Transcript CBHDA Policy/Legislative Report (September 2015)

CBHDA
POLICY/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: Support
Status: 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: Sponsor
Status: 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 Omnibus
Includes provisions that delete obsolete references to CMHDA
and CADPAAC, and reflect the merger of the two associations
as CBHDA.
CBHDA Position: Sponsor
Status: Governor’s Desk
 AB 1056 (Atkins) – Proposition 47 Funds
Prioritizes 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: Support
Status: Governor’s Desk