public policy initiatives
Take Immediate Action: MIOCR
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Legislation Watch List
Proposition 5
Nonviolent Offender Rehabilitation Act (NORA)
NORA is packed with changes - reading the full text is recommended.
Full text
SB 1606
Assisted outpatient treatment services.
Bill information
SB 1349
Requires DMH to pay interest on fee-for-service claims submitted by county mental health programs that remain unpaid after 90 days
Bill information
AB 1486
Provides for the licensing and regulation of professional counselors by the Board of Behavioral Sciences.
Bill information
AB 900
Effects of passed legislation for $9.6m for CDCR to provide treatment for mentally ill parolees.
Bill information
Proposition 63 Mental Health Services Act
Following changes to MHSA monies and implementation.
MHSA Updates
GPS
Expanding roles/problems with GPS, including proposals to implement it for stalking and domestic violence contexts.
Proposition 83 Jessica's Law
Effects of passed legislation for:
CDCR: $30.4 million in 2006-07 and $75.6 million in 2007-08, and ongoing, for CDCR to:
- Screen inmates to determine if they should be categorized as Sexually Violent Predators.
- Provide Global Positioning System monitoring for HRSOs.
- Reduce parole caseloads through additional hires, so that agents can more closely monitor HRSOs.
DMH: $28.9 million in 2006 and $53.9 million in 2007-08, and ongoing, for DMH to:
- Address expected increases in Sexually Violent Predators at state mental hospitals.
- Manage increased Sexually Violent Predator evaluations and court testimony.
- Offset increased administrative costs at Department headquarters at Coalinga State Hospital.
- The proposal also includes making $500 million in lease revenue bonds available to construct additional mental health facilities.
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