CBHDAPOLICY/LEGISLATIVE

REPORT

September 2015

AB 848 (Stone) – Medical Services/SUD Residential Treatment

Allows for physicians and other appropriate medical personnel to be available on-site in residential substance use disorder treatment facilities in order to provide incidental medical services.

CBHDA Position: Support Status: Governor’s Desk

SB 11 & SB 29 (Beall) - Mental Health Training for Peace Officers

These are companion bills that increase the number of hours of evidence-based behavioral health training required in Field Training programs for peace officer trainers and trainees. CBHDA Position: SupportStatus: Governor’s Desk

SB 614 (Leno) – Establishes a Peer and Family Support Specialist Certification Program administered by DHCS. This program will offer training and certification for peers to deliver services as a component of comprehensive mental health and substance use disorder delivery systems, and would enable California to receive federal funds for this purpose. CBHDA Position: SponsorStatus: 2-year bill

AB 1351 (Eggman) – Amends Penal Code 1000 to allow for pre-trial diversion, instead of requiring the defendant to plead guilty first and then seek deferred entry of judgment for nonviolent misdemeanor drug offenses.

CBHDA Position: Support Status: Governor’s Desk

SB 804 (Senate Health Committee) – Public Health OmnibusIncludes provisions that delete obsolete references to CMHDA and CADPAAC, and reflect the merger of the two associations as CBHDA.CBHDA Position: SponsorStatus: Governor’s Desk

AB 1056 (Atkins) – Proposition 47 FundsPrioritizes the savings realized by implementation of the Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Act pursuant to the passage of Proposition 47, in order to fund proposals that combine mental health services, substance use disorder treatment services, housing-related assistance, job skills training and other community-based, wrap-around social services. CBHDA Position: SupportStatus: Governor’s Desk