Bills Pertaining to Home Life
AB 1133 Achadjian School-based early mental health intervention and prevention services
support program.
Summary: Expands successful pilot programs in San Bernardino and Alameda Counties to
entire State. Allows elementary schools to apply for a matching funds grant to identify
preschool, kindergarten, first, second and third graders (inclusive) who are at risk for mental
illness and provide school based intervention. Pilot programs have shown that the costs of the
matching funds grants are cheaper than the costs of providing alternative placement for
disturbed youth as illness develops, netting a savings to the State. Also expands circle of
schools who may participate to include charter schools.
Status: Assembly Appropriations Committee.
Resolutions: CFWC 013-132 Fair Medical Treatment; GFWC 013-150 Freedom of Access to
Health Clinics; GFWC 013-300 Mental Health Parity; GFWC 013-180 Health Care
Analysis: Seems like a brilliant idea and a proactive solution to children who might otherwise
become delinquent and disruptive to classroom learning.
Committee Vote: Endorse.
SB 130 Roth
Veterans: mental health
Summary: Existing law provides help for homeless and low income veterans in danger of
becoming homeless to receive help form the State. The State has been authorized to sell $600
million in bonds for this purpose. This bill requires 3 agencies (California Housing Finance
Agency, the Department of Housing and Community Development, and the Department of
Veterans Affairs) to set up the grant process to distribute those funds to veterans in need with
50% going to extremely low income veteran households and 60% of those households must be
in “supportive service” settings that include job training, mental health and drug treatment,
case management, care coordination, or physical rehabilitation. Bill makes all grants dependent
upon legislative appropriations.
Status: Senate Veteran’s Affairs Committee.
Resolutions: GFWC 013-180 Health Care; GFWC 013-400 Prevention, Detection, Control and
Cure of Diseases; GFWC 013-300 Mental Health Parity; CFWC 013-300 Mental Health Parity;
CFWC 013-132 Fair Medical Treatment; GFWC 013-150 Freedom of Access to Health Clinics;
CFWC 015-407 Responding to the Needs of Veterans.
Analysis: Seems reasonable enough; it essentially appears to be a “welfare to work” program
aimed at providing the services necessary to meet needs that are keeping veterans homeless..
Committee Vote: Endorse.
AB 821 Gipson
Sales and use taxes: exemption: medical marijuana: terminally ill patient.
Summary: Would allow terminally ill patients to provide an exemption certificate when they
purchase medical marijuana to exclude them from the requirement of paying sales tax.
Status: Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee.
Resolutions: CFWC 013-186 Medical Marijuana; CFWC 015-268 Further Liberalization of
Marijuana Laws; CFWC 015-299 Marijuana Cultivation; CFWC 013-132 Fair Medical Treatment;
GFWC 013-180 Health Care
Analysis: J am inclined to believe this bill would be as greatly abused as the medical marijuana
laws have been but it seems if someone is dying, the least we can do is let them escape being
taxed.
Committee Vote: Oppose as it would create a difference between medical marijuana and
other prescription drugs which are subject to sales and use tax.
AB 515 Eggman
Income taxes: credits: food bank donations.
Summary: Increases deduction given to farmers / “qualified food growers” from 10% to 15% of
the value of the crop inventory they donate to food banks.
Status: Senate Appropriations Committee.
Resolutions: GFWC 013-320 National Morality and Integrity; GFWC 013-340 Nutrition
Analysis: This bill seems to actually target serving people who are hungry and by raising the
amount of the deduction will hopefully make farmers more inclined to donate crops that might
otherwise go to waste.
Recommendation: Endorse.
Resolutions: GFWC 013-320 National Morality and Integrity; GFWC 013-340 Nutrition
Analysis: This bill seems to actually target serving people who are hungry and by raising the
amount of the deduction will hopefully make farmers more inclined to donate crops that might
otherwise go to waste.
Committee Votw : Endorse.