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           Date of Hearing:   March 23, 2010

                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES
                                Jim Beall, Jr., Chair
                 AB 2039 (Logue) - As Introduced:  February 17, 2010
           
          SUBJECT  :  Placer County integrated health and human services  
          program

           SUMMARY  :  Deletes the dates upon which the Placer County pilot  
          program to integrate the funding and delivery of services and  
          benefits for the county health and human services system become  
          inoperative.  

           EXISTING LAW  

          1)Authorizes Placer County to implement a pilot program upon  
            approval of the county for the funding of services and  
            benefits through an integrated and comprehensive county health  
            and human services system.

          2)Provides that the program shall become inoperative on July 1,  
            2011, and repeals the authorizing statute as of January 1,  
            2012, unless the dates are repealed or extended by statute on  
            or before January 1, 2012.

           FISCAL EFFECT  :  Unknown

           COMMENTS  :  This bill would allow the Placer County Health and  
          Human Services Department to continue, without a sunset date,  
          its consolidated health and human services program.  The county  
          began implementation of the original pilot pursuant to AB 1846  
          (Leslie), Chapter 899, Statutes of 1996.  AB 1846 had a sunset  
          date of January 1, 2002.  The sunset was extended twice, first  
          by AB 308 (Leslie), Chapter 17, Statutes of 2001, with the  
          program becoming inoperative on July 1, 2006 and the statute  
          being repealed on January 1, 2007, and then by AB 1859 (Leslie),  
          Chapter 268, Statutes of 2006, with the program becoming  
          inoperative on July 1, 2011 and the statute being repealed on  
          January 1, 2012.

          According to the sponsor, the Placer County Board of  
          Supervisors, the "Placer Model of integrating child welfare,  
          mental health, probation, and education case management "has  
          resulted in significant efficiencies and improved outcomes  








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          reducing the recurrence of abuse and neglect.  Since 2005, this  
          integrated approach has resulted in a 20% reduction in the  
          number of children needing to enter foster care and contributed  
          to over 100 children finding stable loving homes with adoptive  
          parents ...."  The sponsor notes that the program "is nationally  
          recognized and has achieved excellent outcomes for children and  
          families in the County."

           REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION  :

           Support 
           
          California State Association of Counties
          Placer County Board of Supervisors
          The Child Abuse Prevention Center


           Opposition 
           
          None on file
           
          Analysis Prepared by  :    Eric Gelber / HUM. S. / (916) 319-2089