BILL NUMBER:  AB 2612
  VETOED	DATE: 09/16/2014




To the Members of the California State Assembly:

I am returning Assembly Bill 2612 without my signature.

The bill would require the Department of Health Care Services to
request a federal waiver to claim federal funds for care management
and supportive services for state and county inmates during the last
30 days prior to their release.

Unfortunately, federal law prohibits such funding and no such waiver
is viable.

The Department of Health Care Services will continue to work with the
Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and counties to
coordinate connections to needed health care services for soon-to-be
released inmates.


Sincerely,



Edmund G. Brown Jr.