Report 2015-131 Recommendation Responses
Report 2015-131: California's Foster Care System: The State and Counties Have Failed to Adequately Oversee the Prescription of Psychotropic Medications to Children in Foster Care (Release Date: August 2016)
Recommendation for Legislative Action
To improve the State's and counties' oversight of psychotropic medications prescribed to foster children, the Legislature should require Social Services to collaborate with its county partners and other relevant stakeholders to develop and implement a reasonable oversight structure that addresses, at a minimum, the concerns identified in this audit report.
Description of Legislative Action
The Legislature did not take action in the 2021-2022 legislative session to address this specific recommendation.
- Legislative Action Current As-of: November 2022
California State Auditor's Assessment of Annual Follow-Up Status: No Action Taken
Description of Legislative Action
As of August 22, 2021, the Legislature has not taken action to address this specific recommendation.
SB 528 (Jones) would require Social Services to create an electronic health care portal, through which health care providers will be able to access health information included in a foster child or youth's health and education summary, and would include completed and approved forms developed by the Judicial Council relating to the administration of psychotropic medication for specified dependent children and wards of the juvenile court.
- Legislative Action Current As-of: August 2021
California State Auditor's Assessment of Annual Follow-Up Status: No Action Taken
Description of Legislative Action
As of August 23, 2020, the Legislature has not taken action to address this specific recommendation.
It should be noted, however, that SB 377 (Chapter 547, Statues of 2019) requires Social Services, by January 1, 2020, to convene a working group to consider various options for seeking informed consent from a dependent child or ward, or their attorney, for medical information regarding psychotropic medication prescribed between January 1, 2017 and July 1, 2020, and to report to the Legislature by April 15, 2020 on those options and on any recommendations to best reach those children and their attorneys to seek consent.
- Legislative Action Current As-of: August 2020
California State Auditor's Assessment of Annual Follow-Up Status: No Action Taken
Description of Legislative Action
The Legislature has not taken action to address this specific recommendation.
- Legislative Action Current As-of: August 2019
California State Auditor's Assessment of Annual Follow-Up Status: No Action Taken
Description of Legislative Action
The Legislature has not taken action to address this specific recommendation.
- Legislative Action Current As-of: August 2018
California State Auditor's Assessment of Annual Follow-Up Status: No Action Taken
Description of Legislative Action
Legislation has not been introduced to address this specific recommendation.
- Legislative Action Current As-of: December 2017