AB 351

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 or are awaiting

diagnosis for a mental illness but does not directly provide treatment or medical care

for mental illnesses. To receive a grant, a clubhouse must include members who have

been diagnosed with or are awaiting diagnosis for a mental illness and are under

treatment for the condition, raise an amount of money itself to receive a matching

grant, provide activities and services to members on a voluntary basis, 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.