BILL NUMBER: AB 2459 INTRODUCED
BILL TEXT
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Caballero
FEBRUARY 19, 2010
An act to add Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 2200) to Division
2.5 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to juveniles.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2459, as introduced, Caballero. Juvenile crime prevention:
evidence-based programs.
Existing law sets forth the purpose of juvenile court law, and
provides that a minor under the jurisdiction of the juvenile court as
a consequence of delinquent conduct shall, in conformity with the
interests of public safety and protection, receive care, treatment,
and guidance that is consistent with his or her best interest, that
holds the minor accountable for his or her behavior, and that is
appropriate for his or her circumstances.
This bill would, beginning in the 2011-12 fiscal year require that
specified 25% of moneys appropriated for the supervision of
juveniles under the jurisdiction of the juvenile court system and for
programs designed to deter juvenile crime and violence or to reduce
recidivism are to be allocated to evidence-based programs, as
defined. This bill would increase the allocations to 50% for the
2012-13 fiscal year, and to 75% for the 2013-14 fiscal year and each
of the following fiscal years. This bill would, beginning in the
2012-13 fiscal year, require the Secretary of the Department of
Corrections and Rehabilitation to prepare a report for the
Legislature evaluating the effectiveness of evidence-based program in
the supervision of juveniles under the jurisdiction of the juvenile
court system and in programs designed to deter juvenile crime and
violence or to reduce recidivism.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 2200) is added to
Division 2.5 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, to read:
CHAPTER 4. CALIFORNIA EVIDENCE-BASED PROGRAMS FOR AT-RISK
JUVENILES
2200. It is the intent of the Legislature to increase the use of
evidence-based programs in state-funded programs designed to deter
juvenile crime and violence and to reduce recidivism among juvenile
offenders.
2201. For purposes of this chapter:
(a) "Agency" means:
(1) The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, the Division
of Juvenile Facilities, and any other any state agency responsible
for supervising juveniles under the jurisdiction of the juvenile
court system.
(2) The State Board of Education, the California Emergency
Management Agency, and any other state agency responsible for
programs designed to deter juvenile crime and violence or to reduce
recidivism.
(b) "Evidence-based program" means a program:
(1) That does any of the following:
(A) Incorporates significant and relevant practices that are based
on scientifically based research, including all testing and
evaluations of and for persons.
(B) Uses practices that have been documented to be valid and
reliable.
(C) Is cost effective in the service that it provides.
(2) "Evidence-based program" does not include either of the
following:
(A) An educational program or service that an agency is required
to provide to meet educational requirements pursuant to state law.
(B) Basic medical services.
(c) "Scientifically based research" means research that obtains
reliable and valid knowledge by all of the following:
(1) Employing systematic, empirical methods that draw on
observation or experiment.
(2) Involving rigorous data analyses that are adequate to test the
stated hypotheses and justify the general conclusions drawn.
(3) Relying on measurements or observational methods that provide
reliable and valid data across evaluators and observers, across
multiple measurements and observations, and across studies by the
same or different investigators.
2202. (a) For the 2011-12 fiscal year, at least 25 percent of the
state moneys appropriated for the supervision of juveniles under the
jurisdiction of the juvenile court system and for programs designed
to deter juvenile crime and violence or to reduce recidivism shall be
allocated to evidence-based programs.
(b) For the 2012-13 fiscal year, at least 50 percent of the state
moneys appropriated for the supervision of juveniles under the
jurisdiction of the juvenile court system and for programs designed
to deter juvenile crime and violence or to reduce recidivism shall be
allocated to evidence-based programs.
(c) For the 2013-14 fiscal year and in each following fiscal year,
at least 75 percent of the state moneys appropriated for the
supervision of juveniles under the jurisdiction of the juvenile court
system and for programs designed to deter juvenile crime and
violence or to reduce recidivism shall be allocated to evidence-based
programs.
2203. (a) Beginning in the 2012-13 fiscal year, and for each
following fiscal year, the Secretary of the Department of Corrections
and Rehabilitation shall prepare a report for the Legislature
evaluating the effectiveness of the use of evidence-based programs in
the supervision of juveniles under the jurisdiction of the juvenile
court system and in programs designed to deter juvenile crime and
violence or to reduce recidivism.
(b) The reports shall include all of the following:
(1) An assessment of each program that the agency spent moneys on
in the previous fiscal year, including programs that are not evidence
based.
(2) The percentage of state appropriated moneys for programs that
each agency spent on evidence-based programs in the previous fiscal
year.
(3) The percentage of moneys received by the agency for programs
other than state appropriated moneys that were spent on
evidence-based programs in the previous fiscal year.
(4) A description of the efforts each agency is making to meet the
requirements of this section.
(c) The report shall be submitted to the Legislature on or before
November 1 of each year, following the end of the prior fiscal year.