• Bill Language (pdf)
• Fact Sheet (pdf)
• Letter to Governor Brown requesting signature (pdf)

Summary:

Senate Bill 1363 creates the National Alliance on Mental Illness, California (NAMI-CA) Voluntary Tax Contribution fund and allows taxpayers to designate on their Form 540 an exact dollar amount to be donated to NAMI-CA.  Donations made through the VCF would fund NAMI-CA’s Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) program that aids in training law enforcement officers to assist, and engage safely with, persons living with a mental illness.

Letters of Support:

• ACCESS (pdf)
• California Chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians (pdf)
• California Council of Community Behavioral Health Agencies (pdf)
• California Hospital Association (pdf)
• California State Sheriffs’ Association (pdf)
• County Behavioral Health Directors Association of California (pdf)
• Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (pdf)
• National Alliance on Mental Illness – California (Word)
• The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Office (pdf)

Contact:

Eric Dietz, (916) 651-4037
Eric.Dietz@Sen.ca.gov