(a)There is hereby established the California Families and Children Home Visit Program Task Force, which shall be convened by the Office of Child Abuse Prevention.
(b)The membership of the task force shall include, but need not be limited to, all of the following:
(1)The head of the Office of Child Abuse Prevention or his or her designee.
(2)The directors, or designees, of all of the following:
(A)The State Department of Social Services.
(B)The State
Department of Public Health.
(C)The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of Juvenile Justice.
(D)The State Department of Education.
(E)The California Emergency Management Agency.
(3)At least two county administrators from counties participating in this program, to be appointed by the director, with the consent
Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI
(a)
There is hereby established the California Families and Children Home Visit Program Task Force, which shall be convened by the Office of Child Abuse Prevention.
(b)
The membership of the task force shall include, but need not be limited to, all of the following:
(1)
The head of the Office of Child Abuse Prevention or his or her designee.
(2)
The directors, or designees, of all of the following:
(A)
The State Department of Social Services.
(B)
The State
Department of Public Health.
(C)
The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of Juvenile Justice.
(D)
The State Department of Education.
(E)
The California Emergency Management Agency.
(3)
At least two county administrators from counties participating in this program, to be appointed by the director, with the consent of the county.
(4)
The manager of this program from the Office of Child
Abuse Prevention.
(5)
Two legislative representatives, who shall be members of policy committees with jurisdiction over social services issues pertaining to children, with at least one each to be appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly and the Senate Committee on Rules.
(c)
The task force shall do both of the following:
(1)
Identify permanent funding sources from federal and state programs. Sources from which funding may be integrated for purposes of this chapter may include, but are not limited to, Medi-Cal Targeted Case Management and Administrative Program funds, provided for pursuant to Sections 14132.44 and 14132.47, family preservation funds, private health care providers, including health maintenance organizations and nonprofit hospitals, the California Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants and
Children, federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act funds, and Healthy Families Program funds.
(2)
Develop recommendations for permanent funding for this chapter, in order that eligible families who choose to participate have access to the program.
(d)
Each member of the task force shall serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed, by his or her employing agency, for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of his or her duties.
(e)
The task force shall be supported by a reasonable amount of staff time, which shall be provided by the agencies represented on the task force, to the extent feasible within an agency’s existing resources. The task force may request data from, and may utilize the technical expertise of, other state agencies.
(f)
The task force, under the guidance of the Office of Child Abuse Prevention, shall submit its report to the Legislature not later than November 1, 1999.