BILL NUMBER:  AB 1969
  VETOED	DATE: 09/14/2000




To Members of the California Assembly:

I am returning Assembly Bill No. 1969 without my signature.

This bill would require a long-term care mental health working group
to develop a specific plan for the development of certain long-term
care facilities.

The 2000-01 Budget, as signed, did not include funds for this
purpose.  While this working group may have merit, it should compete
with the many other good proposals that will be suggested next year
for adoption in the Budget Act of 2001.

This bill also duplicates existing law, which already requires the
Department of Mental Health to conduct an independent evaluation of
Mental Health Rehabilitation Centers and develop a state-level plan
for a streamlined and consolidated evaluation and monitoring program
for the review of MHRCs and Skilled Nursing Facilities with special
treatment programs for mentally ill patients.



Sincerely,





GRAY DAVIS