violence shelter service providers.
3)Requires MCH to administer a comprehensive shelter-based grant
program to battered women's shelters.
4)Requires DHS and the Office of Criminal Justice Planning
(OCJP) to coordinate agency site visits and share performance
assessment data with the goal of improving efficiency,
eliminating duplication, and reducing administrative costs to
the extent feasible in the event an agency receives funding
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from both departments.
FISCAL EFFECT : According to the Assembly Appropriations
analysis, assuming a doubling of the number of "Safe at Home"
enrollees (from the current 2,600) and a 50% increase in current
program costs, annual GF costs would increase by about $180,000.
COMMENTS : This bill seeks to extend California's CalCAP program
to victims of sexual assault. It also makes technical changes
to the statute that governs the domestic violence programs so as
to allow different domestic violence programs to consolidate
required visitations and share information.
Pursuant to SB 489 (Alpert), Chapter 1005, Statutes of 1998, the
confidential address program was created to protect victims of
domestic violence from the disclosure of address information.
Victims of stalking were added in 2000 pursuant to AB 1318
(Alpert), Chapter 562, Statutes of 2000. According to the
author, sexual abuse victims often have the same needs for
confidentiality as do victims of domestic violence and stalking.
Therefore, the author contends, they should be permitted to
CalCAP program.
According to the author, more than 80% of victim shelters
receive funding from both OES and DHS. Most shelters operate on
low budgets and rely heavily on volunteer assistance to keep
their doors open. Because both OES and DHS are required to
conduct site visits to assess basic operating procedures, the
author states that there is great reason for the two agencies to
consolidate visits and share assessment data, saving the state
and shelters time, energy, and valuable resources.
Supporters argue that by requiring OES and DHS to work together,
this bill will significantly reduce unnecessary duplication that
waste the time and resource of domestic violence programs and
shelters. There is not registered opposition to this bill.
Analysis Prepared by : Thomas Clark / JUD. / (916) 319-2334
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