The Family Urgent Response System.

Assembly Member Bryan's legislation refines California's Family Urgent Response System by establishing the statewide hotline as the primary entry point for foster youth and caregivers seeking crisis support. The bill modifies operational protocols for both the hotline and county-based mobile response teams to enhance coordination during moments of instability.

County child welfare, probation, and behavioral health agencies must now review their mobile response system plans every two years and maintain staffing levels that prioritize calls from the statewide hotline. The legislation permits counties to deploy mobile response teams for additional local needs when not responding to hotline calls, including providing ongoing support to families who have received services and conducting community outreach. These teams must still meet the existing requirements for 24/7 availability and response times of within one hour for urgent needs or 24 hours for non-urgent situations.

The measure preserves the current data collection and reporting requirements, through which the Department of Social Services publishes annual reports on system utilization, demographics of those served, call dispositions, and county-level outcomes. Counties that determine they need additional implementation time may request up to a six-month extension by demonstrating progress and maintaining alternative referral methods in the interim.