(a)The California Health and Human Services Agency shall establish an Alzheimers Disease and Related Disorders Advisory Committee consisting of 15 members selected as follows:

(1)One representing the field of academic medical research.

(2)One representing the field of social research.

(3)One representing the field of mental health.

(4)One representing the Alzheimers daycare resource centers.

(5)One representing the Alzheimers disease diagnostic and treatment centers.

(6)Two representing families of persons suffering from Alzheimers disease or related disorders.

(7)Two representing organizations providing services to Alzheimers disease patients.

(8)One representing a consumer organization representing persons with Alzheimers disease.

(9)One representing a member of the State Bar who is familiar with the legal issues confronting Alzheimers disease victims and their families.

(10)Two people who have been diagnosed with Alzheimers disease to serve one-year terms.

(11)The Secretary of California Health and Human Services or their designee.

(12)The Executive Director of the California Commission on Aging or the directors designee.

(b)Members shall serve at the pleasure of the Secretary of California Health and Human Services. The agency secretary may establish fixed terms for advisory committee membership. For purposes of continuity, those terms shall be staggered.

(c)Members shall serve without compensation, but shall receive reimbursement for travel and other necessary expenses actually incurred in the performance of their official duties.

(d)The Alzheimers Disease and Related Disorders Advisory Committee shall do all of the following:

(1)Provide ongoing advice and assistance to the administration and the Legislature as to the program needs and priorities of the target population.

(2)Provide planning support to the administration and the Legislature by updating recommendations of the 1987 California Alzheimers Disease Task Force Report and regularly reviewing and updating recommendations as needed.

(3)Appoint a chairperson and vice chairperson.

(4)Meet quarterly.

(e)The Alzheimers Disease and Related Disorders Advisory Committee shall do all of the following when making policy and plan recommendations:

(1)Consult with a broad range of stakeholders, including, but not limited to, people diagnosed with Alzheimers disease, family caregivers, community-based and institutional providers, Alzheimers disease researchers and academicians, formal caregivers, the Alzheimers Association, the California Commission on Aging, and other state entities.

(2)Consider the recommendations of other state plans, including, but not limited to, the Olmstead Plan, the Long-Range Strategic Plan on Aging, and the California Department of Agings State Plan on Aging.

(3)Consider cultural and linguistic factors that impact persons with Alzheimers disease and their families who are from diverse populations.

(4)Review current state policies and practices concerning care and treatment related to Alzheimers disease and other dementia disorders, and develop recommendations concerning all of the following issues:

(A)Community-based support for Californias diverse people with Alzheimers disease and their family members.

(B)Choices for care and residence for persons with Alzheimers disease and their families.

(C)An integrated public health care management approach to Alzheimers disease in health care settings that makes full use of dementia care practices.

(D)The dementia competence of health care professionals.

(E)Early identification and intervention through increasing public awareness of Alzheimers disease.

(f) All meetings of the advisory committee, and any subcommittees thereof, shall be open to the public and adequate notice shall be provided in accordance with Article 9 (commencing with Section 11120) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.

(a)The California Health and Human Services Agency shall establish an Alzheimers Disease and Related Conditions Advisory Committee representing the diversity of California and that consists of at least 17, but not more than 21, members, which shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following:

(1)One representing the field of academic medical research.

(2)One representing the field of social research.

(3)One representing the field of behavioral health.

(4)One representing organizations providing adult day care services focused on persons living with Alzheimers disease or related conditions.

(5)One representing the California Alzheimers Disease Centers.

(6)Two representing families of persons directly affected by Alzheimers disease or related conditions.

(7)Two representing organizations providing services to persons living with Alzheimers disease or related conditions.

(8)One representing a consumer organization representing persons with Alzheimers disease or related conditions.

(9)One representing a member of the State Bar who is familiar with the legal issues confronting those living with Alzheimers disease or related conditions and their families.

(10)Two people who have been diagnosed with Alzheimers disease or a related condition.

(11)The Executive Director of the California Commission on Aging or the directors designee.

(12)The Secretary of California Health and Human Services or their designee.

(13)Two ex officio, nonvoting members, consisting of one Senator appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules and one Member of the Assembly appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly. These members shall participate in the activities of the committee to the extent that their participation is not incompatible with their respective positions as Members of the Legislature.

(14)Up to four additional members selected by the Secretary of California Health and Human Services.

(b)Members described in paragraphs (1) to (11), inclusive, and paragraph (14), of subdivision (a) shall serve at the pleasure of the Secretary of California Health and Human Services. Members described in paragraph (13) of subdivision (a) shall serve at the pleasure of their appointing authority. The agency secretary may establish fixed terms for advisory committee membership. For purposes of continuity, those terms shall be staggered.

(c)Members shall serve without compensation, but shall receive reimbursement for travel and other necessary expenses actually incurred in the performance of their official duties.

(d)The Alzheimers Disease and Related Conditions Advisory Committee shall do all of the following:

(1)Provide ongoing advice and assistance to the administration and the Legislature as to the program needs and priorities of the target population.

(2)Provide planning support to the administration and the Legislature by tracking, monitoring, and considering recommendations made in the final report of the Governors Task Force on Alzheimers (Disease) Prevention and Preparedness, and the California Master Plan for Aging, in addition to other state plans and reports, including the California State Plan for Alzheimers Disease, as needed.

(3)Appoint a chairperson and vice chairperson.

(4)Meet quarterly.

(e)The Alzheimers Disease and Related Conditions Advisory Committee shall do all of the following when making policy and plan recommendations:

(1)Consult with a broad range of stakeholders, including, but not limited to, people diagnosed with Alzheimers disease or related conditions, family members or informal caregivers, community-based and institutional providers, Alzheimers disease or related conditions researchers and academicians, direct care workforce, the Alzheimers Association, the California Commission on Aging, and other state entities.

(2)Consider cultural and linguistic factors that impact persons with Alzheimers disease or related conditions and their families who are from diverse communities.

(3)Review current state policies and practices concerning care and treatment related to Alzheimers disease and other related conditions, as well as risk reduction, and develop recommendations concerning all of the following issues:

(A)Community-based support for Californias racially, ethnically, culturally, and linguistically diverse people living with Alzheimers disease or related conditions and their family members or informal caregivers.

(B)Choices for care and residence for persons with Alzheimers disease or related conditions and their families.

(C)An integrated public health care management approach to Alzheimers disease or related conditions in health care settings that makes full use of dementia care practices.

(D)The dementia training and competence of health care professionals.

(E)Risk reduction, early identification, and intervention through increasing public awareness of Alzheimers disease and related conditions, as well as brain health.

(f) All meetings of the advisory committee, and any subcommittees thereof, shall be open to the public and adequate notice shall be provided in accordance with Article 9 (commencing with Section 11120) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.

The board shall be appointed by the Governor to assist in the development of the State Plan and to carry out other functions, as described in Section 14103. The board shall be comprised of the Governor and representatives from the following categories:

(a)Two members of each house of the Legislature, appointed by the appropriate presiding officer of each house.

(b)A majority of board members shall be representatives of business who:

(1)Are owners of businesses, chief executives or operating officers of businesses, and other business executives or employers with optimum policymaking or hiring authority, who, in addition, may be members of a local board described in Section 3122(b)(2)(A)(i) of Title 29 of the United States Code.

(2)Represent businesses, including small businesses, or organizations representing businesses that include high-quality, work-relevant training and development in in-demand industry sectors or occupations in the state.

(3)Are appointed from a group of individuals nominated by state business organizations and business trade associations.

(c)(1)Not less than 20 percent of board members shall be representatives of the workforce within the state, including representatives of labor organizations nominated by state labor federations, who shall not be less than 15 percent of the board membership and who shall include at least one representative that is a member of a labor organization or a training director, from a joint labor-management apprenticeship program, or if no such joint program exists in the state, such a representative of an apprenticeship program in the state.

(2)Representatives appointed pursuant to this subdivision may include:

(A)Representatives of community-based organizations that have demonstrated experience and expertise in addressing the employment, training, or education needs of individuals with barriers to employment, including organizations that serve veterans, organizations that provide or support competitive, integrated employment for individuals with disabilities, organizations that serve transgender and gender nonconforming individuals, and organizations that represent or serve older adults.

(B)Representatives of organizations that have demonstrated experience and expertise in addressing the employment, training, or education needs of eligible youth, including representatives of organizations that serve out-of-school youth.

(d)The balance of board members:

(1)Shall include representatives of government that are lead state officials with primary responsibility for the core programs and shall include chief elected officials, collectively representing cities, counties, and cities and counties where appropriate.

(2)May include other representatives and officials as the Governor may designate, like any of the following:

(A)State agency officials from agencies that are one-stop partners, not specified in paragraph (1), including additional one-stop partners whose programs are covered by the State Plan, if any.

(B)State agency officials responsible for economic development or juvenile justice programs in the state.

(C)Individuals who represent an Indian tribe or tribal organization, as those terms are defined in Section 3221(b) of Title 29 of the United States Code.

(D)State agency officials responsible for education programs in the state, including chief executive officers, or their designees, of institutions of higher education, including, but not limited to, the California Community College system, the California State University system, the University of California system, and their respective individual campuses.

(E)State agency officials responsible for administering programs that serve, and state commission officials that advocate on behalf of, older adults or their designees.

(e)Other requirements of board membership shall include:

(1)The Governor shall select a chairperson for the board from among the representatives described in subdivision (b).

(2)The members of the board shall represent diverse geographic areas of the state, including urban, rural, and suburban areas.

(f)For purposes of this section, older adults means persons 60 years of age or older.

(a)Pursuant to Public Law 102-321, there is the California Behavioral Health Planning Council. The purpose of the planning council shall be to fulfill those mental health planning requirements mandated by federal law.

(b)(1)The planning council shall have 40 members, to be comprised of members appointed from both the local and state levels in order to ensure a balance of state and local concerns relative to planning.

(2)As required by federal law, eight members of the planning council shall represent various state departments.

(3)Members of the planning council shall be appointed in a manner that will ensure that at least one-half are adults with serious mental illness, including persons who are dually diagnosed with serious mental illness and substance use disorders, family members of persons with serious mental illness, including adults who are dually diagnosed with serious mental illness and substance use disorders, family members of children with emotional disturbance, and representatives of organizations advocating on behalf of persons with mental illness, including persons who are dually diagnosed with mental illness and substance use disorders. Persons with serious mental illness, including persons who are dually diagnosed with serious mental illness and substance use disorders, and family members shall be represented in equal numbers.

(4)The Director of Health Care Services shall make appointments from among nominees from various constituency organizations for mental health or mental health and substance use disorders, which shall include representatives of consumer-related advocacy organizations, representatives of professional and provider organizations for mental health or mental health and substance use disorders, and representatives who are direct service providers from both the public and private sectors. The director shall also appoint one representative of the California Coalition on Mental Health. The director shall also appoint the Executive Director of the California Commission on Aging or the executive directors designee.

(c)Members should be balanced according to demography, geography, gender, and ethnicity. Members should include representatives with interest in all target populations, including, but not limited to, children and youth, adults, and older adults.

(d)The planning council shall annually elect a chairperson and a chair-elect.

(e)The term of each member shall be three years, to be staggered so that approximately one-third of the appointments expire in each year.

(f)In the event of changes in the federal requirements regarding the structure and function of the planning council, or the discontinuation of federal funding, the State Department of Health Care Services shall, with input from state-level advocacy groups, consumers, family members and providers, and other stakeholders, propose to the Legislature modifications in the structure of the planning council that the department deems appropriate.

(a)The California Health and Human Services Agency shall establish an Alzheimers Disease and Related Disorders Advisory Committee consisting of 15 members selected as follows:

(1)One representing the field of academic medical research.

(2)One representing the field of social research.

(3)One representing the field of mental health.

(4)One representing the Alzheimers daycare resource centers.

(5)One representing the Alzheimers disease diagnostic and treatment centers.

(6)Two representing families of persons suffering from Alzheimers disease or related disorders.

(7)Two representing organizations providing services to Alzheimers disease patients.

(8)One representing a consumer organization representing persons with Alzheimers disease.

(9)One representing a member of the State Bar who is familiar with the legal issues confronting Alzheimers disease victims and their families.

(10)Two people who have been diagnosed with Alzheimers disease to serve one-year terms.

(11)The Secretary of California Health and Human Services or their designee.

(12)The Executive Director of the California Commission on Aging or the directors designee.

(b)Members shall serve at the pleasure of the Secretary of California Health and Human Services. The agency secretary may establish fixed terms for advisory committee membership. For purposes of continuity, those terms shall be staggered.

(c)Members shall serve without compensation, but shall receive reimbursement for travel and other necessary expenses actually incurred in the performance of their official duties.

(d)The Alzheimers Disease and Related Disorders Advisory Committee shall do all of the following:

(1)Provide ongoing advice and assistance to the administration and the Legislature as to the program needs and priorities of the target population.

(2)Provide planning support to the administration and the Legislature by updating recommendations of the 1987 California Alzheimers Disease Task Force Report and regularly reviewing and updating recommendations as needed.

(3)Appoint a chairperson and vice chairperson.

(4)Meet quarterly.

(e)The Alzheimers Disease and Related Disorders Advisory Committee shall do all of the following when making policy and plan recommendations:

(1)Consult with a broad range of stakeholders, including, but not limited to, people diagnosed with Alzheimers disease, family caregivers, community-based and institutional providers, Alzheimers disease researchers and academicians, formal caregivers, the Alzheimers Association, the California Commission on Aging, and other state entities.

(2)Consider the recommendations of other state plans, including, but not limited to, the Olmstead Plan, the Long-Range Strategic Plan on Aging, and the California Department of Agings State Plan on Aging.

(3)Consider cultural and linguistic factors that impact persons with Alzheimers disease and their families who are from diverse populations.

(4)Review current state policies and practices concerning care and treatment related to Alzheimers disease and other dementia disorders, and develop recommendations concerning all of the following issues:

(A)Community-based support for Californias diverse people with Alzheimers disease and their family members.

(B)Choices for care and residence for persons with Alzheimers disease and their families.

(C)An integrated public health care management approach to Alzheimers disease in health care settings that makes full use of dementia care practices.

(D)The dementia competence of health care professionals.

(E)Early identification and intervention through increasing public awareness of Alzheimers disease.

(f) All meetings of the advisory committee, and any subcommittees thereof, shall be open to the public and adequate notice shall be provided in accordance with Article 9 (commencing with Section 11120) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.

(a)The California Health and Human Services Agency shall establish an Alzheimers Disease and Related Conditions Advisory Committee representing the diversity of California and that consists of at least 17, but not more than 21, members, which shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following:

(1)One representing the field of academic medical research.

(2)One representing the field of social research.

(3)One representing the field of behavioral health.

(4)One representing organizations providing adult day care services focused on persons living with Alzheimers disease or related conditions.

(5)One representing the California Alzheimers Disease Centers.

(6)Two representing families of persons directly affected by Alzheimers disease or related conditions.

(7)Two representing organizations providing services to persons living with Alzheimers disease or related conditions.

(8)One representing a consumer organization representing persons with Alzheimers disease or related conditions.

(9)One representing a member of the State Bar who is familiar with the legal issues confronting those living with Alzheimers disease or related conditions and their families.

(10)Two people who have been diagnosed with Alzheimers disease or a related condition.

(11)The Executive Director of the California Commission on Aging or the directors designee.

(12)The Secretary of California Health and Human Services or their designee.

(13)Two ex officio, nonvoting members, consisting of one Senator appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules and one Member of the Assembly appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly. These members shall participate in the activities of the committee to the extent that their participation is not incompatible with their respective positions as Members of the Legislature.

(14)Up to four additional members selected by the Secretary of California Health and Human Services.

(b)Members described in paragraphs (1) to (11), inclusive, and paragraph (14), of subdivision (a) shall serve at the pleasure of the Secretary of California Health and Human Services. Members described in paragraph (13) of subdivision (a) shall serve at the pleasure of their appointing authority. The agency secretary may establish fixed terms for advisory committee membership. For purposes of continuity, those terms shall be staggered.

(c)Members shall serve without compensation, but shall receive reimbursement for travel and other necessary expenses actually incurred in the performance of their official duties.

(d)The Alzheimers Disease and Related Conditions Advisory Committee shall do all of the following:

(1)Provide ongoing advice and assistance to the administration and the Legislature as to the program needs and priorities of the target population.

(2)Provide planning support to the administration and the Legislature by tracking, monitoring, and considering recommendations made in the final report of the Governors Task Force on Alzheimers (Disease) Prevention and Preparedness, and the California Master Plan for Aging, in addition to other state plans and reports, including the California State Plan for Alzheimers Disease, as needed.

(3)Appoint a chairperson and vice chairperson.

(4)Meet quarterly.

(e)The Alzheimers Disease and Related Conditions Advisory Committee shall do all of the following when making policy and plan recommendations:

(1)Consult with a broad range of stakeholders, including, but not limited to, people diagnosed with Alzheimers disease or related conditions, family members or informal caregivers, community-based and institutional providers, Alzheimers disease or related conditions researchers and academicians, direct care workforce, the Alzheimers Association, the California Commission on Aging, and other state entities.

(2)Consider cultural and linguistic factors that impact persons with Alzheimers disease or related conditions and their families who are from diverse communities.

(3)Review current state policies and practices concerning care and treatment related to Alzheimers disease and other related conditions, as well as risk reduction, and develop recommendations concerning all of the following issues:

(A)Community-based support for Californias racially, ethnically, culturally, and linguistically diverse people living with Alzheimers disease or related conditions and their family members or informal caregivers.

(B)Choices for care and residence for persons with Alzheimers disease or related conditions and their families.

(C)An integrated public health care management approach to Alzheimers disease or related conditions in health care settings that makes full use of dementia care practices.

(D)The dementia training and competence of health care professionals.

(E)Risk reduction, early identification, and intervention through increasing public awareness of Alzheimers disease and related conditions, as well as brain health.

(f) All meetings of the advisory committee, and any subcommittees thereof, shall be open to the public and adequate notice shall be provided in accordance with Article 9 (commencing with Section 11120) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.

The board shall be appointed by the Governor to assist in the development of the State Plan and to carry out other functions, as described in Section 14103. The board shall be comprised of the Governor and representatives from the following categories:

(a)Two members of each house of the Legislature, appointed by the appropriate presiding officer of each house.

(b)A majority of board members shall be representatives of business who:

(1)Are owners of businesses, chief executives or operating officers of businesses, and other business executives or employers with optimum policymaking or hiring authority, who, in addition, may be members of a local board described in Section 3122(b)(2)(A)(i) of Title 29 of the United States Code.

(2)Represent businesses, including small businesses, or organizations representing businesses that include high-quality, work-relevant training and development in in-demand industry sectors or occupations in the state.

(3)Are appointed from a group of individuals nominated by state business organizations and business trade associations.

(c)(1)Not less than 20 percent of board members shall be representatives of the workforce within the state, including representatives of labor organizations nominated by state labor federations, who shall not be less than 15 percent of the board membership and who shall include at least one representative that is a member of a labor organization or a training director, from a joint labor-management apprenticeship program, or if no such joint program exists in the state, such a representative of an apprenticeship program in the state.

(2)Representatives appointed pursuant to this subdivision may include:

(A)Representatives of community-based organizations that have demonstrated experience and expertise in addressing the employment, training, or education needs of individuals with barriers to employment, including organizations that serve veterans, organizations that provide or support competitive, integrated employment for individuals with disabilities, organizations that serve transgender and gender nonconforming individuals, and organizations that represent or serve older adults.

(B)Representatives of organizations that have demonstrated experience and expertise in addressing the employment, training, or education needs of eligible youth, including representatives of organizations that serve out-of-school youth.

(d)The balance of board members:

(1)Shall include representatives of government that are lead state officials with primary responsibility for the core programs and shall include chief elected officials, collectively representing cities, counties, and cities and counties where appropriate.

(2)May include other representatives and officials as the Governor may designate, like any of the following:

(A)State agency officials from agencies that are one-stop partners, not specified in paragraph (1), including additional one-stop partners whose programs are covered by the State Plan, if any.

(B)State agency officials responsible for economic development or juvenile justice programs in the state.

(C)Individuals who represent an Indian tribe or tribal organization, as those terms are defined in Section 3221(b) of Title 29 of the United States Code.

(D)State agency officials responsible for education programs in the state, including chief executive officers, or their designees, of institutions of higher education, including, but not limited to, the California Community College system, the California State University system, the University of California system, and their respective individual campuses.

(E)State agency officials responsible for administering programs that serve, and state commission officials that advocate on behalf of, older adults or their designees.

(e)Other requirements of board membership shall include:

(1)The Governor shall select a chairperson for the board from among the representatives described in subdivision (b).

(2)The members of the board shall represent diverse geographic areas of the state, including urban, rural, and suburban areas.

(f)For purposes of this section, older adults means persons 60 years of age or older.

(a)Pursuant to Public Law 102-321, there is the California Behavioral Health Planning Council. The purpose of the planning council shall be to fulfill those mental health planning requirements mandated by federal law.

(b)(1)The planning council shall have 40 members, to be comprised of members appointed from both the local and state levels in order to ensure a balance of state and local concerns relative to planning.

(2)As required by federal law, eight members of the planning council shall represent various state departments.

(3)Members of the planning council shall be appointed in a manner that will ensure that at least one-half are adults with serious mental illness, including persons who are dually diagnosed with serious mental illness and substance use disorders, family members of persons with serious mental illness, including adults who are dually diagnosed with serious mental illness and substance use disorders, family members of children with emotional disturbance, and representatives of organizations advocating on behalf of persons with mental illness, including persons who are dually diagnosed with mental illness and substance use disorders. Persons with serious mental illness, including persons who are dually diagnosed with serious mental illness and substance use disorders, and family members shall be represented in equal numbers.

(4)The Director of Health Care Services shall make appointments from among nominees from various constituency organizations for mental health or mental health and substance use disorders, which shall include representatives of consumer-related advocacy organizations, representatives of professional and provider organizations for mental health or mental health and substance use disorders, and representatives who are direct service providers from both the public and private sectors. The director shall also appoint one representative of the California Coalition on Mental Health. The director shall also appoint the Executive Director of the California Commission on Aging or the executive directors designee.

(c)Members should be balanced according to demography, geography, gender, and ethnicity. Members should include representatives with interest in all target populations, including, but not limited to, children and youth, adults, and older adults.

(d)The planning council shall annually elect a chairperson and a chair-elect.

(e)The term of each member shall be three years, to be staggered so that approximately one-third of the appointments expire in each year.

(f)In the event of changes in the federal requirements regarding the structure and function of the planning council, or the discontinuation of federal funding, the State Department of Health Care Services shall, with input from state-level advocacy groups, consumers, family members and providers, and other stakeholders, propose to the Legislature modifications in the structure of the planning council that the department deems appropriate.

(a)The California Health and Human Services Agency shall establish an Alzheimers Disease and Related Disorders Advisory Committee consisting of 15 members selected as follows:

(1)One representing the field of academic medical research.

(2)One representing the field of social research.

(3)One representing the field of mental health.

(4)One representing the Alzheimers daycare resource centers.

(5)One representing the Alzheimers disease diagnostic and treatment centers.

(6)Two representing families of persons suffering from Alzheimers disease or related disorders.

(7)Two representing organizations providing services to Alzheimers disease patients.

(8)One representing a consumer organization representing persons with Alzheimers disease.

(9)One representing a member of the State Bar who is familiar with the legal issues confronting Alzheimers disease victims and their families.

(10)Two people who have been diagnosed with Alzheimers disease to serve one-year terms.

(11)The Secretary of California Health and Human Services or their designee.

(12)The Executive Director of the California Commission on Aging or the directors designee.

(b)Members shall serve at the pleasure of the Secretary of California Health and Human Services. The agency secretary may establish fixed terms for advisory committee membership. For purposes of continuity, those terms shall be staggered.

(c)Members shall serve without compensation, but shall receive reimbursement for travel and other necessary expenses actually incurred in the performance of their official duties.

(d)The Alzheimers Disease and Related Disorders Advisory Committee shall do all of the following:

(1)Provide ongoing advice and assistance to the administration and the Legislature as to the program needs and priorities of the target population.

(2)Provide planning support to the administration and the Legislature by updating recommendations of the 1987 California Alzheimers Disease Task Force Report and regularly reviewing and updating recommendations as needed.

(3)Appoint a chairperson and vice chairperson.

(4)Meet quarterly.

(e)The Alzheimers Disease and Related Disorders Advisory Committee shall do all of the following when making policy and plan recommendations:

(1)Consult with a broad range of stakeholders, including, but not limited to, people diagnosed with Alzheimers disease, family caregivers, community-based and institutional providers, Alzheimers disease researchers and academicians, formal caregivers, the Alzheimers Association, the California Commission on Aging, and other state entities.

(2)Consider the recommendations of other state plans, including, but not limited to, the Olmstead Plan, the Long-Range Strategic Plan on Aging, and the California Department of Agings State Plan on Aging.

(3)Consider cultural and linguistic factors that impact persons with Alzheimers disease and their families who are from diverse populations.

(4)Review current state policies and practices concerning care and treatment related to Alzheimers disease and other dementia disorders, and develop recommendations concerning all of the following issues:

(A)Community-based support for Californias diverse people with Alzheimers disease and their family members.

(B)Choices for care and residence for persons with Alzheimers disease and their families.

(C)An integrated public health care management approach to Alzheimers disease in health care settings that makes full use of dementia care practices.

(D)The dementia competence of health care professionals.

(E)Early identification and intervention through increasing public awareness of Alzheimers disease.

(f) All meetings of the advisory committee, and any subcommittees thereof, shall be open to the public and adequate notice shall be provided in accordance with Article 9 (commencing with Section 11120) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.

(a)The California Health and Human Services Agency shall establish an Alzheimers Disease and Related Disorders Conditions Advisory Committee consisting of 14 members selected as follows: representing the diversity of California and that consists of at least 17, but not more than 21, members, which shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following:

(1)One representing the field of academic medical research.

(2)One representing the field of social research.

(3)One representing the field of mental behavioral health.

(4)One representing the Alzheimers day care resource centers. organizations providing adult day care services focused on persons living with Alzheimers disease or related conditions.

(5)One representing the Alzheimers disease diagnostic and treatment centers. California Alzheimers Disease Centers.

(6)Two representing families of persons suffering from directly affected by Alzheimers disease or related disorders. conditions.

(7)Two representing organizations providing services to persons living with Alzheimers disease patients. or related conditions.

(8)One representing a consumer organization representing persons with Alzheimers disease. disease or related conditions.

(9)One representing a member of the State Bar who is familiar with the legal issues confronting those living with Alzheimers disease victims or related conditions and their families.

(10)Two people who have been diagnosed with Alzheimers disease to serve one-year terms. or a related condition.

(12)The Secretary of California Health and Human Services or his or her their designee.

(b)Members described in paragraphs (1) to (11), inclusive, and paragraph (14), of subdivision (a) shall serve at the pleasure of the Secretary of California Health and Human Services. Members described in paragraph (13) of subdivision (a) shall serve at the pleasure of their appointing authority. The agency secretary may establish fixed terms for advisory committee membership. For purposes of continuity, those terms shall be staggered.

(c)Members shall serve without compensation, but shall receive reimbursement for travel and other necessary expenses actually incurred in the performance of their official duties.

(d)The Alzheimers Disease and Related Disorders Conditions Advisory Committee shall do all of the following:

(1)Provide ongoing advice and assistance to the administration and the Legislature as to the program needs and priorities of the target population.

(2)Provide planning support to the administration and the Legislature by updating recommendations of the 1987 California Alzheimers Disease Task Force Report and regularly reviewing and updating recommendations tracking, monitoring, and considering recommendations made in the final report of the Governors Task Force on Alzheimers (Disease) Prevention and Preparedness, and the California Master Plan for Aging, in addition to other state plans and reports, including the California State Plan for Alzheimers Disease, as needed.

(3)Appoint a chairperson and vice chairperson.

(4)Meet quarterly.

(e)The Alzheimers Disease and Related Disorders Conditions Advisory Committee shall do all of the following when making policy and plan recommendations:

(1)Consult with a broad range of stakeholders, including, but not limited to, people diagnosed with Alzheimers disease, family disease or related conditions, family members or informal caregivers, community-based and institutional providers, Alzheimers disease or related conditions researchers and academicians, formal caregivers, direct care workforce, the Alzheimers Association, the California Commission on Aging, and other state entities.

(2)Consider cultural and linguistic factors that impact persons with Alzheimers disease or related conditions and their families who are from diverse populations. communities.

(3)Review current state policies and practices concerning care and treatment related to Alzheimers disease and other dementia disorders, related conditions, as well as risk reduction, and develop recommendations concerning all of the following issues:

(A)Community-based support for Californias racially, ethnically, culturally, and linguistically diverse people living with Alzheimers disease or related conditions and their family members. members or informal caregivers.

(B)Choices for care and residence for persons with Alzheimers disease or related conditions and their families.

(C)An integrated public health care management approach to Alzheimers disease or related conditions in health care settings that makes full use of dementia care practices.

(D)The dementia training and competence of health care professionals.

(E)Early identification Risk reduction, early identification, and intervention through increasing public awareness of Alzheimers disease. disease and related conditions, as well as brain health.

(f) All meetings of the advisory committee, and any subcommittees thereof, shall be open to the public and adequate notice shall be provided in accordance with Article 9 (commencing with Section 11120) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.

The board shall be appointed by the Governor to assist in the development of the State Plan and to carry out other functions, as described in Section 14103. The board shall be comprised of the Governor and representatives from the following categories:

(a)Two members of each house of the Legislature, appointed by the appropriate presiding officer of each house.

(b)A majority of board members shall be representatives of business who:

(1)Are owners of businesses, chief executives or operating officers of businesses, and other business executives or employers with optimum policymaking or hiring authority, who, in addition, may be members of a local board described in Section 3122(b)(2)(A)(i) of Title 29 of the United States Code.

(2)Represent businesses, including small businesses, or organizations representing businesses that include high-quality, work-relevant training and development in in-demand industry sectors or occupations in the state.

(3)Are appointed from a group of individuals nominated by state business organizations and business trade associations.

(c)(1)Not less than 20 percent of board members shall be representatives of the workforce within the state, including representatives of labor organizations nominated by state labor federations, who shall not be less than 15 percent of the board membership and who shall include at least one representative that is a member of a labor organization or a training director, from a joint labor-management apprenticeship program, or if no such joint program exists in the state, such a representative of an apprenticeship program in the state.

(2)Representatives appointed pursuant to this subdivision may include:

(A)Representatives of community-based organizations that have demonstrated experience and expertise in addressing the employment, training, or education needs of individuals with barriers to employment, including organizations that serve veterans, organizations that provide or support competitive, integrated employment for individuals with disabilities, organizations that serve transgender and gender nonconforming individuals, and organizations that represent or serve older adults.

(B)Representatives of organizations that have demonstrated experience and expertise in addressing the employment, training, or education needs of eligible youth, including representatives of organizations that serve out-of-school youth.

(d)The balance of board members:

(1)Shall include representatives of government that are lead state officials with primary responsibility for the core programs and shall include chief elected officials, collectively representing cities, counties, and cities and counties where appropriate.

(2)May include other representatives and officials as the Governor may designate, like any of the following:

(A)State agency officials from agencies that are one-stop partners, not specified in paragraph (1), including additional one-stop partners whose programs are covered by the State Plan, if any.

(B)State agency officials responsible for economic development or juvenile justice programs in the state.

(C)Individuals who represent an Indian tribe or tribal organization, as those terms are defined in Section 3221(b) of Title 29 of the United States Code.

(D)State agency officials responsible for education programs in the state, including chief executive officers, or their designees, of institutions of higher education, including, but not limited to, the California Community College system, the California State University system, the University of California system, and their respective individual campuses.

(E)State agency officials responsible for administering programs that serve, and state commission officials that advocate on behalf of, older adults or their designees.

(e)Other requirements of board membership shall include:

(1)The Governor shall select a chairperson for the board from among the representatives described in subdivision (b).

(2)The members of the board shall represent diverse geographic areas of the state, including urban, rural, and suburban areas.

(f)For purposes of this section, older adults means persons 60 years of age or older.

(a)Pursuant to Public Law 102-321, there is the California Behavioral Health Planning Council. The purpose of the planning council shall be to fulfill those mental health planning requirements mandated by federal law.

(b)(1)The planning council shall have 40 members, to be comprised of members appointed from both the local and state levels in order to ensure a balance of state and local concerns relative to planning.

(2)As required by federal law, eight members of the planning council shall represent various state departments.

(3)Members of the planning council shall be appointed in a manner that will ensure that at least one-half are adults with serious mental illness, including persons who are dually diagnosed with serious mental illness and substance use disorders, family members of persons with serious mental illness, including adults who are dually diagnosed with serious mental illness and substance use disorders, family members of children with emotional disturbance, and representatives of organizations advocating on behalf of persons with mental illness, including persons who are dually diagnosed with mental illness and substance use disorders. Persons with serious mental illness, including persons who are dually diagnosed with serious mental illness and substance use disorders, and family members shall be represented in equal numbers.

(4)The Director of Health Care Services shall make appointments from among nominees from various constituency organizations for mental health or mental health and substance use disorders, which shall include representatives of consumer-related advocacy organizations, representatives of professional and provider organizations for mental health or mental health and substance use disorders, and representatives who are direct service providers from both the public and private sectors. The director shall also appoint one representative of the California Coalition on Mental Health. The director shall also appoint the Executive Director of the California Commission on Aging or the executive directors designee.

(c)Members should be balanced according to demography, geography, gender, and ethnicity. Members should include representatives with interest in all target populations, including, but not limited to, children and youth, adults, and older adults.

(d)The planning council shall annually elect a chairperson and a chair-elect.

(e)The term of each member shall be three years, to be staggered so that approximately one-third of the appointments expire in each year.

(f)In the event of changes in the federal requirements regarding the structure and function of the planning council, or the discontinuation of federal funding, the State Department of Health Care Services shall, with input from state-level advocacy groups, consumers, family members and providers, and other stakeholders, propose to the Legislature modifications in the structure of the planning council that the department deems appropriate.

(a)The California Health and Human Services Agency shall establish an Alzheimers Disease and Related Disorders Advisory Committee consisting of 15 members selected as follows:

(1)One representing the field of academic medical research.

(2)One representing the field of social research.

(3)One representing the field of mental health.

(4)One representing the Alzheimers daycare resource centers.

(5)One representing the Alzheimers disease diagnostic and treatment centers.

(6)Two representing families of persons suffering from Alzheimers disease or related disorders.

(7)Two representing organizations providing services to Alzheimers disease patients.

(8)One representing a consumer organization representing persons with Alzheimers disease.

(9)One representing a member of the State Bar who is familiar with the legal issues confronting Alzheimers disease victims and their families.

(10)Two people who have been diagnosed with Alzheimers disease to serve one-year terms.

(11)The Secretary of California Health and Human Services or their designee.

(12)The Executive Director of the California Commission on Aging or the directors designee.

(b)Members shall serve at the pleasure of the Secretary of California Health and Human Services. The agency secretary may establish fixed terms for advisory committee membership. For purposes of continuity, those terms shall be staggered.

(c)Members shall serve without compensation, but shall receive reimbursement for travel and other necessary expenses actually incurred in the performance of their official duties.

(d)The Alzheimers Disease and Related Disorders Advisory Committee shall do all of the following:

(1)Provide ongoing advice and assistance to the administration and the Legislature as to the program needs and priorities of the target population.

(2)Provide planning support to the administration and the Legislature by updating recommendations of the 1987 California Alzheimers Disease Task Force Report and regularly reviewing and updating recommendations as needed.

(3)Appoint a chairperson and vice chairperson.

(4)Meet quarterly.

(e)The Alzheimers Disease and Related Disorders Advisory Committee shall do all of the following when making policy and plan recommendations:

(1)Consult with a broad range of stakeholders, including, but not limited to, people diagnosed with Alzheimers disease, family caregivers, community-based and institutional providers, Alzheimers disease researchers and academicians, formal caregivers, the Alzheimers Association, the California Commission on Aging, and other state entities.

(2)Consider the recommendations of other state plans, including, but not limited to, the Olmstead Plan, the Long-Range Strategic Plan on Aging, and the California Department of Agings State Plan on Aging.

(3)Consider cultural and linguistic factors that impact persons with Alzheimers disease and their families who are from diverse populations.

(4)Review current state policies and practices concerning care and treatment related to Alzheimers disease and other dementia disorders, and develop recommendations concerning all of the following issues:

(A)Community-based support for Californias diverse people with Alzheimers disease and their family members.

(B)Choices for care and residence for persons with Alzheimers disease and their families.

(C)An integrated public health care management approach to Alzheimers disease in health care settings that makes full use of dementia care practices.

(D)The dementia competence of health care professionals.

(E)Early identification and intervention through increasing public awareness of Alzheimers disease.

(f) All meetings of the advisory committee, and any subcommittees thereof, shall be open to the public and adequate notice shall be provided in accordance with Article 9 (commencing with Section 11120) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.

The board shall be appointed by the Governor to assist in the development of the State Plan and to carry out other functions, as described in Section 14103. The board shall be comprised of the Governor and representatives from the following categories:

(a)Two members of each house of the Legislature, appointed by the appropriate presiding officer of each house.

(b)A majority of board members shall be representatives of business who:

(1)Are owners of businesses, chief executives or operating officers of businesses, and other business executives or employers with optimum policymaking or hiring authority, who, in addition, may be members of a local board described in Section 3122(b)(2)(A)(i) of Title 29 of the United States Code.

(2)Represent businesses, including small businesses, or organizations representing businesses that include high-quality, work-relevant training and development in in-demand industry sectors or occupations in the state.

(3)Are appointed from a group of individuals nominated by state business organizations and business trade associations.

(c)(1)Not less than 20 percent of board members shall be representatives of the workforce within the state, including representatives of labor organizations nominated by state labor federations, who shall not be less than 15 percent of the board membership and who shall include at least one representative that is a member of a labor organization or a training director, from a joint labor-management apprenticeship program, or if no such joint program exists in the state, such a representative of an apprenticeship program in the state.

(2)Representatives appointed pursuant to this subdivision may include:

(A)Representatives of community-based organizations that have demonstrated experience and expertise in addressing the employment, training, or education needs of individuals with barriers to employment, including organizations that serve veterans, organizations that provide or support competitive, integrated employment for individuals with disabilities, organizations that serve transgender and gender nonconforming individuals, and organizations that represent or serve older adults.

(B)Representatives of organizations that have demonstrated experience and expertise in addressing the employment, training, or education needs of eligible youth, including representatives of organizations that serve out-of-school youth.

(d)The balance of board members:

(1)Shall include representatives of government that are lead state officials with primary responsibility for the core programs and shall include chief elected officials, collectively representing cities, counties, and cities and counties where appropriate.

(2)May include other representatives and officials as the Governor may designate, like any of the following:

(A)State agency officials from agencies that are one-stop partners, not specified in paragraph (1), including additional one-stop partners whose programs are covered by the State Plan, if any.

(B)State agency officials responsible for economic development or juvenile justice programs in the state.

(C)Individuals who represent an Indian tribe or tribal organization, as those terms are defined in Section 3221(b) of Title 29 of the United States Code.

(D)State agency officials responsible for education programs in the state, including chief executive officers, or their designees, of institutions of higher education, including, but not limited to, the California Community College system, the California State University system, the University of California system, and their respective individual campuses.

(E)State agency officials responsible for administering programs that serve, and state commission officials that advocate on behalf of, older adults or their designees.

(e)Other requirements of board membership shall include:

(1)The Governor shall select a chairperson for the board from among the representatives described in subdivision (b).

(2)The members of the board shall represent diverse geographic areas of the state, including urban, rural, and suburban areas.

(f)For purposes of this section, older adults means persons 60 years of age or older.

(a)Pursuant to Public Law 102-321, there is the California Behavioral Health Planning Council. The purpose of the planning council shall be to fulfill those mental health planning requirements mandated by federal law.

(b)(1)The planning council shall have 40 members, to be comprised of members appointed from both the local and state levels in order to ensure a balance of state and local concerns relative to planning.

(2)As required by federal law, eight members of the planning council shall represent various state departments.

(3)Members of the planning council shall be appointed in a manner that will ensure that at least one-half are adults with serious mental illness, including persons who are dually diagnosed with serious mental illness and substance use disorders, family members of persons with serious mental illness, including adults who are dually diagnosed with serious mental illness and substance use disorders, family members of children with emotional disturbance, and representatives of organizations advocating on behalf of persons with mental illness, including persons who are dually diagnosed with mental illness and substance use disorders. Persons with serious mental illness, including persons who are dually diagnosed with serious mental illness and substance use disorders, and family members shall be represented in equal numbers.

(4)The Director of Health Care Services shall make appointments from among nominees from various constituency organizations for mental health or mental health and substance use disorders, which shall include representatives of consumer-related advocacy organizations, representatives of professional and provider organizations for mental health or mental health and substance use disorders, and representatives who are direct service providers from both the public and private sectors. The director shall also appoint one representative of the California Coalition on Mental Health. The director shall also appoint the Executive Director of the California Commission on Aging or the executive directors designee.

(c)Members should be balanced according to demography, geography, gender, and ethnicity. Members should include representatives with interest in all target populations, including, but not limited to, children and youth, adults, and older adults.

(d)The planning council shall annually elect a chairperson and a chair-elect.

(e)The term of each member shall be three years, to be staggered so that approximately one-third of the appointments expire in each year.

(f)In the event of changes in the federal requirements regarding the structure and function of the planning council, or the discontinuation of federal funding, the State Department of Health Care Services shall, with input from state-level advocacy groups, consumers, family members and providers, and other stakeholders, propose to the Legislature modifications in the structure of the planning council that the department deems appropriate.

(a)The Behavioral Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission is hereby established to promote transformational change in Californias behavioral health system through research, evaluation and tracking outcomes, and other strategies to assess and report progress. The commission shall use this information and analyses to inform the commissions grant making, identify key policy issues and emerging best practices, provide technical assistance and training, promote high-quality programs implemented, and advise the Governor and the Legislature, pursuant to the Behavioral Health Services Act and related components of Californias behavioral health system. For this purpose, the commission shall collaborate with the California Health and Human Services Agency, its departments and other state entities.

(b)(1)The commission shall replace the advisory committee established pursuant to Section 5814.

(2)The commission shall consist of 27 28 voting members as follows:

(A)The Attorney General or the Attorney Generals designee.

(B)The Superintendent of Public Instruction or the Superintendents designee.

(C)The Chairperson of the Senate Committee on Health, the Chairperson of the Senate Committee on Human Services, or another member Member of the Senate selected by the President pro Tempore of the Senate, or their designee.

(D)The Chairperson of the Assembly Committee on Health, the Chairperson of the Assembly Committee on Human Services, or another Member of the Assembly selected by the Speaker of the Assembly, or their designee.

(E)(i)The following individuals, all appointed by the Governor:

(I)Two persons who have or have had a mental health disorder.

(II)Two persons who have or have had a substance use disorder.

(III)A family member of an adult or older adult who has or has had a mental health disorder.

(IV)One person who is 25 years of age or younger and has or has had a mental health disorder, substance use disorder, or cooccurring disorder.

(V)A family member of an adult or older adult who has or has had a substance use disorder.

(VI)A family member of a child or youth who has or has had a mental health disorder.

(VII)A family member of a child or youth who has or has had a substance use disorder.

(VIII)A current or former county behavioral health director.

(IX)A physician specializing in substance use disorder treatment, including the provision of medications for addiction treatment.

(X)A mental health professional.

(XI)A professional with expertise in housing and homelessness.

(XII)A county sheriff.

(XIII)A superintendent of a school district.

(XIV)A representative of a labor organization.

(XV)A representative of an employer with less than 500 employees.

(XVI)A representative of an employer with more than 500 employees.

(XVII)A representative of a health care service plan or insurer.

(XVIII)A representative of an aging or disability organization.

(XIX)A person with knowledge and experience in community-defined evidence practices and reducing behavioral health disparities.

(XX)A representative of a children and youth organization.

(XXI)A veteran or a representative of a veterans organization.

(ii)In making appointments, the Governor shall seek individuals who have had personal or family experience with mental illness or substance use disorder.

(c)Members shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for all actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.

(d)The term of each member shall be three years, to be staggered so that approximately one-third of the appointments expire in each year.

(e)(1)The commission shall have an Executive Director.

(2)The Executive Director will be responsible for management over the administrative, fiscal, and program performance of the commission.

(3)The Executive Director shall be selected by the commission.

(4)The commission may delegate to the Executive Director any power, duty, purpose, function, or jurisdiction that the commission may lawfully delegate, including the authority to enter into and sign contracts on behalf of the commission. The Executive Director may redelegate any of those powers, duties, purposes, functions, or jurisdictions to the Executive Directors designee, unless by statute, or rule or regulation, the Executive Director is expressly required to act personally.

(f)In carrying out its duties and responsibilities, the commission may do all of the following:

(1)(A)Meet at least once each quarter at a time and location convenient to the public as it may deem appropriate.

(B)All meetings of the commission shall be open to the public.

(2)Within the limit of funds allocated for these purposes, pursuant to the laws and regulations governing state civil service, employ staff, including clerical, legal, and technical assistance, as necessary.

(3)The commission shall administer its operations separate and apart from the State Department of Health Care Services and the California Health and Human Services Agency.

(4)Establish technical advisory committees, such as a committee of consumers and family members, and a reducing disparities committee focusing on demographic, geographic, and other communities. The commission may provide pertinent information gained from those committees to relevant state agencies and departments, including, but not limited to, the California Health and Humans Services Agency and its departments.

(5)Employ all other appropriate strategies necessary or convenient to enable it to fully and adequately perform its duties and exercise the powers expressly granted, notwithstanding authority expressly granted to an officer or employee of state government.

(6)Enter into contracts.

(7)Make reasonable requests for data and information to the State Department of Health Care Services, the Department of Health Care Access and Information, the State Department of Public Health, or other state and local entities that receive Behavioral Health Services Act funds. These entities shall respond in a timely manner and provide information and data in their possession that the commission deems necessary for the purposes of carrying out its responsibilities.

(8)Participate in the joint state-county decisionmaking process, as described in Section 4061, for training, technical assistance, and regulatory resources to meet the mission and goals of the states mental health system.

(9)Identify best practices to overcome stigma and discrimination, in consultation with the State Department of Public Health.

(10)At any time, advise the Governor or the Legislature regarding actions the state may take to improve care and services for people with mental illness or substance use disorder.

(11)If the commission identifies a critical issue related to the performance of a county mental health program, it may refer the issue to the State Department of Health Care Services pursuant to Section 5655 or 5963.04.

(12)Provide technical assistance to counties on implementation planning, training, and capacity building investments as defined by the State Department of Health Care Services and in consultation with the County Behavioral Health Directors Association of California. Technical assistance may also include innovative behavioral health models of care and innovative promising practices pursuant to subparagraph (A) of paragraph (4) of subdivision (a) of Section 5892. Technical assistance may also include compiling and publishing a list of innovative behavioral health models of care programs and promising practices for each of the programs set forth in subparagraphs (1), (2), and (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 5892.

(13)Work in collaboration with the State Department of Health Care Services to define the parameters of a report that includes recommendations for improving and standardizing promising practices across the state based on the technical assistance provided to counties as specified in paragraph (12). The commission shall prepare and publish the report on its internet website. In formulating this report, the commission shall prioritize the perspectives of the California behavioral health community through a robust public engagement process with a focus on priority populations and diverse communities.

(14)Establish a framework and voluntary standard for mental health in the workplace that serves to reduce mental health stigma, increase public, employee, and employer awareness of the recovery goals of the Mental Health Services Act, and provide guidance to Californias employer community to put in place strategies and programs, as determined by the commission, to support the mental health and wellness of employees. The commission shall consult with the Labor and Workforce Development Agency or its designee to develop the standard.

(g)(1)The commission shall work in collaboration with the State Department of Health Care Services and the California Behavioral Health Planning Council, and in consultation with the County Behavioral Health Directors Association of California, to write a report that includes recommendations for improving and standardizing promising practices for Behavioral Health Services Act programs.

(2)The commission shall complete the report and provide a written report on its internet website no later than January 1, 2030, and every three years thereafter.

(h)For purposes of this section, substance use disorder shall have the meaning as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 5891.5.

(i)This section shall become operative on January 1, 2025, if amendments to the Mental Health Services Act are approved by the voters at the March 5, 2024, statewide primary election.

(a)The Governor shall create an Interagency Council on Homelessness.

(b)The council shall have all of the following goals:

(1)To oversee implementation of this chapter.

(2)To identify mainstream resources, benefits, and services that can be accessed to prevent and end homelessness in California.

(3)To create partnerships among state agencies and departments, local government agencies, participants in the United States Department of Housing and Urban Developments Continuum of Care Program, federal agencies, the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness, nonprofit entities working to end homelessness, homeless services providers, and the private sector, for the purpose of arriving at specific strategies to end homelessness.

(4)To promote systems integration to increase efficiency and effectiveness while focusing on designing systems to address the needs of people experiencing homelessness, including unaccompanied youth under 25 years of age.

(5)To coordinate existing funding and applications for competitive funding. Any action taken pursuant to this paragraph shall not restructure or change any existing allocations or allocation formulas.

(6)To make policy and procedural recommendations to legislators and other governmental entities.

(7)To identify and seek funding opportunities for state entities that have programs to end homelessness, including, but not limited to, federal and philanthropic funding opportunities, and to facilitate and coordinate those state entities efforts to obtain that funding.

(8)To broker agreements between state agencies and departments and between state agencies and departments and local jurisdictions to align and coordinate resources, reduce administrative burdens of accessing existing resources, and foster common applications for services, operating, and capital funding.

(9)To serve as a statewide facilitator, coordinator, and policy development resource on ending homelessness in California.

(10)To report to the Governor, federal Cabinet members, and the Legislature on homelessness and work to reduce homelessness.

(11)To ensure accountability and results in meeting the strategies and goals of the council.

(12)To identify and implement strategies to fight homelessness in small communities and rural areas.

(13)To create a statewide data system or warehouse, which shall be known as the Homeless Data Integration System, that collects local data through Homeless Management Information Systems, with the ultimate goal of matching data on homelessness to programs impacting homeless recipients of state programs, such as the Medi-Cal program (Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 14000) of Part 3 of Division 9) and CalWORKs (Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 11200) of Part 3 of Division 9). Upon creation of the Homeless Data Integration System, all continuums of care, as defined in Section 578.3 of Title 24 of the Code of Federal Regulations, that are operating in California shall provide collected data elements, including, but not limited to, health information, in a manner consistent with federal law, to the Homeless Data Integration System.

(A)Council staff shall specify the form and substance of the required data elements.

(B)Council staff may, as required by operational necessity, and in accordance with paragraph (8) of subdivision (d) of Section 8256, amend or modify data elements, disclosure formats, or disclosure frequency.

(C)(i)To further the efforts to improve the public health, safety, and welfare of people experiencing homelessness in the state, council staff may collect data from the continuums of care as provided in this paragraph.

(ii)Council staff shall, upon request, share personally identifiable, individual-level data from the Homeless Data Integration System with an agency or department that is a member of the council for purposes of measuring housing instability and examining the effectiveness of, and need for, housing and homelessness programs and other antipoverty programs among Californians.

(iii)Data disclosed pursuant to this subparagraph shall be in compliance with the Information Practices Act of 1977 (Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 1798) of Title 1.8 of Part 4 of Division 3 of the Civil Code).

(D)Any health information or personal identifying information provided to, or maintained within, the Homeless Data Integration System shall not be subject to public inspection or disclosure under the California Public Records Act (Division 10 (commencing with Section 7920.000) of Title 1 of the Government Code).

(E)For purposes of this paragraph, health information includes protected health information, as defined in Section 160.103 of Title 45 of the Code of Federal Regulations, and medical information, as defined in subdivision (j) of Section 56.05 of the Civil Code.

(14)To set goals to prevent and end homelessness among Californias youth.

(15)To improve the safety, health, and welfare of young people experiencing homelessness in the state.

(16)To increase system integration and coordinating efforts to prevent homelessness among youth who are currently or formerly involved in the child welfare system or the juvenile justice system.

(17)To lead efforts to coordinate a spectrum of funding, policy, and practice efforts related to young people experiencing homelessness.

(18)To identify best practices to ensure homeless minors who may have experienced maltreatment, as described in Section 300, are appropriately referred to, or have the ability to self-refer to, the child welfare system.

(19)To collect, compile, and make available to the public financial data provided to the council from all state-funded homelessness programs.

(c)(1)The council shall consist of the following members:

(A)The Secretary of Business, Consumer Services, and Housing and the Secretary of California Health and Human Services Agency, who both shall serve as cochairs of the council.

(B)The Director of Transportation.

(C)The Director of Housing and Community Development.

(D)The Director of Social Services.

(E)The Director of the California Housing Finance Agency.

(F)The Director or the State Medicaid Director of Health Care Services.

(G)The Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

(H)The Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.

(I)The Executive Director of the California Tax Credit Allocation Committee in the Treasurers office.

(J)The State Public Health Officer.

(K)The Either the Director of the California Department of Aging. Aging or the Executive Director of the California Commission on Aging, or their designee.

(L)The Director of Rehabilitation.

(M)The Director of State Hospitals.

(N)The executive director of the California Workforce Development Board.

(O)The Director of the Office of Emergency Services.

(P)A representative from the State Department of Education, who shall be appointed by the Superintendent of Public Instruction.

(Q)A representative of the state public higher education system who shall be from one of the following:

(i)The California Community Colleges.

(ii)The University of California.

(iii)The California State University.

(2)The Senate Committee on Rules and the Speaker of the Assembly shall each appoint one member to the council from two different stakeholder organizations.

(3)The council may, at its discretion, invite stakeholders, individuals who have experienced homelessness, members of philanthropic communities, and experts to participate in meetings or provide information to the council.

(4)The council shall hold public meetings at least once every quarter.

(d)The council shall regularly seek guidance from and, at least twice a year, meet with an advisory committee. Notwithstanding Section 11123.5 of the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act (Article 9 (commencing with Section 11120) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code), all members of the advisory committee may participate remotely in advisory committee meetings, including meetings held with the council, and no members are required to be present at the designated primary physical meeting location. The cochairs of the council shall appoint members to this advisory committee that reflects racial and gender racial, gender, and age diversity, and shall include the following:

(1)A survivor of gender-based violence who formerly experienced homelessness.

(2)Representatives of local agencies or organizations that participate in the United States Department of Housing and Urban Developments Continuum of Care Program.

(3)Stakeholders with expertise in solutions to homelessness and best practices from other states.

(5)A current or formerly homeless person who lives in California.

(6)A current or formerly homeless youth who lives in California.

(7)A current or formerly homeless person with a developmental disability.

(9)This advisory committee shall designate one of the above-described members to participate in every quarterly council meeting to provide a report to the council on advisory committee activities.

(e)Within existing funding, the council may establish working groups, task forces, or other structures from within its membership or with outside members to assist it in its work. Working groups, task forces, or other structures established by the council shall determine their own meeting schedules.

(f)Upon request of the council, a state agency or department that administers one or more state homelessness programs, including, but not limited to, an agency or department represented on the council pursuant to subdivision (c), the agency or department shall be required to do both of the following:

(1)Participate in council workgroups, task forces, or other similar administrative structures.

(2)Provide to the council any relevant information regarding those state homelessness programs.

(g)(1)The members of the council, advisory committee, or working groups who are or have been homeless may receive per diem and reimbursement for travel or other expenses as follows:

(A)A member of the council who is or has been homeless shall receive a per diem of one hundred dollars ($100) for each day during which that member is engaged in the performance of official duties and shall also be reimbursed for travel and other expenses necessarily incurred in the performance of official duties.

(B)A member of the advisory committee who is or has been homeless shall receive a per diem of one hundred dollars ($100) for each day during which that member is engaged in the performance of official duties and shall also be reimbursed for travel and other expenses necessarily incurred in the performance of official duties.

(C)A member of a working group, as defined and managed by council staff, who is or has been homeless shall receive a per diem of one hundred dollars ($100) for each day during which that member is engaged in the performance of official duties and shall also be reimbursed for travel and other expenses necessarily incurred in the performance of official duties.

(2)(A)A per diem or reimbursement request pursuant to paragraph (1) is subject to funding availability.

(B)Notwithstanding any other law, assistance provided pursuant to this subdivision shall not be deemed to be income for purposes of the Personal Income Tax Law (Part 10 (commencing with Section 17001) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code) or used to determine eligibility for any state program or local program financed wholly or in part by state funds.

(3)(A)For purposes of complying with paragraphs (1) and (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 41 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, as it pertains to this subdivision, the Legislature finds and declares as follows:

(i)The specific goals, purposes, and objectives that the exemptions created by subparagraph (B) of paragraph (2) are as follows:

(I)The objective is to facilitate the participation of individuals with lived experience in order to include valuable insight from those lived experiences in shaping policy recommendations.

(II)The goal is to prevent members with lived homelessness experience from incurring tax liability because of their participation.

(III)The purpose is to enable participants with lived homelessness experience to receive the full benefit of their per diem and reimbursements.

(ii)The performance indicators the Legislature can use to determine if the exemption is achieving the goals, purposes, and objectives stated in clause (i) shall be as follows:

(I)Whether the council, advisory committee, or working group members with lived homelessness experience incur any tax liability because of their participation on the committee.

(II)The number of people with lived homelessness experience who serve on the council, advisory committee, and working groups.

(B)(i)For purposes of complying with paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 41 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, as it pertains to this subdivision, the Legislative Analysts Office shall deliver to the Legislature on or before April 1 of each year a written report that includes both of the following:

(I)The estimated aggregate tax liability incurred by council, advisory committee, or working group members with lived homelessness experience because of their participation on the committee.

(II)The estimated number of people with lived homelessness experience who serve on the council, advisory committee, or working groups that excluded qualified amounts from gross income as described in paragraph (1).

(ii)A report submitted pursuant to this subparagraph shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.

(iii)The reporting requirement pursuant to this subparagraph shall become inoperative on April 1, 2028, pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code.

(4)For purposes of this subdivision, the performance of official duties includes, but is not limited to, attending a council, advisory, or working group meeting and reviewing agenda materials for no more than one day in preparation for each council, advisory, or working group meeting.

(h)The appointed members of the council or committees, as described in this section, shall serve at the pleasure of their appointing authority.

(i)The Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency shall provide staff for the council.

(j)The members of the council may enter into memoranda of understanding with other members of the council to achieve the goals set forth in this chapter, as necessary, in order to facilitate communication and cooperation between the entities the members of the council represent.

(k)There shall be an executive officer of the council under the direction of the Secretary of Business, Consumer Services, and Housing.

(l)The council shall be under the direction of the executive officer and staffed by employees of the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency.

(a)The California Health and Human Services Agency shall establish an Alzheimers Disease and Related Disorders Advisory Committee consisting of 14 15 members selected as follows:

(1)One representing the field of academic medical research.

(2)One representing the field of social research.

(3)One representing the field of mental health.

(4)One representing the Alzheimers day care daycare resource centers.

(5)One representing the Alzheimers disease diagnostic and treatment centers.

(6)Two representing families of persons suffering from Alzheimers disease or related disorders.

(7)Two representing organizations providing services to Alzheimers disease patients.

(8)One representing a consumer organization representing persons with Alzheimers disease.

(9)One representing a member of the State Bar who is familiar with the legal issues confronting Alzheimers disease victims and their families.

(10)Two people who have been diagnosed with Alzheimers disease to serve one-year terms.

(11)The Secretary of California Health and Human Services or his or her their designee.

(b)Members shall serve at the pleasure of the Secretary of California Health and Human Services. The agency secretary may establish fixed terms for advisory committee membership. For purposes of continuity, those terms shall be staggered.

(c)Members shall serve without compensation, but shall receive reimbursement for travel and other necessary expenses actually incurred in the performance of their official duties.

(d)The Alzheimers Disease and Related Disorders Advisory Committee shall do all of the following:

(1)Provide ongoing advice and assistance to the administration and the Legislature as to the program needs and priorities of the target population.

(2)Provide planning support to the administration and the Legislature by updating recommendations of the 1987 California Alzheimers Disease Task Force Report and regularly reviewing and updating recommendations as needed.

(3)Appoint a chairperson and vice chairperson.

(4)Meet quarterly.

(e)The Alzheimers Disease and Related Disorders Advisory Committee shall do all of the following when making policy and plan recommendations:

(1)Consult with a broad range of stakeholders, including, but not limited to, people diagnosed with Alzheimers disease, family caregivers, community-based and institutional providers, Alzheimers disease researchers and academicians, formal caregivers, the Alzheimers Association, the California Commission on Aging, and other state entities.

(2)Consider the recommendations of other state plans, including, but not limited to, the Olmstead Plan, the Long-Range Strategic Plan on Aging, and the California Department of Agings State Plan on Aging.

(3)Consider cultural and linguistic factors that impact persons with Alzheimers disease and their families who are from diverse populations.

(4)Review current state policies and practices concerning care and treatment related to Alzheimers disease and other dementia disorders, and develop recommendations concerning all of the following issues:

(A)Community-based support for Californias diverse people with Alzheimers disease and their family members.

(B)Choices for care and residence for persons with Alzheimers disease and their families.

(C)An integrated public health care management approach to Alzheimers disease in health care settings that makes full use of dementia care practices.

(D)The dementia competence of health care professionals.

(E)Early identification and intervention through increasing public awareness of Alzheimers disease.

(f) All meetings of the advisory committee, and any subcommittees thereof, shall be open to the public and adequate notice shall be provided in accordance with Article 9 (commencing with Section 11120) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.

(a)The terms used in this article have the same meaning as in Section 128205.

(b)There is hereby created a California Health Workforce Education and Training Council that shall be responsible for helping coordinate Californias health workforce education and training to develop a health workforce that meets Californias health care needs. The council shall be composed of 18 20 members who, together, represent various graduate medical education and training programs, health professions, including, but not limited to, specialties for primary care and behavioral health, and consumer representatives who shall serve at the pleasure of their appointing authorities, as follows:

(1)Six members appointed by the Governor.

(2)One member who shall be the Director of the State Department of Health Care Services, or the directors designee.

(3)One member who shall be the Director of the Department of Health Care Access and Information, or the directors designee.

(4)One member who shall be the Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development, or the secretarys designee.

(5)Three members appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly.

(6)Three members appointed by the Chairperson of the Senate Committee on Rules.

(7)One member who shall be the President of the University of California, or the presidents designee.

(8)One member who shall be the Chancellor of the California State University, or the chancellors designee.

(9)One member who shall be the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, or the chancellors designee.

(c)Members of the council appointed under paragraphs (1), (5), and (6) of subdivision (a) shall be appointed for a term of four years, except that the term of office of the initial members appointed under paragraph (1) shall expire at the end of two years.

The board shall be appointed by the Governor to assist in the development of the State Plan and to carry out other functions, as described in Section 14103. The board shall be comprised of the Governor and representatives from the following categories:

(a)Two members of each house of the Legislature, appointed by the appropriate presiding officer of each house.

(b)A majority of board members shall be representatives of business who:

(1)Are owners of businesses, chief executives or operating officers of businesses, and other business executives or employers with optimum policymaking or hiring authority, who, in addition, may be members of a local board described in Section 3122(b)(2)(A)(i) of Title 29 of the United States Code.

(2)Represent businesses, including small businesses, or organizations representing businesses that include high-quality, work-relevant training and development in in-demand industry sectors or occupations in the state.

(3)Are appointed from a group of individuals nominated by state business organizations and business trade associations.

(c)(1)Not less than 20 percent of board members shall be representatives of the workforce within the state, including representatives of labor organizations nominated by state labor federations, who shall not be less than 15 percent of the board membership and who shall include at least one representative that is a member of a labor organization or a training director, from a joint labor-management apprenticeship program, or if no such joint program exists in the state, such a representative of an apprenticeship program in the state.

(2)Representatives appointed pursuant to this subdivision may include:

(A)Representatives of community-based organizations that have demonstrated experience and expertise in addressing the employment, training, or education needs of individuals with barriers to employment, including organizations that serve veterans, organizations that provide or support competitive, integrated employment for individuals with disabilities, and organizations that serve transgender and gender nonconforming individuals. individuals, and organizations that represent or serve older adults.

(B)Representatives of organizations that have demonstrated experience and expertise in addressing the employment, training, or education needs of eligible youth, including representatives of organizations that serve out-of-school youth.

(d)The balance of board members:

(1)Shall include representatives of government that are lead state officials with primary responsibility for the core programs and shall include chief elected officials, collectively representing cities, counties, and cities and counties where appropriate.

(2)May include other representatives and officials as the Governor may designate, like any of the following:

(A)State agency officials from agencies that are one-stop partners, not specified in paragraph (1), including additional one-stop partners whose programs are covered by the State Plan, if any.

(B)State agency officials responsible for economic development or juvenile justice programs in the state.

(C)Individuals who represent an Indian tribe or tribal organization, as those terms are defined in Section 3221(b) of Title 29 of the United States Code.

(D)State agency officials responsible for education programs in the state, including chief executive officers, or their designees, of institutions of higher education, including, but not limited to, the California Community College system, the California State University system, the University of California system, and their respective individual campuses.

(e)Other requirements of board membership shall include:

(1)The Governor shall select a chairperson for the board from among the representatives described in subdivision (b).

(2)The members of the board shall represent diverse geographic areas of the state, including urban, rural, and suburban areas.

(a)Pursuant to Public Law 102-321, there is the California Behavioral Health Planning Council. The purpose of the planning council shall be to fulfill those mental health planning requirements mandated by federal law.

(b)(1)The planning council shall have 40 members, to be comprised of members appointed from both the local and state levels in order to ensure a balance of state and local concerns relative to planning.

(2)As required by federal law, eight members of the planning council shall represent various state departments.

(3)Members of the planning council shall be appointed in a manner that will ensure that at least one-half are adults with serious mental illness, including persons who are dually diagnosed with serious mental illness and substance use disorders, family members of persons with serious mental illness, including adults who are dually diagnosed with serious mental illness and substance use disorders, family members of children with emotional disturbance, and representatives of organizations advocating on behalf of persons with mental illness, including persons who are dually diagnosed with mental illness and substance use disorders. Persons with serious mental illness, including persons who are dually diagnosed with serious mental illness and substance use disorders, and family members shall be represented in equal numbers.

(4)The Director of Health Care Services shall make appointments from among nominees from various constituency organizations for mental health or mental health and substance use disorders, which shall include representatives of consumer-related advocacy organizations, representatives of professional and provider organizations for mental health or mental health and substance use disorders, and representatives who are direct service providers from both the public and private sectors. The director shall also appoint one representative of the California Coalition on Mental Health. The director shall also appoint the Executive Director of the California Commission on Aging or the executive directors designee.

(c)Members should be balanced according to demography, geography, gender, and ethnicity. Members should include representatives with interest in all target populations, including, but not limited to, children and youth, adults, and older adults.

(d)The planning council shall annually elect a chairperson and a chair-elect.

(e)The term of each member shall be three years, to be staggered so that approximately one-third of the appointments expire in each year.

(f)In the event of changes in the federal requirements regarding the structure and function of the planning council, or the discontinuation of federal funding, the State Department of Health Care Services shall, with input from state-level advocacy groups, consumers, family members and providers, and other stakeholders, propose to the Legislature modifications in the structure of the planning council that the department deems appropriate.

(a)The Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission is hereby established to oversee Part 3 (commencing with Section 5800), the Adult and Older Adult Mental Health System of Care Act; Part 3.1 (commencing with Section 5820), Human Resources, Education, and Training Programs; Part 3.2 (commencing with Section 5830), Innovative Programs; Part 3.6 (commencing with Section 5840), Prevention and Early Intervention Programs; and Part 4 (commencing with Section 5850), the Childrens Mental Health Services Act. The commission shall replace the advisory committee established pursuant to Section 5814. The commission shall consist of 16 17 voting members as follows:

(1)The Attorney General or the Attorney Generals designee.

(2)The Superintendent of Public Instruction or the Superintendents designee.

(3)The Chairperson of the Senate Committee on Health, the Chairperson of the Senate Committee on Human Services, or another member Member of the Senate selected by the President pro Tempore of the Senate.

(4)The Chairperson of the Assembly Committee on Health or another member Member of the Assembly selected by the Speaker of the Assembly.

(6)Two persons with a severe mental illness, a family member of an adult or senior with a severe mental illness, a family member of a child who has or has had a severe mental illness, a physician specializing in alcohol and drug treatment, a mental health professional, a county sheriff, a superintendent of a school district, a representative of a labor organization, a representative of an employer with less than 500 employees, a representative of an employer with more than 500 employees, and a representative of a health care service plan or insurer, all appointed by the Governor. In making appointments, the Governor shall seek individuals who have had personal or family experience with mental illness. At least one person appointed pursuant to this paragraph shall have a background in auditing.

(b)Members shall serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed for all actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.

(c)The term of each member shall be three years, to be staggered so that approximately one-third of the appointments expire in each year.

(d)In carrying out its duties and responsibilities, the commission may do all of the following:

(1)Meet at least once each quarter at any time and location convenient to the public as it may deem appropriate. All meetings of the commission shall be open to the public.

(2)Within the limit of funds allocated for these purposes, pursuant to the laws and regulations governing state civil service, employ staff, including any clerical, legal, and technical assistance necessary. The commission shall administer its operations separate and apart from the State Department of Health Care Services and the California Health and Human Services Agency.

(3)Establish technical advisory committees, such as a committee of consumers and family members.

(4)Employ all other appropriate strategies necessary or convenient to enable it to fully and adequately perform its duties and exercise the powers expressly granted, notwithstanding any authority expressly granted to an officer or employee of state government.

(5)Enter into contracts.

(6)Obtain data and information from the State Department of Health Care Services, the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development, or other state or local entities that receive Mental Health Services Act funds, for the commission to utilize in its oversight, review, training and technical assistance, accountability, and evaluation capacity regarding projects and programs supported with Mental Health Services Act funds.

(7)Participate in the joint state-county decisionmaking process, as contained in Section 4061, for training, technical assistance, and regulatory resources to meet the mission and goals of the states mental health system.

(8)Develop strategies to overcome stigma and discrimination, and accomplish all other objectives of Part 3.2 (commencing with Section 5830), Part 3.6 (commencing with Section 5840), and the other provisions of the Mental Health Services Act.

(9)At any time, advise the Governor or the Legislature regarding actions the state may take to improve care and services for people with mental illness.

(10)If the commission identifies a critical issue related to the performance of a county mental health program, it may refer the issue to the State Department of Health Care Services pursuant to Section 5655.

(11)Assist in providing technical assistance to accomplish the purposes of the Mental Health Services Act, Part 3 (commencing with Section 5800), and Part 4 (commencing with Section 5850) in collaboration with the State Department of Health Care Services and in consultation with the County Behavioral Health Directors Association of California.

(12)Work in collaboration with the State Department of Health Care Services and the California Behavioral Health Planning Council, and in consultation with the County Behavioral Health Directors Association of California, in designing a comprehensive joint plan for a coordinated evaluation of client outcomes in the community-based mental health system, including, but not limited to, parts listed in subdivision (a). The California Health and Human Services Agency shall lead this comprehensive joint plan effort.

(13)Establish a framework and voluntary standard for mental health in the workplace that serves to reduce mental health stigma, increase public, employee, and employer awareness of the recovery goals of the Mental Health Services Act, and provide guidance to Californias employer community to put in place strategies and programs, as determined by the commission, to support the mental health and wellness of employees. The commission shall consult with the Labor and Workforce Development Agency or its designee to develop the standard.

(a)The Governor shall create an Interagency Council on Homelessness.

(b)The council shall have all of the following goals:

(1)To oversee implementation of this chapter.

(2)To identify mainstream resources, benefits, and services that can be accessed to prevent and end homelessness in California.

(3)To create partnerships among state agencies and departments, local government agencies, participants in the United States Department of Housing and Urban Developments Continuum of Care Program, federal agencies, the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness, nonprofit entities working to end homelessness, homeless services providers, and the private sector, for the purpose of arriving at specific strategies to end homelessness.

(4)To promote systems integration to increase efficiency and effectiveness while focusing on designing systems to address the needs of people experiencing homelessness, including unaccompanied youth under 25 years of age.

(5)To coordinate existing funding and applications for competitive funding. Any action taken pursuant to this paragraph shall not restructure or change any existing allocations or allocation formulas.

(6)To make policy and procedural recommendations to legislators and other governmental entities.

(7)To identify and seek funding opportunities for state entities that have programs to end homelessness, including, but not limited to, federal and philanthropic funding opportunities, and to facilitate and coordinate those state entities efforts to obtain that funding.

(8)To broker agreements between state agencies and departments and between state agencies and departments and local jurisdictions to align and coordinate resources, reduce administrative burdens of accessing existing resources, and foster common applications for services, operating, and capital funding.

(9)To serve as a statewide facilitator, coordinator, and policy development resource on ending homelessness in California.

(10)To report to the Governor, federal Cabinet members, and the Legislature on homelessness and work to reduce homelessness.

(11)To ensure accountability and results in meeting the strategies and goals of the council.

(12)To identify and implement strategies to fight homelessness in small communities and rural areas.

(13)To create a statewide data system or warehouse, which shall be known as the Homeless Data Integration System, that collects local data through Homeless Management Information Systems, with the ultimate goal of matching data on homelessness to programs impacting homeless recipients of state programs, such as the Medi-Cal program (Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 14000) of Part 3 of Division 9) and CalWORKs (Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 11200) of Part 3 of Division 9). Upon creation of the Homeless Data Integration System, all continuums of care, as defined in Section 578.3 of Title 24 of the Code of Federal Regulations, that are operating in California shall provide collected data elements, including, but not limited to, health information, in a manner consistent with federal law, to the Homeless Data Integration System.

(A)Council staff shall specify the form and substance of the required data elements.

(B)Council staff may, as required by operational necessity, and in accordance with paragraph (8) of subdivision (d) of Section 8256, amend or modify data elements, disclosure formats, or disclosure frequency.

(C)(i)To further the efforts to improve the public health, safety, and welfare of people experiencing homelessness in the state, council staff may collect data from the continuums of care as provided in this paragraph.

(ii)Council staff may share Homeless Data Integration System data with a state agency or department that is a member of the council.

(D)Any health information or personal identifying information provided to, or maintained within, the Homeless Data Integration System shall not be subject to public inspection or disclosure under the California Public Records Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 6250) of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code).

(E)For purposes of this paragraph, health information includes protected health information, as defined in Part 160.103 of Title 45 of the Code of Federal Regulations, and medical information, as defined in subdivision (j) of Section 56.05 of the Civil Code.

(14)To set goals to prevent and end homelessness among Californias youth.

(15)To improve the safety, health, and welfare of young people experiencing homelessness in the state.

(16)To increase system integration and coordinating efforts to prevent homelessness among youth who are currently or formerly involved in the child welfare system or the juvenile justice system.

(17)To lead efforts to coordinate a spectrum of funding, policy, and practice efforts related to young people experiencing homelessness.

(18)To identify best practices to ensure homeless minors who may have experienced maltreatment, as described in Section 300, are appropriately referred to, or have the ability to self-refer to, the child welfare system.

(19)To collect, compile, and make available to the public financial data provided to the council from all state-funded homelessness programs.

(c)(1)The council shall consist of the following members:

(A)The Secretary of Business, Consumer Services, and Housing and the Secretary of California Health and Human Services Agency, who both shall serve as cochairs of the council.

(B)The Director of Transportation.

(C)The Director of Housing and Community Development.

(D)The Director of Social Services.

(E)The Director of the California Housing Finance Agency.

(F)The Director or the State Medicaid Director of Health Care Services.

(G)The Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

(H)The Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.

(I)The Executive Director of the California Tax Credit Allocation Committee in the Treasurers office.

(J)The State Public Health Officer.

(K)The Director of the California Department of Aging.

(L)The Director of Rehabilitation.

(M)The Director of State Hospitals.

(N)The executive director of the California Workforce Development Board.

(O)The Director of the Office of Emergency Services.

(Q)A representative from the State Department of Education, who shall be appointed by the Superintendent of Public Instruction.

(R)A representative of the state public higher education system who shall be from one of the following:

(i)The California Community Colleges.

(ii)The University of California.

(iii)The California State University.

(2)The Senate Committee on Rules and the Speaker of the Assembly shall each appoint one member to the council from two different stakeholder organizations.

(3)The council may, at its discretion, invite stakeholders, individuals who have experienced homelessness, members of philanthropic communities, and experts to participate in meetings or provide information to the council.

(4)The council shall hold public meetings at least once every quarter.

(d)The council shall regularly seek guidance from and, at least twice a year, meet with an advisory committee. Notwithstanding Section 11123.5 of the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act (Article 9 (commencing with Section 11120) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code), all members of the advisory committee may participate remotely in advisory committee meetings, including meetings held with the council, and no members are required to be present at the designated primary physical meeting location. The cochairs of the council shall appoint members to this advisory committee that reflects racial and gender racial, gender, and age diversity, and shall include the following:

(1)A survivor of gender-based violence who formerly experienced homelessness.

(2)Representatives of local agencies or organizations that participate in the United States Department of Housing and Urban Developments Continuum of Care Program.

(3)Stakeholders with expertise in solutions to homelessness and best practices from other states.

(5)A current or formerly homeless person who lives in California.

(6)A current or formerly homeless youth who lives in California.

(7)A current or formerly homeless person with a developmental disability.

(9)This advisory committee shall designate one of the above-described members to participate in every quarterly council meeting to provide a report to the council on advisory committee activities.

(e)Within existing funding, the council may establish working groups, task forces, or other structures from within its membership or with outside members to assist it in its work. Working groups, task forces, or other structures established by the council shall determine their own meeting schedules.

(f)Upon request of the council, a state agency or department that administers one or more state homelessness programs, including, but not limited to, an agency or department represented on the council pursuant to subdivision (c), the agency or department shall be required to do both of the following:

(1)Participate in council workgroups, task forces, or other similar administrative structures.

(2)Provide to the council any relevant information regarding those state homelessness programs.

(g)(1)The members of the council, advisory committee, or working groups who are or have been homeless may receive per diem and reimbursement for travel or other expenses as follows:

(A)A member of the council who is or has been homeless shall receive a per diem of one hundred dollars ($100) for each day during which that member is engaged in the performance of official duties and shall also be reimbursed for travel and other expenses necessarily incurred in the performance of official duties.

(B)A member of the advisory committee who is or has been homeless shall receive a per diem of one hundred dollars ($100) for each day during which that member is engaged in the performance of official duties and shall also be reimbursed for travel and other expenses necessarily incurred in the performance of official duties.

(C)A member of a working group, as defined and managed by council staff, who is or has been homeless shall receive a per diem of one hundred dollars ($100) for each day during which that member is engaged in the performance of official duties and shall also be reimbursed for travel and other expenses necessarily incurred in the performance of official duties.

(2)(A)A per diem or reimbursement request pursuant to paragraph (1) is subject to funding availability.

(B)Notwithstanding any other law, assistance provided pursuant to this subdivision shall not be deemed to be income for purposes of the Personal Income Tax Law (Part 10 (commencing with Section 17001) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code) or used to determine eligibility for any state program or local program financed wholly or in part by state funds.

(3)(A)For purposes of complying with paragraphs (1) and (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 41 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, as it pertains to this subdivision, the Legislature finds and declares as follows:

(i)The specific goals, purposes, and objectives that the exemptions created by subparagraph (B) of paragraph (2) are as follows:

(I)The objective is to facilitate the participation of individuals with lived experience in order to include valuable insight from those lived experiences in shaping policy recommendations.

(II)The goal is to prevent members with lived homelessness experience from incurring tax liability because of their participation.

(III)The purpose is to enable participants with lived homelessness experience to receive the full benefit of their per diem and reimbursements.

(ii)The performance indicators the Legislature can use to determine if the exemption is achieving the goals, purposes, and objectives stated in clause (i) shall be as follows:

(I)Whether the council, advisory committee, or working group members with lived homelessness experience incur any tax liability because of their participation on the committee.

(II)The number of people with lived homelessness experience who serve on the council, advisory committee, and working groups.

(B)(i)For purposes of complying with paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 41 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, as it pertains to this subdivision, the Legislative Analysts Office shall deliver to the Legislature on or before April 1 of each year a written report that includes both of the following:

(I)The estimated aggregate tax liability incurred by council, advisory committee, or working group members with lived homelessness experience because of their participation on the committee.

(II)The estimated number of people with lived homelessness experience who serve on the council, advisory committee, or working groups that excluded qualified amounts from gross income as described in paragraph (1).

(ii)A report submitted pursuant to this subparagraph shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.

(iii)The reporting requirement pursuant to this subparagraph shall become inoperative on April 1, 2028, pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code.

(4)For purposes of this subdivision, the performance of official duties includes, but is not limited to, attending a council, advisory, or working group meeting and reviewing agenda materials for no more than one day in preparation for each council, advisory, or working group meeting.

(h)The appointed members of the council or committees, as described in this section, shall serve at the pleasure of their appointing authority.

(i)The Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency shall provide staff for the council.

(j)The members of the council may enter into memoranda of understanding with other members of the council to achieve the goals set forth in this chapter, as necessary, in order to facilitate communication and cooperation between the entities the members of the council represent.

(k)There shall be an executive officer of the council under the direction of the Secretary of Business, Consumer Services, and Housing.

(l)The council shall be under the direction of the executive officer and staffed by employees of the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency.