Bill Text: CA AB480 | 2019-2020 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Mental health: older adults.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-08-30 - In committee: Held under submission. [AB480 Detail]
Download: California-2019-AB480-Amended.html
Amended
IN
Assembly
April 11, 2019 |
Assembly Bill | No. 480 |
Introduced by Assembly Member Salas |
February 12, 2019 |
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
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Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NOBill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
It is the intent of the Legislature to include in this act, in addition to Section 2, provisions that do both of the following:
(a)Increase service integration and standardize needs assessment and data reporting requirements as it relates to older adults receiving mental health services funded by the Mental Health Services Fund.
(b)Establish and prioritize standardized geriatrics training for mental health professionals that accounts for the rich cultural and linguistic differences present in the older adult population and the diversity of the older adult population represented by generational cohort, race and ethnicity, gender identification, and sexual orientation, and that addresses barriers and
stigma experienced by older adult populations that have been historically underrepresented.