Public Policy Position Letters
More information available at Mental Health America of California’s public policy page.
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Bill (Watch) List
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2025
07-09 | CAYEN Support Letter - SB 244 (GRAYSON) Disabled Student Services
06-27 | CAYEN Support Letter - AB 1230 (BONTA) Expulsion Procedure
06-27 | CAYEN Support Letter - AB 727 (GONZÁLEZ) Pupil Identification Cards
06-16 | CAYEN Support Letter - AB 785 (SHARP-COLLINS) Community Violence Interdiction Grant Program
04-16 | CAYEN Support Letter - SB 812 (ALLEN) Qualified Youth Drop-In Center Health Care
04-16 | CAYEN Support Letter - SB 338 (BECKER) Mobile Health for Rural Communities Pilot Program
04-11 | Coalition Letter Re: Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Coverage Requirements
03-24 | CAYEN Support Letter - AB 908 (SOLACHE) LGBTQ+ Inclusion in LCAP
03-24 | CAYEN Opposition Letter - AB 579 (CASTILLO) Yaeli’s Law
03-24 | CAYEN Support Letter - ACR 23 (QUIRCK-SILVA) Peer Appreciation Resolution
03-24 | CAYEN Support Letter - AB 309 (ZBUR) Hypodermic Needles and Syringes
03-14 | CAYEN Support Letter - AB 492 (MENJIVAR) Youth Housing Bond
03-03 | Coalition Support Letter - SB 531 (RUBIO) Student Mental Health Education
02-28 | CAYEN Opposition Letter - AB 20 (DEMAIO) End Housing First
02-26 | CAYEN Opposition Letter - AB 68 (ESSAYLI) Armed School Resource Officers
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2024
08-16 | CAYEN Co-Sponsor Support - AB 2711 (RAMOS) Serving youth and reducing substance
06-03 | CAYEN Support Letter - SB 1353 (WAHAB) The Youth Bill of Rights
05-31 | Coalition Opposition Letter - SB 26 (UMBERG) CARE Scholarship Program
04-30 | CAYEN Support Letter - SB 483 (CORTESE) Prone Restraints in School
04-30 | CAYEN Support Letter - SB 1063 (GROVE) Pupil Identification Cards
04-12 | CAYEN Support Letter - AB 2007 (BOERNER) Homeless youth transitional housinguse
03-29 | CAYEN Support Letter - AB 3221 (PELLERIN) DMHC Records Enforcement
03-29 | CAYEN Support Letter - AB 3260 (PELLERIN) Review and Grievance Protocol
03-18 | CAYEN Support Letter - AB 2051 (BONTA) Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact
03-18 | CAYEN Support Letter - AB 2142 (HANEY) Inmate Suicide Prevention
03-18 | CAYEN Support Letter - AB2711 (RAMOS) Serving youth and reducing substance use
03-15 | CAYEN Support Letter - SB 997 (PORTANTINO) Access to Narcan
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2023
09-29 | Coalition Support Letter - SB 641 (ROTH) The Naloxone Distribution Project
07-26 | Coalition Opposition Letter - Changes to SB 855 Nonprofit Criteria Provisions
07-13 | CAYEN Amendment Letter - SB 326 (EGGMAN) Behavioral Health Services Act
CAYEN Proposed Amendments to SB 326 (EGGMAN) Behavioral Health Services Act
06-20 | CAYEN Support Letter - SB 680 (SKINNER) Social Media Safety for Youth
06-07 | CAYEN Support Letter - AB 275 (WARD) Pupil Compensation
06-01 | Coalition Letter - Re: 2023-24 State Budget Proposal
05-31 | CAYEN Support Letter - AB 665 (CARRILLO) Consent to Mental Health Services
04-04 | Coalition Support Letter - AB 1437 (IRWIN) Medi-Cal: Serious Mental Illness
04-04 | CAYEN Support Letter - SB 509 (PORTANTINO) Mental Health Education and Training in Schools
04-04 | CAYEN Support Letter - SB 472 (HURTADO) Opiod Overdose Reversal Medication
03-29 | CAYEN Support Letter - AB 461 (RAMOS) Student Safety Fentanyl Test Strips
03-29 | CAYEN Support Letter - SB 857 (LAIRD) LGBTQ+ Pupil Needs
03-29 | CAYEN Support Letter - SB 287 (SKINNER) Social Media Features That Harm Child Users
03-29 | CAYEN Support Letter - SB 11 (MENJIVAR) Mental Health Counseling at CSU
03-29 | CAYEN Support Letter - SB 250 (UMBERG) Decriminalize Self-Reporting of Substances
03-29 | CAYEN Support Letter - AB 19 (PATTERSON) Opioid Antagonists in Schools
03-13 | Coalition Support Letter - Re: ACR 16 (Mike Fong) Opportunity Youth in California
02-27 | CAYEN Support Letter - AB 289 (HOLDEN) Mental Health Services Act