Bill Text: CA AB912 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Strategic Anti-Violence Funding Efforts Act.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-2)
Status: (Vetoed) 2024-02-01 - Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file. [AB912 Detail]
Download: California-2023-AB912-Amended.html
Amended
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Assembly
April 03, 2023 |
Amended
IN
Assembly
March 23, 2023 |
Amended
IN
Assembly
March 14, 2023 |
Introduced by Assembly Member Jones-Sawyer (Coauthor: Assembly Member Alanis) |
February 14, 2023 |
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
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Vote: 2/3 Appropriation: YES Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NOBill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
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This act shall be known, and may be cited, as the Strategic Anti-Violence Funding Efforts Act, or SAFE Act.SEC. 2.
The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:SEC. 3.
Section 124174 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:124174.
The following definitions shall govern the construction of this article, unless the context requires otherwise:(b)“School health center” means a center or program, located at or near a local educational agency, that provides age-appropriate health care services at the program site or through referrals. A school health center may conduct routine physical, mental health, and oral health assessments, and provide referrals for any services not offered onsite. A school health center may serve two or more nonadjacent schools or local educational agencies.
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Section 124174.2 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:124174.2.
(a) The department, in cooperation with the Office of School-Based Health Programs in the State Department of Education, shall establish aSEC. 5.
Section 124174.3 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:124174.3.
(a) The department shall establish standardized data collection procedures and collect data specified in(d)To the extent feasible, the department shall collect data on health services provided at a local educational agency outside a school health center.
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Section 124174.4 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:124174.4.
The Office of School-Based Health Programs in the State Department of Education, in collaboration with the department, shall perform the following functions:SEC. 7.
Section 124174.5 of the Health and Safety Code is repealed.The program, in collaboration with the State Department of Education, shall act as a liaison for school-based health centers.
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Section 124174.6 of the Health and Safety Code is amended and renumbered to read:124174.5.
The department shall establish a grant program within the(I)
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(d)Beginning on or before January 1, 2025, sustainability grants shall be available in amounts between twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) and one hundred twenty-five thousand dollars ($125,000) per year for a three-year period for the purpose of operating a school health center, or enhancing programming at a fully operational school health
center, including oral health or mental health services. Applicants for sustainability grants offered pursuant to this subdivision shall be required to meet all of the criteria described in subdivision (c), in addition to both of the following criteria:
(3)The applicant shall seek reimbursement and have procedures in place for billing public and private insurance that covers students at the school health center.
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(1)Schools in areas designated as federally medically underserved areas or in areas with medically underserved populations.
(2)Schools with a high percentage of low-income and uninsured children and youth.
(3)Schools with large numbers of limited English proficient (LEP) students.
(4)Schools in areas with a shortage of health professionals.
(5)Low-performing schools with Academic Performance Index (API) rankings in the deciles of three and below of the state.
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SEC. 4.SEC. 9.
Title 10.3 (commencing with Section 14138) is added to Part 4 of the Penal Code, to read:TITLE 10.3. Department of Justice Violence Reduction Grant Program
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(a) The Department of Justice shall administer a grant program for the purpose of improving public safety and community health and well-being, especially amongst those communities that are impacted by violence and gang involvement.SEC. 5.SEC. 10.
Chapter 3.4 (commencing with Section 5660) is added to Division 5 of the Public Resources Code, to read:CHAPTER 3.4. Parks and Recreation for Youth
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(a) The department shall award grants to local governments and, with preference, community-based organizations for the purpose of supporting existing and creating new parks and recreation opportunities, as well as supporting existing and creating new summer programs for youth, including, but not limited to, extended park hours and expanded programming for nighttime sports, educational activities, and visual and performing arts opportunities, in order to create and enhance recreation- and health-based interventions for youth during peak times of violence.5661.
The department shall gather information from applicants following each award year for purposes of evaluating the effectiveness of selected programs in achieving the overall objectives of the grant program. Notwithstanding Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, the department shall annually summarize and report this information for the previous award year to the appropriate policy, budget, and fiscal committees of the Legislature. The information in the annual report shall include the total number of youth served, the total number and types of entities that received grant awards, appropriate recommendations to improve the grant program, partnerships formed, educational objectives achieved, the total number of applications received, and the total number of youth who would have been served if all applicants for the award year received grant awards.5662.
The department shall adopt guidelines it determines are necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter. Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code does not apply to the adoption of guidelines pursuant to this section. The department shall develop a process for public comment and review of the guidelines that involves three public hearings in three different parts of the state before the adoption of those guidelines.SEC. 6.SEC. 11.
Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 1450) of Part 1 of Division 2 of the Welfare and Institutions Code is repealed.SEC. 7.SEC. 12.
Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 2300) is added to Division 2.5 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, to read:CHAPTER 6. Youth Reinvestment Grant Program
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(a) The Office of Youth and Community Restoration shall establish the Youth Reinvestment Grant Program for the purposes described in this chapter.2301.
For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply:2302.
(a) The office shall allocate funds pursuant to Section 2300 through a three-year competitive grant program for the purpose of implementing a mixed-delivery system of trauma-informed health and development diversion programs for Native American youth.2303.
(a) The office shall allocate funds pursuant to Section 2300 through a three-year competitive grant program for the purpose of implementing a mixed-delivery system of trauma-informed health and development diversion programs for youth.2304.
The office shall distribute grants pursuant to Sections 2302 and 2303 with all of the following conditions:2305.
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Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 8270) is added to Division 8 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, to read:
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9. Cognitive Behavioral Intervention for Trauma Pilot Program
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(a) (1) The California Health and Human Services Agency shall administerThis chapter shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2029, and as of that date is repealed.