Title WIC, California Welf. & Inst. Code

The State Department of Health Care Services shall encourage county mental health programs to develop and support local programs designed to provide technical assistance to self-help groups for the purposes of maintaining existing groups, as well as to stimulate development of ne…

(a) Pursuant to Public Law 102-321, there is the California Behavioral Health Planning Council. The purpose of the planning council shall be to fulfill those mental health planning requirements mandated by federal law. (b) (1) The planning council shall have 40 members, to be com…

(a) The members of the Behavioral Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission established pursuant to Section 5845 are members of the California Behavioral Health Planning Council. (b) These members serve in an ex officio capacity when the council is performing its st…

The California Behavioral Health Planning Council may utilize staff of the State Department of Health Care Services, to the extent they are available, and the staff of any other public or private agencies that have an interest in the mental health or substance use disorders, or b…

(a) (1) The Chairperson of the California Behavioral Health Planning Council, with the concurrence of a majority of the members of the California Behavioral Health Planning Council, shall appoint an executive officer who shall have those powers delegated to him or her by the coun…

The California Behavioral Health Planning Council shall have the powers and authority necessary to carry out the duties imposed upon it by this chapter, including, but not limited to, the following: (a) To advocate for effective, quality mental health and substance use disorder p…

This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the Behavioral Health Infrastructure Bond Act of 2024. (Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 789, Sec. 4. (AB 531) Effective March 6, 2024.)

The purposes and intent in enacting this act are as follows: (a) Bonds issued under this act are to develop an array of treatment, residential care settings, and supportive housing to help provide appropriate care facilities for Californians experiencing mental health conditions …

As used in this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Act” means the Behavioral Health Infrastructure Bond Act of 2024 (Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 5965)). (b) “Behavioral health challenge” includes, but is not limited to, serious mental illness, a…

(a) The proceeds of interim debt and bonds, excluding proceeds used directly to repay interim debt and excluding bonds issued in accordance with Section 5965.14, issued and sold pursuant to this chapter shall be deposited in the Behavioral Health Infrastructure Fund, which is her…

(a) Moneys in the fund shall be used for any of the following purposes: (1) Making loans or grants administered by the Department of Housing and Community Development to eligible entities specified under Section 50675.1.3 of the Health and Safety Code or loans to development spon…

(a) (1) Bonds in the total amount of six billion three hundred eighty million dollars ($6,380,000,000) not including the amount of refunding bonds issued in accordance with Section 5965.14, may be issued and sold for the purposes expressed in this chapter and to reimburse the Gen…

The bonds authorized by this chapter shall be prepared, executed, issued, sold, paid, and redeemed as provided in the State General Obligation Bond Law (Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 16720) of Part 3 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code), as amended, from time to …

(a) Solely for the purpose of authorizing the issuance and sale, pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law, of the bonds authorized by this chapter, the Behavioral Health Infrastructure Bond Act Finance Committee is hereby created. (b) (1) The committee consists of the Co…

(a) The committee shall determine, by resolution, whether it is necessary or desirable to issue and sell bonds authorized pursuant to this chapter to carry out the actions specified in this chapter and, if so, the amount of bonds to be issued and sold. (b) Successive issues of bo…

(a) There shall be collected each year, and in the same manner and at the same time as other state revenue is collected, in addition to the ordinary revenues of the state, a sum in an amount required to pay the principal of, and interest on, the bonds becoming due each year. (b) …

Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, there is hereby continuously appropriated from the General Fund in the State Treasury, for the purposes of this chapter and without regard to fiscal years, an amount that equals the total of the following: (a) The sum annually…

(a) For the purpose of carrying out this chapter, the Director of Finance may authorize the withdrawal from the General Fund of an amount or amounts not to exceed the amount of the unsold bonds that have been authorized by the committee to be sold for the purpose of carrying out …

(a) The board may request the Pooled Money Investment Board to make a loan from the Pooled Money Investment Account, in accordance with Section 16312 of the Government Code, for the purpose of carrying out this chapter. (b) The amount of the request shall not exceed the amount of…

All moneys deposited in the fund that are derived from premium and accrued interest on bonds sold pursuant to this chapter shall be reserved in the fund and shall be available for transfer to the General Fund as a credit to expenditures for bond interest, except that amounts deri…

(a) The bonds issued and sold pursuant to this chapter may be refunded in accordance with Article 6 (commencing with Section 16780) of Chapter 4 of Part 3 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code, which is a part of the State General Obligation Bond Law. (b) Approval by th…

(a) Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter or the State General Obligation Bond Law, if the Treasurer sells bonds pursuant to this chapter that include a bond counsel opinion to the effect that the interest on the bonds is excluded from gross income for federal tax purpose…

The proceeds from the sale of bonds authorized by this chapter are not “proceeds of taxes” as that term is used in Article XIII B of the California Constitution, and the disbursement of these proceeds is not subject to the limitations imposed by that article. (Added by Stats. 202…

(a) (1) The Department of Housing and Community Development, in coordination with the Department of Veterans Affairs, shall determine the methodology and distribution of the funds provided pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 5965.04, used for the purposes prov…

(a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, funds allocated for the purposes specified in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 5965.04 shall be disbursed in accordance with subdivisions (a) to (h), inclusive, of Section 50675.1.3 of the Health and Safety Code and any a…

The Department of Health Care Services shall determine the methodology and distribution of the funds provided pursuant to paragraphs (3) and (4) of subdivision (b) of Section 5965.04, used for the purposes provided in paragraphs (3) and (4) of subdivision (a) of Section 5965.04. …

(a) Notwithstanding any other law, funds allocated for the purposes specified in paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 5965.04 shall be disbursed in accordance with the Behavioral Health Continuum Infrastructure Program (commencing with Section 5960), and this chapter, cons…

(a) Subject to appropriation, the department, in consultation with disability rights groups, county behavioral health and aging agencies, individuals with lived expertise, families, racial justice experts, and other appropriate stakeholders, shall provide optional training and te…

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, the respondent may have a supporter present in any meeting, judicial proceeding, status hearing, or communication related to any of the following: (1) An evaluation. (2) Development of a CARE agreement or CARE plan. (3) Establ…

(a) The Legal Services Trust Fund Commission at the State Bar shall provide funding to qualified legal services projects, as defined in Sections 6213 to 6214.5, inclusive, of the Business and Professions Code, to be used to provide legal counsel appointed pursuant to subdivision …

The Department of General Services shall grant to the Regents of the University of California in fee simple all of its right, title and interest in the land adjacent to the campus of the University of California Medical School Center, San Francisco, at no cost to the regents, upo…

(a) The Legislature finds and declares that the needs of senior citizens for public programs in health, social services, recreation, transportation, education, housing, cultural services, and other appropriate areas of service can best be assessed by senior citizens. (b) The Legi…

(a) The California Senior Legislature shall be composed of two houses, the California Senior Senate, composed of 40 members, and the California Senior Assembly, composed of 80 members. (b) Members of the California Senior Legislature shall serve two-year terms. (c) Notwithstandin…

The members of the California Senior Legislature shall be elected or appointed, in all 33 planning and service areas in California, according to rules developed by the California Senior Legislature in cooperation with the California Association of Area Agencies on Aging. (Amended…

The California Senior Legislature shall have the full authority to define its program and utilize its funds in any way necessary to carry out the duties of this chapter, provided that no such program or activity is in violation of state law or regulation. (Repealed and added by S…

(a) The California Senior Legislature shall enter into a mutually agreed-upon interagency agreement with a state entity to carry out administrative duties related to its program. (b) The California Senior Legislature shall identify the state entity for purposes of subdivision (a)…

(a) The funds for the California Senior Legislature shall be allocated from the California Senior Legislature Fund or from private funds directed to the Legislature for the purpose of funding activities of the California Senior Legislature. (b) The California Senior Legislature m…