(a) “2011 Realignment Legislation” means legislation enacted on or before September 30, 2012, to implement the state budget plan, that is entitled 2011 Realignment and provides for the assignment to local agencies of responsibilities for Public Safety Services, including related reporting responsibilities. The 2011 Realignment Legislation shall provide local agencies with maximum flexibility and control over the design, administration, and delivery of those services consistent with federal law and funding requirements, as determined by the Legislature. However, the 2011 Realignment Legislation shall include no new programs assigned to local agencies after January 1, 2012, except for the Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment (EPSDT) program and mental health managed care, which may also be referred to as specialty mental health care services.

(b) Any mandate of a new program or higher level of service on a local agency imposed by the 2011 Realignment Legislation, or by any regulation adopted or any executive order or administrative directive issued to implement that legislation, shall, if it constitutes a mandate requiring the state to provide a subvention of funds within the meaning of the California Constitution, be paid from the moneys provided for that activity.

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(1) A reimbursable mandate for any program or increased level of service initially created by the 2011 Realignment Legislation, as defined in subdivision (a), that may be funded from the Protective Services Subaccount or the Behavioral Health Subaccount or funding received from the Protective Services Growth Special Account or the Behavioral Health Services Growth Special Account shall be paid from the applicable subaccount, and no other funding shall be required unless the total amount received into the subaccount of any county, including optional reallocation pursuant to subparagraph (A) of paragraph (4) of subdivision (f) of Section 30025, is insufficient to provide funding for any or all mandates funded from that subaccount.

(2) A reimbursable mandate for any program or service that may be funded from any of the subaccounts in the Law Enforcement Services Account or funding received from the Law Enforcement Services Growth Subaccount shall be paid from the applicable subaccount, and no other funding shall be required unless the total amount received into the subaccount of any county or city and county is insufficient to provide funding for that mandate.

(c) (1) Notwithstanding subdivision (b) or any other provision of law, legislation enacted after September 30, 2012, that has an overall effect of increasing the costs already borne by a local agency for programs or levels of service mandated by the 2011 Realignment Legislation shall apply to local agencies only to the extent that the state provides annual funding for the cost increase. Local agencies shall not be obligated to provide programs or levels of service required by legislation described in this paragraph above the level for which funding has been provided.

(2) Notwithstanding subdivision (b) or any other provision of law, regulations, executive orders, or administrative directives, implemented after October 9, 2011, that are not necessary to implement the 2011 Realignment Legislation and that have an overall effect of increasing the costs already borne by a local agency for programs or levels of service mandated by the 2011 Realignment Legislation, shall apply to local agencies only to the extent that the state provides annual funding for the cost increase. Local agencies shall not be obligated to provide programs or levels of service pursuant to new regulations, executive orders, or administrative directives described in this paragraph above the level for which funding has been provided.

(3) Notwithstanding subdivision (b) or any other provision of law, any new program or higher level of service provided by local agencies, as described in paragraphs (1) and (2), above the level for which funding has been provided, shall not require a subvention of funds by the state as those costs incurred at the local level shall be optional.

(d) Notwithstanding subdivision (b) or any other provision of law, the state shall not submit to the federal government any plans or waivers, or amendments to those plans or waivers, that have an overall effect of increasing the cost borne by a local agency for programs or levels of service mandated by the 2011 Realignment Legislation, except to the extent that the plans, waivers, or amendments are required by federal law, or the state provides annual funding for the cost increase.

(e) (1) Notwithstanding subdivisions (b), (c), and (d) or any other provision of law, the state shall not be required to provide a subvention of funds pursuant to this section for a mandate that is imposed by the state at the request of a local agency or to comply with federal law. Any state funds provided pursuant to subdivision (c) or (d) or this subdivision shall be from funding sources other than those described in subdivision (a) of Section 30025, ad valorem property taxes, or the Social Services Subaccount of the Sales Tax Account of the Local Revenue Fund.

(2) For programs described in paragraphs (3), (4), and (5) of subdivision (i) of Section 30025 and included in the 2011 Realignment Legislation, if there are subsequent changes in federal statutes or regulations that alter the conditions under which federal matching funds as described in the 2011 Realignment Legislation are obtained, and those changes have the overall effect of increasing the costs incurred by a local agency, the state shall annually provide at least 50 percent of the nonfederal share of those costs as determined by the state.

(3) When the state is a party to any complaint brought in a federal judicial or administrative proceeding that involves one or more of the programs described in paragraphs (3), (4), and (5) of subdivision (i) of Section 30025 and included in the 2011 Realignment Legislation, and there is a settlement or judicial or administrative order that imposes a cost in the form of a monetary penalty or has the overall effect of increasing the costs already borne by a local agency for programs or levels of service mandated by the 2011 Realignment Legislation, the state shall annually provide at least 50 percent of the nonfederal share of those costs as determined by the state. Payment is not required if the state determines that the settlement or order relates to one or more local agencies failing to perform a ministerial duty, failing to perform a legal obligation in good faith, or acting in a negligent or reckless manner.

(4) If the state or a local agency fails to perform a duty or obligation under this section or under the 2011 Realignment Legislation, an appropriate party may seek judicial relief. These proceedings shall have priority over all other civil matters.

(5) The funds deposited into a County Local Revenue Fund 2011 shall be spent in a manner designed to maintain the state’s eligibility for federal matching funds and to ensure compliance by the state with applicable federal standards governing the state’s provision of Public Safety Services.

(6) The funds deposited into a County Local Revenue Fund 2011 shall not be used by local agencies to supplant other funding for Public Safety Services.

(f) Any decision of a county or a city and county to eliminate or significantly reduce the levels or types of optional or discretionary behavioral health services, adult protective services, or child welfare services pursuant to Sections 11403.1 and 11403.2 of, Chapter 2.3 (commencing with Section 16135) of Part 4 of Division 9 of, Sections 16508.2 and 16508.3 of, Article 4 (commencing with Section 16522) of Chapter 5 of Part 4 of Division 9 of, Article 2 (commencing with Section 16525.10) of Chapter 5.3 of Part 4 of Division 9 of, and Section 16605 of, the Welfare and Institutions Code and § 10609.3 of the Welfare and Institutions Code that the county or city and county is or has previously funded, in whole or in part, from allocations received from the Support Services Account of the Local Revenue Fund 2011 may, as a condition of the county or city and county receiving funding, only be made in open session, as an action item, at a duly noticed meeting of the board of supervisors. For the purpose of this subdivision, “significant reduction” shall include a 10-percent reduction in funding in any one year or a cumulative 25-percent reduction over the previous three years.

(g) (1) Federal funding has been, and continues to be, provided for Public Safety Services described in the 2011 Realignment Legislation that are funded from the subaccounts within the Health and Human Services Account and its successor, the Support Services Account. Starting in the 2012-13 fiscal year, the state provided an additional source of funding for Specialty Mental Health Services, as described in clause (v) of subparagraph (B) of paragraph (16) of subdivision (f) of Section 30025, from the Local Revenue Fund 2011 in addition to providing funding to local government for mental health services from the Local Revenue Fund and the Mental Health Services Fund. Starting in the 2011-12 fiscal year, the state provided funding for other Public Safety Services from the Local Revenue Fund and the Local Revenue Fund 2011.

(2) Except as required by subdivisions (c) to (e), inclusive, the state shall not have a share of cost for the Public Safety Services described in the 2011 Realignment Legislation funded from the Local Revenue Fund or the subaccounts within the Health and Human Services Account or its successor, the Support Services Account, in the Local Revenue Fund 2011. Funds for the increased county share of cost shall be provided through the subaccounts in the Health and Human Services Account, and from successors to those subaccounts. Before local entities may spend funds from these subaccounts for any other purpose, these funds shall first be expended for activities and providing services that preserve federal funding and to pay for any state-mandated costs for increased costs, duties, or levels of service as the programs are described in statute enacted on or before September 30, 2012, or regulations, executive orders, or administrative directives implemented prior to October 9, 2011, or those regulations that are not necessary to implement the 2011 Realignment Legislation, or State Plan, or any amendments in effect on June 30, 2012. This funding is specifically intended to be in an amount sufficient to fund the cost of the state mandates.

(3) Prior to a county electing to use any of its own funds to pay for an increased cost, duty, or level of service above that required by the 2011 Realignment Legislation, or that is optional under the 2011 Realignment Legislation, the county shall first exhaust the funding available to it from the Local Revenue Fund established pursuant to § 17600 of the Welfare and Institutions Code and the Local Revenue Fund 2011 for state-mandated costs, duties, and levels of service.

(h) (1) Federal funding has been, and continues to be, provided for Public Safety Services described in the 2011 Realignment Legislation that are funded from the subaccounts within the Health and Human Services Account and its successor, the Support Services Account. Starting in the 2012-13 fiscal year, the state provided an additional source of funding for Specialty Mental Health Services, as described in clause (v) of subparagraph (B) of paragraph (16) of subdivision (f) of Section 30025, from the Local Revenue Fund 2011 in addition to providing funding to local government for mental health services from the Local Revenue Fund and the Mental Health Services Fund. Starting in the 2011-12 fiscal year, the state provided funding for other Public Safety Services from the Local Revenue Fund and the Local Revenue Fund 2011.

(2) Except as required by subdivisions (c) to (e), inclusive, the state shall not have a share of cost for the health and human services programs described in the 2011 Realignment Legislation funded from the Local Revenue Fund established pursuant to § 17600 of the Welfare and Institutions Code or the subaccounts within the Health and Human Services Account, or its successor, the Support Services Account, in the Local Revenue Fund 2011. Funds for the increased county share of cost shall be provided through the subaccounts of the Health and Human Services Account and its successors within the Support Services Account.

(3) This subdivision shall become operative on November 7, 2012, if a constitutional amendment adding Section 36 to Article XIII of the California Constitution is approved by the voters at the November 6, 2012, statewide general election.

(i) (1) Every month, the Controller shall post on the Controller’s Internet Web site, the amount received by the Local Revenue Fund 2011 from revenues raised by Sections 6051.15, 6201.15, 11001.5, and 11005 of the Revenue and Taxation Code. Additionally, every month, the Controller shall post the amounts allocated to every account, subaccount, and special account in the Local Revenue Fund 2011.

(2) Annually, the Controller shall post on the Controller’s Internet Web site the amounts allocated to each account, subaccount, and special account, and provide detailed information as to the source of that funding. The Controller shall also post the highest amount ever allocated to the Behavioral Health Subaccount, the Protective Services Subaccount, the Trial Court Security Subaccount, and the Juvenile Justice Subaccount, and, after the 2014-15 fiscal year, the highest amount ever allocated to the Community Corrections Subaccount, and the District Attorney and Public Defender Subaccount. In every fiscal year in which funding is not at the highest level for subaccounts specifically named in this paragraph, the Controller shall note how much growth funding may need to be provided as restoration funding in a future fiscal year to achieve that level.

(3) Annually, the Controller shall post on the Controller’s Internet Web site the amount each county received pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a), paragraph (2) of subdivision (b), and paragraph (2) of subdivision (c) of Section 30027.9 for each of the county’s or city and county’s subaccounts.

(j) The enactment of the 2011 Realignment Legislation is not intended to, nor does it in any way, affect rights provided by federal entitlement programs. Nothing in the 2011 Realignment Legislation places any additional restrictions on eligibility, coverage, or access to services and care for any federal or state entitlement program.

(k) Counties, cities, and city and counties shall fund Medi-Cal Specialty Mental Health Services, including Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment (EPSDT), from moneys received from the Behavioral Health Subaccount and the Behavioral Health Growth Special Account, both created pursuant to Section 30025, the Mental Health Subaccount created pursuant to § 17600 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, the Mental Health Account created pursuant to § 17600.10 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, and to the extent permissible under the Mental Health Services Act, the Mental Health Services Fund created pursuant to § 19602.5 of the Revenue and Taxation Code. Because this is a federal entitlement program, the provision of services shall be based on statute, regulation, the managed care waiver provisions of Title XIX of the federal Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. § 1396n), or the State Plan or its amendment or amendments.

(l) Subdivisions (a), (b), and (g) shall become inoperative on November 7, 2012, if a constitutional amendment adding Section 36 to Article XIII of the California Constitution is approved by the voters at the November 6, 2012, statewide general election.

(Added by Stats. 2012, Ch. 40, Sec. 4. (SB 1020) Effective June 27, 2012.)