State Legislation

Each year, the CMHDA Governing Board – acting on preliminary recommendations from the CMHDA Legislative Committee – identifies major public policy issues that the Association should be focusing on, and develops a platform that will guide the association's advocacy efforts in the coming year. The following links will provide you with information about CMHDA's legislative and public policy priorities.

Legislative and Public Policy Highlights

• 2007-08 CMHDA Legislative and Public Policy Priorities (PDF 126 KB)

2007-08 Sponsored Legislation

• Out-of-State For-Profit IDEA Placement Reimbursement Issue (February 2008) (PDF 112 KB)
• SB 785 - Chaptered - Memo to CMHDA Members (February 2008) (PDF 131 KB)

Legislative Bill Tracking

CMHDA tracks and monitors legislative activity through a web interface that allows us to receive up-to-date information on state legislation. Our legislative bill matrix is linked to this service, which will allow you to view the most recent activity on those bills we are tracking.

• CMHDA's Legislative Bill Matrix
• Legislative Letters and Alerts

Other Resources

• California State Assembly
• California State Senate
• California Codes

• Patricia Ryan, MPA – Executive Director
  Contact for state budget issues and association matters.
  [email protected]
• Erin Riggs, MSW – Associate Director, Legislation & Public Policy
  Contact for state legislation and public policy issues.
  [email protected]