Bill > AB2247

This bill, known as the Trauma Healing and Resilience Investment for Victimized and Exposed Youth Act (T.H.R.I.V.E.), establishes a grant program administered by the State Department of Health Care Services to provide mental health and counseling services for youth survivors of gun violence. The program will award grants to counties or cities and counties to establish and manage these services, allowing eligible youth, or their guardians if they are minors, to attest to their experiences of gun violence without needing external documentation. Importantly, youth survivors will not be denied assistance if other funding sources don't fully cover their chosen provider or peer support specialist at a reasonable rate, up to an annual limit of $7,800. The bill also mandates that health care service plans and insurers, starting January 1, 2027, must offer non-urgent mental health appointments to youth survivors of gun violence within 5 business days of their request, and defines a request to initiate services for a gun violence survivor as "urgent care." A dedicated fund, the Trauma Healing and Resilience Investment for Victimized and Exposed Youth Fund, will be created to support these initiatives, and client information related to these services will be kept confidential.

Budget and Finance, Health and Social Services

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