Now that the Legislative session is over, the Governor has until
September 30 to act on the bills passed by both houses of the
Legislature. We are not requesting a veto on any of the
HHS-related measures on Governor Brown’s desk. Several bills that
CSAC supports are currently waiting to be signed, including:
AB 2448 (Burke) would reduce barriers to high
school graduation by CalWORKs participants.
SB 947 (Pan) would work to modernize the
CalWORKs application and ensure a more efficient process for
families in need of CalWORKs benefits.
AB 2568 (Atkins) would authorize San Diego
County, upon approval of the County Board of Supervisors and the
California Health and Human Services Agency, to operate an
integrated and comprehensive health and human services agency.
SB 906 (Beall) would conform the definition of
“foster youth or former foster youth” for purposes of this bill
with the definition consistent with the California Chaffee Foster
Youth Grant program and remove the sunset provision from the
requirement (or request in the University of California’s case)
that the California State University and community college
districts grant priority registration for enrollment for a foster
youth or former foster youth.
SB 1212 (Hueso) would authorize the California
Public Utiltlies Commission to spend up to $1,500,000 to
facilitate expansion of 2-1-1 services into counties that do not
currently have 2-1-1 services.
Additional HHS bills that CSAC supports are still at Enrollment
in the Legislature, waiting to be officially sent to the
Governor’s Desk, including:
AB 1299 (Ridley-Thomas) would ensure that foster
children receive critical mental health services, regardless of
their location.
AB 1997 (Stone) is intended as technical
implementation legislation for last year’s landmark AB 403, the
Continuum of Care Reform.
ACR 204 (Quirk) would encourage California’s
courts and local communities to work together to expedite and
maintain permanency for former foster children.
The Governor has already signed SB 867 (Hueso),
which extends the sunset date for local Maddy Emergency Medical
Services Funds (Maddy Funds) to January 1, 2017, to continue to
assist hospitals and emergency physicians with the costs of
treating uninsured patients, support local emergency services,
and contribute to pediatric trauma care.
