Bill Text: CA AB1114 | 2019-2020 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Crisis nurseries: study.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-1)

Status: (Failed) 2020-02-03 - From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [AB1114 Detail]

Download: California-2019-AB1114-Introduced.html

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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2019–2020 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 1114

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Introduced by Assembly Member Aguiar-Curry
(Coauthors: Assembly Members Cooley and McCarty)
(Coauthors: Senators Dodd, Nielsen, and Pan)

February 21, 2019

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An act to add and repeal Section 1516.5 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to crisis nurseries.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 1114, as introduced, Aguiar-Curry. Crisis nurseries: study.

Existing law requires the State Department of Social Services to license and regulate crisis nurseries. Existing law defines crisis nurseries as nonprofit corporations that care for and supervise children under 6 years of age who are voluntarily placed at the crisis nursery by a parent or guardian due to a family crisis or stressful situation for no more than 30 days.

This bill, until January 1, 2022, would require the department to implement a 2-year pilot project to evaluate the effectiveness of crisis nurseries in both the Counties of Sacramento and Yolo in lowering the incidence of child abuse in those counties. The bill would require the department to report the results of its study to the Legislature. The bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to provide funding for crisis nurseries in the Budget Act of 2019 to enable crisis nurseries to continue to provide services and participate in the pilot project.

Digest Key

Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: YES   Local Program: NO  

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Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

 Section 1516.5 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:

1516.5.

 (a) The department shall implement a two-year pilot project in the County of Sacramento and the County of Yolo for the purpose of evaluating the effectiveness of crisis nurseries in lowering the incidence of child abuse in those counties. The pilot project shall consist of both of the following:

(1) The department shall conduct a study of the relationship between crisis respite care and incidents of reported child abuse in pilot project counties.

(2) The department shall report the results of the study to the Legislature on or before June 15, 2021. The report shall comply with Section 9795 of the Government Code.

(b) It is the intent of the Legislature to provide funding for crisis nurseries in the Budget Act of 2019 to enable crisis nurseries to continue to provide services to the community and to participate in the pilot project established by this section.

(c) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2022, and as of that date is repealed.