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Bills · 2019-2020 Regular Session

AB 978

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Relating to: grants for crisis intervention teams and making an appropriation. (FE)

Health services department of — Administration Mental health Municipality — Finance Police

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill provides $1,000,000 for the Department of Health Services to award

grants to local governmental units for the staffing of law enforcement agencies with

mental health crisis intervention teams. Under current law, DHS must award

grants totalling $250,000 in each fiscal biennium for mental health crisis

intervention team training for law enforcement agencies and correctional officers.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Shankland (D)

2 cosponsors

Schachtner (D) , Smith (D)

Full history

  1. Mar 2, 2020 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representative Shankland; cosponsored by Senators Smith and Schachtner

  2. Mar 2, 2020 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Mental Health

  3. Apr 1, 2020 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1