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 02/21/19 - Introduced

 SB-421 Children’s Cabinet of California. (2019-2020)

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 Date Published: 04/22/2019 02:00 PM

SB421:v98#DOCUMENTBill Start

 Amended
 IN 
 Senate
 April 22, 2019

 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
 2019–2020 REGULAR SESSION

 Senate Bill

No. 421

Introduced by Senator Pan

February 21, 2019

An act to add Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 96050) to Title 15 of the Government Code, relating to children’s services. An act to add and repeal Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 96050) of Title 15 of the Government Code, relating to children’s services.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

SB 421, as amended, Pan.
 Children’s Cabinet of California. 

Existing law, the California Early Intervention Services Act, provides a statewide system of coordinated, comprehensive, family-centered, multidisciplinary, interagency programs responsible for providing appropriate early intervention services and support to all eligible infants and toddlers and their families.

This bill, to the extent that sufficient federal or private funds are deposited with the state and appropriated by the Legislature, would establish the Children’s Cabinet of California to serve, until January 1, 2025, as an advisory body responsible for improving the collaboration among agencies that provide services to the children and youth of the state. This bill would require the cabinet to be comprised of, among others, the Superintendent of Public
 Instruction, the Secretary of California Health and Human Services, the Chief Justice of California, or a designee, and the heads of various specified state agencies. The bill would require the cabinet to provide recommendations to the Governor and the Legislature every odd-numbered year.

Existing law, the California Early Intervention Services Act, requires the Secretary of the Health and Human Services Agency and the Superintendent of Public Instruction to provide a statewide system of coordinated, comprehensive, family-centered, multidisciplinary, interagency programs responsible for providing appropriate early intervention services and support to all eligible infants and toddlers and their families.

This bill would establish the Children’s Cabinet of California to consist of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, the Secretary of California Health and Human Services, and the head of each agency and department within the state that provides services for, or has jurisdiction over the well-being of, children, and would set forth its powers and duties, including promoting and implementing information sharing, collaboration,
 increased efficiency, and improved service delivery among and within the state’s child-serving agencies, departments, and organizations.

Digest Key

 Vote:
 MAJORITY 
 Appropriation:
 NO 
 Fiscal Committee:
 YES 
 Local Program:
 NO 

Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

 The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:

(a) The foundation of human development is formed during a child’s earlier years, and early childhood development requires a comprehensive, coordinated approach to a child’s care and learning.

(b) The education and development of children occur not only in schools but also in families, neighborhoods, communities, and our broader society.

(c) The needs of children are increasingly complex and the networks of services available to them are managed by multiple agencies and departments, often with differing goals and objectives.

(d) Government programs must collaboratively develop and implement effective, efficient, and coordinated service delivery to ensure that all of California’s children have an equal opportunity to reach their full potential.

(e) The State of California must comprehensively address the needs of each of its children and youth and provide the understanding, encouragement, support, services, and knowledge necessary for each of them to master the skills and competencies that work, life, and active citizenship require.

(f) It is critical to California’s children that issues
 affecting their well-being be considered at the highest level of state government.

SEC. 2.

 Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 96050) is added to Title 15 of the Government Code, to read:

 CHAPTER
 2. Children’s Cabinet of Cal