Behavioral health.
Summary
Existing law establishes various health professions development programs, within the Department of Health Care Access and Information, for the promotion of education and training of health professionals to address workforce shortage and distribution needs. The bill would require the department to commission consultants to prepare a report for the Legislature, on or before January 1, 2024, that provides a landscape analysis of the current behavioral health workforce and the state's behavioral health workforce needs, and to make recommendations on how to address the state's behavioral health workforce shortage.
Bill status
vetoed
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2022
Committee Review
Aug 2022
Senate Passage
May 2022
Assembly Passage
Aug 2022
Vetoed
Sep 2022
Introduced Feb 9, 2022
Vetoed Sep 27, 2022
Floor votes · Senate May 24, 2022 · Assembly Aug 18, 2022
How they voted
34–0
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 37
May 24, 2022
D
Democratic29
89% Yea
R
Republican8
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
37
Key actions
17
Committee
6
Amendments
12
Sep 27, 2022
Vetoed
In Senate. Consideration of Governor's veto pending.
upper
Sep 27, 2022
Vetoed
Vetoed by the Governor.
upper
Aug 22, 2022
Upper · Passed
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 4936.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
upper
Aug 18, 2022
Introduced
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
upper
Aug 18, 2022
Lower · Passed
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5948.) Ordered to the Senate.
lower
Aug 15, 2022
Lower · Passed
Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
lower
Aug 11, 2022
Lower · Passed
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (August 11).
lower
Aug 3, 2022
Lower · Passed
August 3 hearing postponed by committee.
lower
Jun 23, 2022
Lower · Passed
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
lower
Jun 22, 2022
Lower · Passed
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 21).
lower
Jun 15, 2022
Lower · Passed
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HIGHER ED. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 14). Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED.
lower
Jun 6, 2022
Lower · Passed
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.
lower
May 27, 2022
Committee
Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and HIGHER ED.
lower
May 24, 2022
Upper · Passed
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 3883.) Ordered to the Assembly.
upper
May 19, 2022
Upper · Passed
Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
upper
May 19, 2022
Upper · Passed
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 3777.) (May 19).
upper
Apr 27, 2022
Upper · Passed
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3539.) (April 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
upper
Apr 18, 2022
Upper · Passed
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ED.
upper
Apr 6, 2022
Upper · Passed
April 20 hearing postponed by committee.
upper
Apr 4, 2022
Upper · Passed
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ED.
upper
Mar 31, 2022
Upper · Passed
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on ED. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 3273.) (March 30).
upper
Feb 16, 2022
Committee
Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and ED.
upper
Feb 9, 2022
Introduced
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
upper
1 primary · 9 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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