California Welfare and Institutions Code

§ 16529

WIC § 16529 Effective Jan 1, 2026Div. 9 · Part 4 · Ch. 5.4

Statute text

(a)County child welfare, probation, and behavioral health agencies, in each county or region of counties as specified in subdivision (f), shall establish a joint county-based mobile response system that includes a mobile response and stabilization team for the purpose of providing supportive services to address situations of instability, preserve the relationship of the caregiver and the child or youth, develop healthy conflict resolution and relationship skills, promote healing as a family, and stabilize the situation.

(b)In each county or region of counties, the county child welfare, probation, and behavioral health agencies, in consultation with other relevant county agencies, tribal representatives, caregivers, and current or former foster children or youth, shall submit a single, coordinated plan to the department that describes how the county-based mobile response system shall meet the requirements described in subdivision (c). This plan shall be updated and submitted on a biennial basis. The plan shall also describe and include all of the following:

(1)How the county, or region of counties, will track and monitor calls.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 716, Sec. 2. (AB 898) Effective January 1, 2026. Conditionally inoperative pursuant to Section 16530.