Bill Text: CA AB1015 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Child welfare services: California Child and Family

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2011-08-29 - From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. [AB1015 Detail]

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BILL NUMBER: AB 1015	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 14, 2011

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Charles Calderon

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2011

   An act to add Section 202.1 to the Welfare and Institutions Code,
relating to social services.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1015, as amended, Charles Calderon. Child welfare services:
county task force.
   Existing law provides for child welfare services, which are public
social services directed toward, among other purposes, protecting
and promoting the welfare of all children, including those in foster
care placement.
   This bill would require each county to convene a task force by
January 1, 2013, to identify and implement operational improvements
in the administration of child welfare services. The bill would
require the task force to, by January 1, 2014, submit a report to the
 county  board  of supervisors  identifying and
listing proposed operational improvements, would require the county
to hold a public hearing within 30 days, and would require an annual
report to the board and the public on the status of implementation
efforts. By establishing these additional duties, this bill would
impose a state-mandated local program.
   The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local
agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.
   This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates
determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state,
reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these
statutory provisions.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: yes.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 202.1 is added to the Welfare and Institutions
Code, to read:
   202.1.  (a) By January 1, 2013, each county shall convene a task
force to identify and implement operational improvements in the
administration of child welfare services.
   (b) The task force members shall not be paid by the county or the
state and shall not be reimbursed by the county or the state for
their services, except that those task force members who are county
employees may serve on the task force as a part of their county
employment and be paid accordingly.
   (c) The task force shall, at a minimum, consist of a
representative appointed by the bargaining unit representing children'
s social workers, a representative of the county director of welfare,
a representative of the board of supervisors of the county, a
representative appointed by the law firm that represents foster
children in the county, and a former foster youth residing in the
county.
   (d) By January 1, 2014, the task force shall submit to the board
for approval a report, at a minimum, identifying and listing proposed
operational improvements  , including, but not 
 which may be implemented at a cost savings to the county or
within existing resources. The report shall include, but shall not be
 limited to, dates for  their  full
implementation  of the proposals  . Within 30 days of
receiving the report, the county shall conduct a public hearing
regarding the report.  This subdivision does not limit the
discretion of the task force or the county to identify and implement
any reform or policy otherwise permitted by law, as the county or
task force may, in its discretion, deem appropriate. 
   (e) Either the representative of the  county  director of
welfare, the representative of the board of supervisors, or the law
firm representative shall annually report to the board and the public
as to whether the improvements have been implemented and, if not,
the status of the implementation efforts, and the reasons for the
lack of full implementation. 
   (f) This section may be implemented as part of the county's
obligations pursuant to Section 10601.2, if the requirements of this
section are met. This section does not prevent a county from
convening a task force or issuing a report pursuant to this section
covering more than one county, if the requirements of this section
are met. 
  SEC. 2.  If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this
act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local
agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant
to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of
the Government Code.