All Roll Calls
Yes: 219 • No: 0
Sponsored By: Maggy Krell (Democratic)
Signed by Governor
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The law creates presumptive enrollment for people with serious mental illness who face high risks. You can qualify if you are unsheltered homeless, leaving a secured treatment or residential setting after 6 months or more, had 5 or more 5150 detentions in the last 5 years, or are returning to the community after 6 months or more in prison or jail. A licensed behavioral health clinician must assess you, recommend enrollment, and record it. You cannot be turned away just because your main diagnosis is a substance use disorder. Counties can refuse enrollment if it would break Medi-Cal contracts or court orders, or if the program has no space or funding.
If you enroll, the program must provide mental health care, substance use treatment, and housing support. Services include field‑based start of addiction treatment (with medications), outpatient behavioral health, steady engagement to keep you in care, and housing interventions. Programs use proven models like Assertive Community Treatment, Forensic ACT, supported employment (IPS), and high‑fidelity wraparound. Supportive services can include food, clothing, job and education help, links to Social Security programs, transportation, family engagement, and more.
Counties run full‑service partnership programs now through December 31, 2026 under current rules. Beginning January 1, 2027, counties must operate updated programs with the services described in this law. The earlier version is repealed on January 1, 2027, and the new version becomes the standard statewide.
Services in full‑service partnerships are paid from the Behavioral Health Services Fund. Counties are not required to use other local funds. These rules apply only when that fund provides money for this purpose. Small counties (under 200,000 people) can ask the state to waive some service‑model requirements, such as ACT, IPS supported employment, or wraparound.
Programs set care levels based on how severe your needs are. They must have clear rules to step you down to less intensive care when safe. Providers must record all planned services in your clinical record. The state can set standards so one record can also meet Medi-Cal paperwork rules.
Maggy Krell
Democratic • House
Mike Gipson
Democratic • House
All Roll Calls
Yes: 219 • No: 0
House vote • 9/4/2025
Item 20 — Assembly AFLOOR
Yes: 78 • No: 0
Senate vote • 9/3/2025
Item 466 — Senate SFLOOR
Yes: 40 • No: 0
legislature vote • 6/11/2025
Vote in CS60
Yes: 9 • No: 0
House vote • 5/12/2025
Item 46 — Assembly AFLOOR
Yes: 76 • No: 0
legislature vote • 4/22/2025
Vote in CX08
Yes: 16 • No: 0
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 688, Statutes of 2025.
Approved by the Governor.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2914.).
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2442.).
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 11).
Referred to Com. on HEALTH.
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1510.)
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 22).
Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended.
Referred to Com. on HEALTH.
From printer. May be heard in committee March 1.
Read first time. To print.
Chaptered
10/13/2025
Enrolled
9/8/2025
Amended Senate
8/29/2025
Amended Assembly
4/24/2025
Amended Assembly
4/10/2025
Introduced
1/29/2025