BILL NUMBER: SB 2183	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE   MAY 10, 2000
	AMENDED IN SENATE   MAY 1, 2000
	AMENDED IN SENATE   APRIL 13, 2000

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Soto

                        MARCH 16, 2000

   An act relating to trauma intervention, and making an
appropriation therefor.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 2183, as amended, Soto.   Trauma intervention.
   Under existing law, the Office of Criminal Justice Planning (OCJP)
funds, among other programs, various programs relating to victims
services.
   This bill would appropriate $1,700,000 from the General Fund to
OCJP  for distribution to the UCLA Trauma Psychiatry Program
 for the purpose of operating  over a period of 3
years  , for the first year of a 3-year pilot program,
 an expanded version of a  child trauma reduction 
pilot program that currently provides trauma and grief intervention
to students.
   Vote:  2/3.  Appropriation:  yes.  Fiscal committee:  yes.
State-mandated local program:  no.


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


  SECTION 1.  The Legislature hereby finds and declares as follows:
   (a) The  UCLA Trauma Psychiatry Program has a 
 Office of Criminal Justice Planning currently funds a child
trauma reduction  pilot program in one  school  cluster
consisting of one  senior  high school and two  to
four middle   feeder junior high  schools in
northwest Pasadena that provides trauma and grief intervention 
services  .
   (b) The pilot program identifies youth that are in need of
postviolence and postdisaster mental health services.  Many of the
students who participated in this program suffered severe and
debilitating chronic Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and had lost their
motivation for learning.
   (c) The pilot program has been successful in  treating
students for their trauma and also has helped to improve their school
work.   reducing post-traumatic stress symptoms and in
improving classroom behavior and academic achievement. 
   (d) The pilot program  should   shall 
be extended from one to five  clusters, two of which would be located
in northern California and three in southern California with
specific sites selected by the  UCLA Trauma Psychiatry
Program   project partners in conjunction with the
Office of Criminal Justice Planning  .  
   (e) The pilot program was funded by the Office of Criminal Justice
Planning. 
  SEC. 2.   (a)  The sum of one million seven hundred
thousand dollars ($1,700,000) is hereby appropriated  for one
year  from the General Fund to the Office of Criminal Justice
Planning, without regard to fiscal year,  for distribution to
the UCLA Trauma Psychiatry Program  for the purpose of
operating  over a period of three years   , for
the first year of a three-year pilot program,  an expanded
version of the  child trauma reduction  pilot program that
currently provides trauma and grief intervention in one cluster
consisting of one high school and two  to four middle
  junior high  schools in northwest Pasadena.  The
program shall be expanded from one to five clusters, two of which
would be located in northern California and three in southern
California with specific sites selected by the  UCLA Trauma
Psychiatry Program   project partners in conjunction
with the Office of Criminal Justice Planning  . In selecting the
five sites for implementation of the program, the Office of Criminal
Justice Planning and the  UCLA Trauma Psychiatry Program
  project partners  shall consider:  
   (a)  
   (1)  The amount of crime and violence to which students are
exposed in the surrounding community.  
   (b)  
   (2)  The ability of the program managers to develop a
coordinated plan with school and community mental health services,
local victim-witness assistance programs, and local law enforcement
officials.  
   (c)  
   (3)  Approval of the program by the governing school
district.  
   The  
   (b) (1) The  program shall include an evaluation component in
which  students treated in the program are compared against a
control group.   The  
   (2) The  Office of Criminal Justice Planning shall report on
the program to the Legislature annually, on an interim basis, and
shall provide a full report by February 1, 2004.  
   (3) The evaluation by the Office of Criminal Justice Planning
shall assess delivery and achievement of program objectives.
   (4) The on-site program partners shall conduct intervention
outcome analyses within and across sites and shall report then to the
Office of Criminal Justice Planning, based on the following domains:

   (A) Psychological distress.
   (B) School performance.
   (C) Social behavior.
   (D) Behavioral and functional disturbance.
   (E) Coping and adjustment.
   (5) The evaluation shall include a cost-benefit analysis with
regard to public safety, education, and health service benefits.