AB 898

This bill requires the Department of Health Services to award grants to

clubhouses. A “clubhouse,” as defined in the bill, is a nonresidential rehabilitation

program that provides support and services to individuals who have a mental illness

but does not directly provide treatment or medical care for mental illnesses. To

receive a grant, a clubhouse must include only members who have been diagnosed

with a mental illness and are under treatment for the mental illness, raise an

amount of money itself to receive a matching grant, provide activities and services

to members on a voluntary basis, be accredited, have its own distinct physical space,

and allow members to have the opportunity to participate in the administration and

other operational functions of the clubhouse. The bill allows, if applicable, the Joint

Committee on Finance to make a supplement using its passive review process for the

purposes of providing grants to clubhouses.