Report 2021-109 Recommendation Responses
Report 2021-109: San Diego County Sheriff's Department: It Has Failed to Adequately Prevent and Respond to the Deaths of Individuals in Its Custody (Release Date: February 2022)
Recommendation for Legislative Action
To ensure that all local correctional officers in the State receive sufficient continuing professional education, the Legislature should require BSCC to amend its regulations to require that local correctional officers working in local detention systems with an average daily population of more than 1,000, complete 40 hours of training annually and that at least four of those hours relate to mental and behavioral health.
Description of Legislative Action
AB 268 (Weber, 2023) would, among other things, commencing July 1, 2024, require the BSCC to develop and adopt regulations that provide for in-service training of correctional officers that include no fewer than four hours of training on mental and behavioral health annually. The bill is pending in the Assembly Appropriations Committee 3/22/2023.
- Legislative Action Current As-of: April 2023
California State Auditor's Assessment of 1-Year Status: Legislation Introduced
Description of Legislative Action
AB 2343 (Weber, Atkins, 2022) would require the BSCC to adopt regulations setting minimum standards for mental health care at local correctional facilities, including in-service training of correctional officers to include no fewer than four hours of training on mental and behavioral health annually. As of September 2, 2022, this bill passed the legislature and has been submitted to the Governor for signature.
- Legislative Action Current As-of: September 2022
California State Auditor's Assessment of 6-Month Status: Legislation Introduced
As of September 2, 2022, AB 2343 passed the legislature and has been submitted to the Governor for signature.
Description of Legislative Action
As of April 4, 2022, the Legislature has not taken any action to address this specific recommendation. However, AB 2343 (Weber, 2022) would require BSCC, commencing July 1, 2023, to develop and adopt regulations setting minimum standards for mental health care at local correctional facilities that meet or exceed the standards for health services in jails established by the National Commission on Correctional Health Care. Those regulations would be required to include a provision that in-service training of correctional officers include no fewer than four hours of training, developed in conjunction with the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training, on mental and behavioral health annually. The regulations shall also specify that health care and mental health care providers employed by, or regularly working within, a county jail shall receive no fewer than 12 hours of continuing education annually that is relevant to correctional health care and mental health care.
- Legislative Action Current As-of: April 2022