Full-service partnerships.

Header changed from enrolled bill format to chaptered law format: now reads 'STATE OF CALIFORNIA AUTHENTICATED ELECTRONIC LEGAL MATERIAL' with 'CHAPTER 688' and the governor's approval date of October 13, 2025.

Page headers changed from 'AB 348' to 'Ch. 688' throughout the document.

Text was reflowed with different line wrapping and indentation consistent with the final published statute format.

The official 'STATE OF CALIFORNIA AUTHENTICATED ELECTRONIC LEGAL MATERIAL' header and page-number artifacts (e.g., '94', 'Ch. 688', em-dash page markers) were removed and replaced with standard web page navigation elements such as menu links, a quick search bar, and bill-tracking tools.

The bill is restructured so that the presumptive eligibility provisions do not take effect until January 1, 2027. An interim version of Section 5887 (without presumptive eligibility) applies until that date, then a new Section 5887 with all presumptive eligibility provisions becomes operative.

Removed the presumptive eligibility criterion for individuals who have experienced two or more emergency department visits related to a serious mental illness or psychiatric event in the last six months.

Removed the presumptive eligibility criterion for individuals who have experienced two or more arrests in the last six months.

Narrowed the residential transition criterion by removing 'or out-of-county placement' from the list of settings that qualify (mental health rehabilitation center, institution for mental disease, or secured skilled nursing facility).

Assembly Member Gipson added as co-author.

The bill's legal description changed from 'amend Section 5887' to 'amend, repeal, and add Section 5887,' reflecting the new two-phase structure where the existing section is repealed and replaced on January 1, 2027.

A new presumptive eligibility criterion was added: an individual who has been detained five or more times pursuant to Section 5150 (involuntary psychiatric hold) over the last five years is now presumptively eligible for a full-service partnership.

The circumstances under which a county is not required to enroll a presumptively eligible individual were expanded. Previously the only exception was exceeding funding. Now a county may also decline if enrollment would conflict with contractual Medi-Cal obligations or court orders, and the threshold changed from 'exceed funding' to 'exceed capacity or funding.'

A new requirement was added making enrollment contingent on two conditions: (1) the individual meets the acuity-based standard of care criteria established under subdivision (e), and (2) a licensed behavioral health clinician assesses the individual's mental health needs, finds enrollment appropriate, and documents that recommendation in the clinical record.

Minor clarification in eligibility criterion (ii): the list of secured settings was re-punctuated to clarify that 'secured' modifies only 'skilled nursing facility' rather than both 'institution for mental disease' and 'skilled nursing facility.'

New provision (d)(2)(3) prohibits deeming an individual with a serious mental illness ineligible for full-service partnership enrollment solely because their primary diagnosis is a substance use disorder. This ensures people with co-occurring conditions are not excluded from the program based on diagnostic labeling.

Cross-reference in subdivision (f) corrected from 'subdivision (j) (k) of Section 5891.5, 5892' to 'subdivision (k) of Section 5892,' fixing an incorrect statutory citation.

The definition of 'community-defined evidence practices' was slightly reworded, removing a comma and merging two clauses into one continuous sentence for clarity.