BILL NUMBER: AB 2039	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 22, 2010

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Logue

                        FEBRUARY 17, 2010

   An act to  amend Sections 18986.60 and 18986.61 of, and to
 repeal Section 18986.62 of  ,  the Welfare and
Institutions Code, relating to public social services.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2039, as amended, Logue. Placer County integrated health and
human services program.
   Existing law requires Placer County, upon approval of the county,
and with the assistance of the appropriate state departments, to
implement a pilot program  , upon the approval of the county
 , for the funding and delivery of services and benefits
through an integrated and comprehensive county health and human
services system. Under existing law, these provisions become
inoperative on July 1, 2011, and are repealed on January 1, 2012.
   This bill would delete  references identifying the program as
a pilot project, and would delete  the dates upon which the
 pilot  program becomes inoperative and is repealed,
thus extending its operation indefinitely.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

   SECTION 1.    Section 18986.60 of the  
Welfare and Institutions Code   is amended to read: 
   18986.60.  (a) Placer County, with the assistance of the
appropriate state departments, within the existing resources of those
departments, shall implement a  pilot  program upon
approval of that county, for the funding and delivery of services
and benefits through an integrated and comprehensive county health
and human services system.
   (b) The Placer County  pilot  project shall, in
providing services through an integrated system to families and
individuals, among other things, do all of the following:
   (1) Implement and evaluate a system of universal intake for those
seeking services.
   (2) Implement and evaluate a system whereby a family or individual
eligible for more than one service may be provided those services by
as few as a single county employee, through an integrated,
coordinated service plan.
   (3) Implement and evaluate a system of administration that
centralizes the management and support of client services.
   (4) Implement and evaluate a system of reporting and
accountability that provides for the combined provision of services
as provided for in paragraph (2), without the loss of state or
federal funds provided under current law.
   (c) The integrated system may include, but need not be limited to,
any or all of the following:
   (1) Adoption services.
   (2) Child abuse prevention services.
   (3) Child welfare services.
   (4) Delinquency prevention services.
   (5) Drug and alcohol services.
   (6) Mental health services.
   (7) Eligibility determination.
   (8) Employment and training services.
   (9) Foster care services.
   (10) Health services.
   (11) Public health services.
   (12) Housing services.
   (13) Medically indigent program services.
   (14) All other appropriately identified and targeted services,
except for dental care.
   (d) Programs or services shall be included in the  pilot
 project only to the extent that federal funding to either
the state or the county will not be reduced as a result of the
inclusion of the services in the project. This  pilot
 project shall not generate any increased expenditures from
the General Fund.
   (e) The county and the appropriate state departments shall jointly
seek federal approval of the  pilot  project, as
may be needed to ensure its funding and allow for the integrated
provision of services.
   (f) This chapter shall not authorize Placer County to discontinue
meeting its obligations under current law to provide services or to
reduce its accountability for the provision of these services.
   (g) This chapter shall not authorize Placer County to reduce
Placer County's eligibility under current law for state funding for
the services included in the  pilot  project.
   (h) Placer County shall utilize any and all state general and
county funds that it is legally allocated or entitled to receive.
Through the creation of integrated health and social services
structures, the county shall maximize federal matching funds.
   (i) The appropriate state departments that are assisting and
cooperating in the implementation of the project authorized by this
chapter shall have the authority to waive regulations regarding the
method of providing services and the method of reporting and
accountability, as may be required to meet the goals set forth in
subdivision (b).
   SEC. 2.    Section 18986.61 of the   Welfare
and Institutions Code  is amended to read: 
   18986.61.  (a) Placer County shall evaluate the  pilot
 program and shall prepare a final evaluation and submit the
final evaluation to the Governor or the Governor's designee and the
appropriate policy committees of the Legislature not later than six
months following the third year of the implementation of the 
pilot  program.
   (b) The county, with the assistance of the appropriate state
departments, shall seek private funding to provide for the evaluation
of the  pilot  program. The evaluation required by
this section shall be conducted only if nonstate resources are made
available for this purpose.
   SECTION 1.   SEC. 3.   Section 18986.62
of the Welfare and Institutions Code is repealed.