BILL NUMBER: AB 1133	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Achadjian

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2015

   An act to amend Section 4380 of the Welfare and Institutions Code,
relating to mental health.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1133, as introduced, Achadjian. School-based early mental
health intervention.
   Existing law authorizes the Director of Health Care Services, in
consultation with the Superintendent of Public Instruction, to
provide matching grants to local educational agencies to pay the
state share of the costs of providing school-based early mental
health intervention and prevention services to eligible pupils at
schoolsites of eligible pupils, subject to the availability of
funding each year.
   This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to those
provisions.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 4380 of the Welfare and Institutions Code is
amended to read:
   4380.  Subject to the availability of funding each year, the
Legislature authorizes the director, in consultation with the
Superintendent of Public Instruction, to award matching grants to
local educational agencies to pay the state share of the costs of
providing programs that provide school-based early mental health
intervention and prevention services to eligible pupils at
schoolsites of eligible pupils, as follows:
   (a) The director shall award matching grants pursuant to this
chapter to local educational agencies throughout the state.
   (b) Matching grants awarded under this part shall be awarded for a
period of not more than three  years and no  
years. No  single schoolsite shall be awarded more than one
grant, except for a schoolsite that received a grant prior to July 1,
1992.
   (c) The director shall pay to each local educational agency
 having   that has  an application approved
pursuant to requirements  in   of  this
part the state share of the cost of the activities described in the
application.
   (d) Commencing July 1, 1993, the state share of matching grants
shall be a maximum of 50 percent in each of the three years.
   (e) Commencing July 1, 1993, the local share of matching grants
shall be at least 50 percent, from a combination of school district
and cooperating entity funds.
   (f) The local share of the matching grant may be in cash or
payment in-kind.
   (g) Priority shall be given to those applicants that demonstrate
the following:
   (1) The local educational agency will serve the greatest number of
eligible pupils from low-income families.
   (2) The local educational agency will provide a strong parental
involvement component.
   (3) The local educational agency will provide supportive services
with one or more cooperating entities.
   (4) The local educational agency will provide services at a low
cost per child served in the project.
   (5) The local educational agency will provide programs and
services that are based on adoption or modification, or both, of
existing programs that have been shown to be effective. No more than
20 percent of the grants awarded by the director may be utilized for
new models.
   (6) The local educational agency will provide services to children
who are in out-of-home placement or who are at risk of being in
out-of-home placement.
   (h) Eligible supportive services may include the following:
   (1) Individual and group intervention and prevention services.
   (2) Parent involvement through conferences or training, or both.
   (3) Teacher and staff conferences and training related to meeting
project goals.
   (4) Referral to outside resources when eligible pupils require
additional services.
   (5) Use of paraprofessional staff, who are trained and supervised
by credentialed school psychologists, school counselors, or school
social workers, to meet with pupils on a short-term weekly basis, in
a one-on-one setting as in the primary intervention program
established pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 4343) of
Part 3. A minimum of 80 percent of the grants awarded by the director
shall include the basic components of the primary intervention
program.
   (6) Any other service or activity that will improve the mental
health of eligible pupils.
   Prior to participation by an eligible pupil in either individual
or group services, consent of a parent or guardian shall be obtained.

   (i) Each local educational agency seeking a grant under this
chapter shall submit an application to the director at the time, in a
manner, and accompanied by any information the director may
reasonably require.
   (j) Each matching grant application submitted shall include all of
the following:
   (1) Documentation of need for the school-based early mental health
intervention and prevention services.
   (2) A description of the school-based early mental health
intervention and prevention services expected to be provided at the
schoolsite.
   (3) A statement of program goals.
   (4) A list of cooperating entities that will participate in the
provision of services. A letter from each cooperating entity
confirming its participation in the provision of services shall be
included with the list. At least one letter shall be from a
cooperating entity confirming that it will agree to screen referrals
of low-income children the program has determined may be in need of
mental health treatment services and that, if the cooperating entity
determines that the child is in need of those services and if the
cooperating entity determines that according to its priority process
the child is eligible to be served by it, the cooperating entity will
agree to provide those mental health treatment services.
   (5) A detailed budget and budget narrative.
   (6) A description of the proposed plan for parent involvement in
the program.
   (7) A description of the population anticipated to be served,
including number of pupils to be served and socioeconomic indicators
of sites to receive funds.
   (8) A description of the matching funds from a combination of
local education agencies and cooperating entities.
   (9) A plan describing how the proposed school-based early mental
health intervention and prevention services program will be continued
after the matching grant has expired.
   (10) Assurance that grants would supplement and not supplant
existing local resources provided for early mental health
intervention and prevention services.
   (11) A description of an evaluation plan that includes
quantitative and qualitative measures of school and pupil
characteristics, and a comparison of children's adjustment to school.

   (k) Matching grants awarded pursuant to this article may be used
for salaries of staff responsible for implementing the school-based
early mental health intervention and prevention services program,
equipment and supplies, training, and insurance.
   (  l  ) Salaries of administrative staff and other
administrative costs associated with providing services shall be
limited to 5 percent of the state share of assistance provided under
this section.
   (m) No more than 10 percent of each matching grant awarded
pursuant to this article may be used for matching grant evaluation.
   (n)  (1)    No more than 10 percent of the
moneys allocated to the director pursuant to this chapter may be
utilized for program administration and evaluation. 
   Program 
    (2)     Program  administration shall
include both state staff and field staff who are familiar with and
have successfully implemented school-based early mental health
intervention and prevention services. Field staff may be contracted
with by local school districts or community mental health programs.
Field staff shall provide support in the timely and effective
implementation of school-based early mental health intervention and
prevention services. Reviews of each project shall be conducted at
least once during the first year of funding.
   (o) Subject to the approval of the director, at the end of the
fiscal year, a school district may apply unexpended funds to the
budget for the subsequent funding year.
   (p) Contracts for the program and administration, or ancillary
services in support of the program, shall be exempt from the
requirements of the Public Contract Code and the State Administrative
Manual, and from approval by the Department of General Services.