Plain English Breakdown
The official text mentions confidentiality for client records but does not detail specific exceptions or procedures beyond stating they are confidential.
Trauma Healing and Resilience Investment for Victimized and Exposed Youth Act (T.H.R.I.V.E.)
This law creates a pilot program to give grants to specified counties so they can pay for mental health services for young people who have experienced gun violence.
What This Bill Does
- Creates the T.H.R.I.V.E. pilot program administered by the State Department of Health Care Services.
- Provides grant money to specified counties to fund counseling and mental health care for youth survivors of gun violence living in those areas.
- Allows young people or their guardians to confirm they experienced gun violence without needing outside proof like police reports.
- Stops programs from denying help just because the person has other insurance that does not fully cover services from a chosen provider at a reasonable rate.
- Requires the department to publish a yearly report on how well the program is working.
- Sets up a new fund for this program, which needs money approved by the Legislature.
Who It Names or Affects
- Young people who have survived gun violence and live in counties chosen for the pilot program.
- Parents or guardians of minor survivors requesting services.
- The State Department of Health Care Services, which manages the grants.
- Counties that receive funding to run these mental health programs.
Terms To Know
- Pilot program
- A test version of a law or project used to see if it works before making it permanent.
- Attest
- To state that something is true, such as confirming an experience happened without needing extra documents.
- Appropriation
- The act of the Legislature officially setting aside money for a specific purpose.
Limits and Unknowns
- This program ends on January 1, 2032.
- Money must be approved by the Legislature before it can be used from the new fund.
- The law does not list which counties will receive grants in this summary.