State Legislation

Each year, the CMHDA Governing Board – acting on preliminary recommendations from the CMHDA Legislative Committee – identifies major public policy issues that the Association should be focusing on, and develops a platform that will guide the association's advocacy efforts in the coming year. The following links will provide you with information about CMHDA's legislative and public policy priorities.

Legislative and Public Policy Highlights

2009-10 CMHDA Sponsored Legislation

• AB 421 (Beall) - Seriously emotionally disturbed children: out-of-home placement
  • CMHDA Support Letter (PDF 108 KB)
  • Fact Sheet (PDF 30 KB)
  • Sample Support Letter (Word 43 KB)
• AB 754 (Chesbro) - Medi-Cal mental health managed care contracts
  • CMHDA Support Letter (PDF 105 KB)
  • Fact Sheet (PDF 22 KB)
  • Sample Support Letter (Word 45 KB)

2007-08 CMHDA Sponsored Legislation

• Out-of-State For-Profit IDEA Placement Reimbursement Issue (February 2008) (PDF 112 KB)
• SB 785 - Chaptered - Memo to CMHDA Members (February 2008) (PDF 131 KB)

Legislative Bill Tracking

CMHDA tracks and monitors legislative activity through a web interface that allows us to receive up-to-date information on state legislation. Our legislative bill matrix is linked to this service, which will allow you to view the most recent activity on those bills we are tracking.

• CMHDA's Legislative Bill Matrix
• 09-10 Legislative Letters and Alerts: Assembly
• 09-10 Legislative Letters and Alerts: Senate

Other Resources

• California State Assembly
• California State Senate
• California Codes

For More Information

• Patricia Ryan, MPA – Executive Director
  Contact for state budget issues and association matters.
  pryan@cmhda.org
• Kirsten Barlow, MSW – Associate Director, Legislation & Public Policy
  Contact for state legislation and public policy issues.
  kbarlow@cmhda.org