BILL NUMBER: AB 1854	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Ammiano

                        FEBRUARY 12, 2010

   An act to amend Section 5840.2 of the Welfare and Institutions
Code, relating to mental health.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1854, as introduced, Ammiano. Mental Health Services Act.
   The Mental Health Services Act requires the State Department of
Mental Health to contract for the provision of specified services
with each county mental health program in a specified manner. That
act, an initiative measure, authorizes the Legislature to amend any
of its provisions by a 2/3 vote, so long as the amendments are
consistent with and further its intent.
   This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to that
law.
   Vote: 2/3. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated
local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 5840.2 of the Welfare and Institutions Code is
amended to read:
   5840.2.  (a) The department shall contract for the provision of
services pursuant to this part with each county mental health program
in the manner  set forth   specified  in
Section 5897.