CA SB518

Recognizes the Trauma Recovery Center at San Francisco General Hospital, University of California, San Francisco as the State Pilot Trauma Recovery Center and requires the California Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board to use its evidence-based Integrated Trauma Recovery Services (ITRS) model when awarding grants to trauma recovery centers.

Establishes core elements that funded trauma recovery centers must include, such as outreach to underserved victims, crisis intervention and mental health services, multidisciplinary clinical staff, case management, and evidence-based therapeutic practices.

Limits trauma recovery center grants to a maximum of three years, with an intended annual appropriation of $2,000,000 from the Restitution Fund, and requires centers to report annually on expenditures, clients served, treatment outcomes, and federal matching fund compliance.

Specifies that trauma recovery services shall provide up to 16 treatment sessions, with extensions up to 32 sessions requiring clinical supervisor approval and beyond 32 sessions requiring approval by a clinical steering and utilization group.

Removes provisions that would have required the board to enter into an interagency agreement with UCSF to establish a Trauma Recovery Center of Excellence (TR-COE) upon legislative appropriation.