WELFARE AND INSTITUTIONS CODE
SECTION 18986.60-18986.62
18986.60. (a) Placer County, with the assistance of the appropriate
state departments, within the existing resources of those
departments, shall implement a pilot program upon approval of that
county, for the funding and delivery of services and benefits through
an integrated and comprehensive county health and human services
system.
(b) The Placer County pilot project shall, in providing services
through an integrated system to families and individuals, among other
things, do all of the following:
(1) Implement and evaluate a system of universal intake for those
seeking services.
(2) Implement and evaluate a system whereby a family or individual
eligible for more than one service may be provided those services by
as few as a single county employee, through an integrated,
coordinated service plan.
(3) Implement and evaluate a system of administration that
centralizes the management and support of client services.
(4) Implement and evaluate a system of reporting and
accountability that provides for the combined provision of services
as provided for in paragraph (2), without the loss of state or
federal funds provided under current law.
(c) The integrated system may include, but need not be limited to,
any or all of the following:
(1) Adoption services.
(2) Child abuse prevention services.
(3) Child welfare services.
(4) Delinquency prevention services.
(5) Drug and alcohol services.
(6) Mental health services.
(7) Eligibility determination.
(8) Employment and training services.
(9) Foster care services.
(10) Health services.
(11) Public health services.
(12) Housing services.
(13) Medically indigent program services.
(14) All other appropriately identified and targeted services,
except for dental care.
(d) Programs or services shall be included in the pilot project
only to the extent that federal funding to either the state or the
county will not be reduced as a result of the inclusion of the
services in the project. This pilot project shall not generate any
increased expenditures from the General Fund.
(e) The county and the appropriate state departments shall jointly
seek federal approval of the pilot project, as may be needed to
ensure its funding and allow for the integrated provision of
services.
(f) This chapter shall not authorize Placer County to discontinue
meeting its obligations under current law to provide services or to
reduce its accountability for the provision of these services.
(g) This chapter shall not authorize Placer County to reduce
Placer County's eligibility under current law for state funding for
the services included in the pilot project.
(h) Placer County shall utilize any and all state general and
county funds that it is legally allocated or entitled to receive.
Through the creation of integrated health and social services
structures, the county shall maximize federal matching funds.
(i) The appropriate state departments that are assisting and
cooperating in the implementation of the project authorized by this
chapter shall have the authority to waive regulations regarding the
method of providing services and the method of reporting and
accountability, as may be required to meet the goals set forth in
subdivision (b).
18986.61. (a) Placer County shall evaluate the pilot program and
shall prepare a final evaluation and submit the final evaluation to
the Governor or the Governor's designee and the appropriate policy
committees of the Legislature not later than six months following the
third year of the implementation of the pilot program.
(b) The county, with the assistance of the appropriate state
departments, shall seek private funding to provide for the evaluation
of the pilot program. The evaluation required by this section shall
be conducted only if nonstate resources are made available for this
purpose.
18986.62. This chapter shall become inoperative on July 1, 2016,
and, as of January 1, 2017, is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that becomes operative on or before January 1, 2017, deletes
or extends the dates on which it becomes inoperative and is
repealed.
WELFARE AND INSTITUTIONS CODE
SECTION 18986.60-18986.62
18986.60. (a) Placer County, with the assistance of the appropriate
state departments, within the existing resources of those
departments, shall implement a pilot program upon approval of that
county, for the funding and delivery of services and benefits through
an integrated and comprehensive county health and human services
system.
(b) The Placer County pilot project shall, in providing services
through an integrated system to families and individuals, among other
things, do all of the following:
(1) Implement and evaluate a system of universal intake for those
seeking services.
(2) Implement and evaluate a system whereby a family or individual
eligible for more than one service may be provided those services by
as few as a single county employee, through an integrated,
coordinated service plan.
(3) Implement and evaluate a system of administration that
centralizes the management and support of client services.
(4) Implement and evaluate a system of reporting and
accountability that provides for the combined provision of services
as provided for in paragraph (2), without the loss of state or
federal funds provided under current law.
(c) The integrated system may include, but need not be limited to,
any or all of the following:
(1) Adoption services.
(2) Child abuse prevention services.
(3) Child welfare services.
(4) Delinquency prevention services.
(5) Drug and alcohol services.
(6) Mental health services.
(7) Eligibility determination.
(8) Employment and training services.
(9) Foster care services.
(10) Health services.
(11) Public health services.
(12) Housing services.
(13) Medically indigent program services.
(14) All other appropriately identified and targeted services,
except for dental care.
(d) Programs or services shall be included in the pilot project
only to the extent that federal funding to either the state or the
county will not be reduced as a result of the inclusion of the
services in the project. This pilot project shall not generate any
increased expenditures from the General Fund.
(e) The county and the appropriate state departments shall jointly
seek federal approval of the pilot project, as may be needed to
ensure its funding and allow for the integrated provision of
services.
(f) This chapter shall not authorize Placer County to discontinue
meeting its obligations under current law to provide services or to
reduce its accountability for the provision of these services.
(g) This chapter shall not authorize Placer County to reduce
Placer County's eligibility under current law for state funding for
the services included in the pilot project.
(h) Placer County shall utilize any and all state general and
county funds that it is legally allocated or entitled to receive.
Through the creation of integrated health and social services
structures, the county shall maximize federal matching funds.
(i) The appropriate state departments that are assisting and
cooperating in the implementation of the project authorized by this
chapter shall have the authority to waive regulations regarding the
method of providing services and the method of reporting and
accountability, as may be required to meet the goals set forth in
subdivision (b).
18986.61. (a) Placer County shall evaluate the pilot program and
shall prepare a final evaluation and submit the final evaluation to
the Governor or the Governor's designee and the appropriate policy
committees of the Legislature not later than six months following the
third year of the implementation of the pilot program.
(b) The county, with the assistance of the appropriate state
departments, shall seek private funding to provide for the evaluation
of the pilot program. The evaluation required by this section shall
be conducted only if nonstate resources are made available for this
purpose.
18986.62. This chapter shall become inoperative on July 1, 2016,
and, as of January 1, 2017, is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that becomes operative on or before January 1, 2017, deletes
or extends the dates on which it becomes inoperative and is
repealed.
WELFARE AND INSTITUTIONS CODE
SECTION 18986.60-18986.62
18986.60. (a) Placer County, with the assistance of the appropriate
state departments, within the existing resources of those
departments, shall implement a pilot program upon approval of that
county, for the funding and delivery of services and benefits through
an integrated and comprehensive county health and human services
system.
(b) The Placer County pilot project shall, in providing services
through an integrated system to families and individuals, among other
things, do all of the following:
(1) Implement and evaluate a system of universal intake for those
seeking services.
(2) Implement and evaluate a system whereby a family or individual
eligible for more than one service may be provided those services by
as few as a single county employee, through an integrated,
coordinated service plan.
(3) Implement and evaluate a system of administration that
centralizes the management and support of client services.
(4) Implement and evaluate a system of reporting and
accountability that provides for the combined provision of services
as provided for in paragraph (2), without the loss of state or
federal funds provided under current law.
(c) The integrated system may include, but need not be limited to,
any or all of the following:
(1) Adoption services.
(2) Child abuse prevention services.
(3) Child welfare services.
(4) Delinquency prevention services.
(5) Drug and alcohol services.
(6) Mental health services.
(7) Eligibility determination.
(8) Employment and training services.
(9) Foster care services.
(10) Health services.
(11) Public health services.
(12) Housing services.
(13) Medically indigent program services.
(14) All other appropriately identified and targeted services,
except for dental care.
(d) Programs or services shall be included in the pilot project
only to the extent that federal funding to either the state or the
county will not be reduced as a result of the inclusion of the
services in the project. This pilot project shall not generate any
increased expenditures from the General Fund.
(e) The county and the appropriate state departments shall jointly
seek federal approval of the pilot project, as may be needed to
ensure its funding and allow for the integrated provision of
services.
(f) This chapter shall not authorize Placer County to discontinue
meeting its obligations under current law to provide services or to
reduce its accountability for the provision of these services.
(g) This chapter shall not authorize Placer County to reduce
Placer County's eligibility under current law for state funding for
the services included in the pilot project.
(h) Placer County shall utilize any and all state general and
county funds that it is legally allocated or entitled to receive.
Through the creation of integrated health and social services
structures, the county shall maximize federal matching funds.
(i) The appropriate state departments that are assisting and
cooperating in the implementation of the project authorized by this
chapter shall have the authority to waive regulations regarding the
method of providing services and the method of reporting and
accountability, as may be required to meet the goals set forth in
subdivision (b).
18986.61. (a) Placer County shall evaluate the pilot program and
shall prepare a final evaluation and submit the final evaluation to
the Governor or the Governor's designee and the appropriate policy
committees of the Legislature not later than six months following the
third year of the implementation of the pilot program.
(b) The county, with the assistance of the appropriate state
departments, shall seek private funding to provide for the evaluation
of the pilot program. The evaluation required by this section shall
be conducted only if nonstate resources are made available for this
purpose.
18986.62. This chapter shall become inoperative on July 1, 2016,
and, as of January 1, 2017, is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that becomes operative on or before January 1, 2017, deletes
or extends the dates on which it becomes inoperative and is
repealed.
