Amended IN Assembly March 21, 2017 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1215Introduced by Assembly Member Ridley-ThomasFebruary 17, 2017 An act to amend Section 11999.4 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to substance abuse. 5830 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to mental health.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1215, as amended, Ridley-Thomas. Substance abuse treatment funding. Mental Health Services Act: innovative programs: research.Existing law, the Mental Health Services Act (MHSA), an initiative measure enacted by the voters as Proposition 63 at the November 2, 2004, statewide general election, establishes the continuously appropriated Mental Health Services Fund to fund various county mental health programs. Existing law establishes the Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission to oversee various parts of the act, as specified. Existing law authorizes the act to be amended by a 2/3 vote of the Legislature if the amendments are consistent with, and further the intent of, the act. Existing law authorizes the Legislature to add provisions to clarify procedures and terms of the act by majority vote. Existing law requires county mental health programs to develop plans for innovative programs, to be funded as provided, and requires the innovative programs to have specified purposes, including increasing access to services and underserved groups, increasing the quality of services, and promoting interagency collaboration. Existing law requires all projects included in the innovative program portion of a county plan to meet specified requirements. Existing law provides that an innovative project may affect virtually any aspect of mental health practices or assess a new or changed application of a promising approach to solving persistent, seemingly intractable mental health challenges, including, but not limited to, education and training for service providers, advocacy, services and interventions, or research, among other things. Existing law requires county mental health programs to expend funds for their innovation programs upon approval by the commission.This bill would encourage a county mental health program, if research is chosen for an innovative project, to conduct research of the brain and its physical and biochemical processes that may have broad applications, but have specific potential for understanding, treating, and managing mental illness, as specified.Existing law, the Substance Abuse and Crime Prevention Act of 2000, which was approved by the voters as Proposition 36 at the November 7, 2000, statewide general election, establishes the Substance Abuse Treatment Trust Fund, to provide for, among other things, drug treatment programs. Proposition 36 authorizes amendment of its provisions pursuant to a 23 vote of the membership of both houses of the Legislature if the amendment furthers the act and is consistent with its purposes.This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to a provision of that act.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 5830 of the Welfare and Institutions Code is amended to read:5830. County mental health programs shall develop plans for innovative programs to be funded pursuant to paragraph (6) of subdivision (a) of Section 5892.(a) The innovative programs shall have the following purposes:(1) To increase access to underserved groups.(2) To increase the quality of services, including better outcomes.(3) To promote interagency collaboration.(4) To increase access to services, including, but not limited to, services provided through permanent supportive housing.(b) All projects included in the innovative program portion of the county plan shall meet the following requirements:(1) Address one of the following purposes as its primary purpose:(A) Increase access to underserved groups, which may include providing access through the provision of permanent supportive housing.(B) Increase the quality of services, including measurable outcomes.(C) Promote interagency and community collaboration.(D) Increase access to services, which may include providing access through the provision of permanent supportive housing.(2) Support innovative approaches by doing one of the following:(A) Introducing new mental health practices or approaches, including, but not limited to, prevention and early intervention.(B) Making a change to an existing mental health practice or approach, including, but not limited to, adaptation for a new setting or community.(C) Introducing a new application to the mental health system of a promising community-driven practice or an approach that has been successful in nonmental health contexts or settings.(D) Participating in a housing program designed to stabilize a persons living situation while also providing supportive services on site.(c) An innovative project may affect virtually any aspect of mental health practices or assess a new or changed application of a promising approach to solving persistent, seemingly intractable mental health challenges, including, but not limited to, any of the following:(1) Administrative, governance, and organizational practices, processes, or procedures.(2) Advocacy.(3) Education and training for service providers, including nontraditional mental health practitioners.(4) Outreach, capacity building, and community development.(5) System development.(6) Public education efforts.(7) Research. If research is chosen for an innovative project, the county mental health program is encouraged, but is not required, to conduct research of the brain and its physical and biochemical processes that may have broad applications, but have specific potential for understanding, treating, and managing mental illness, including, but not limited to, collaborative, public-private initiatives designed to map the dynamics of neuron activity.(8) Services and interventions, including prevention, early intervention, and treatment.(9) Permanent supportive housing development.(d) If an innovative project has proven to be successful and a county chooses to continue it, the project workplan shall transition to another category of funding as appropriate.(e) County mental health programs shall expend funds for their innovation programs upon approval by the Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission.SECTION 1.Section 11999.4 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:11999.4.Establishment of the Substance Abuse Treatment Trust FundA special fund, to be known as the Substance Abuse Treatment Trust Fund, is created within the State Treasury and is continuously appropriated for carrying out the purposes of this division.
Amended IN Assembly March 21, 2017 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1215Introduced by Assembly Member Ridley-ThomasFebruary 17, 2017 An act to amend Section 11999.4 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to substance abuse. 5830 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to mental health.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1215, as amended, Ridley-Thomas. Substance abuse treatment funding. Mental Health Services Act: innovative programs: research.Existing law, the Mental Health Services Act (MHSA), an initiative measure enacted by the voters as Proposition 63 at the November 2, 2004, statewide general election, establishes the continuously appropriated Mental Health Services Fund to fund various county mental health programs. Existing law establishes the Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission to oversee various parts of the act, as specified. Existing law authorizes the act to be amended by a 2/3 vote of the Legislature if the amendments are consistent with, and further the intent of, the act. Existing law authorizes the Legislature to add provisions to clarify procedures and terms of the act by majority vote. Existing law requires county mental health programs to develop plans for innovative programs, to be funded as provided, and requires the innovative programs to have specified purposes, including increasing access to services and underserved groups, increasing the quality of services, and promoting interagency collaboration. Existing law requires all projects included in the innovative program portion of a county plan to meet specified requirements. Existing law provides that an innovative project may affect virtually any aspect of mental health practices or assess a new or changed application of a promising approach to solving persistent, seemingly intractable mental health challenges, including, but not limited to, education and training for service providers, advocacy, services and interventions, or research, among other things. Existing law requires county mental health programs to expend funds for their innovation programs upon approval by the commission.This bill would encourage a county mental health program, if research is chosen for an innovative project, to conduct research of the brain and its physical and biochemical processes that may have broad applications, but have specific potential for understanding, treating, and managing mental illness, as specified.Existing law, the Substance Abuse and Crime Prevention Act of 2000, which was approved by the voters as Proposition 36 at the November 7, 2000, statewide general election, establishes the Substance Abuse Treatment Trust Fund, to provide for, among other things, drug treatment programs. Proposition 36 authorizes amendment of its provisions pursuant to a 23 vote of the membership of both houses of the Legislature if the amendment furthers the act and is consistent with its purposes.This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to a provision of that act.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO
Amended IN Assembly March 21, 2017
Amended IN Assembly March 21, 2017
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill No. 1215
Introduced by Assembly Member Ridley-ThomasFebruary 17, 2017
Introduced by Assembly Member Ridley-Thomas
February 17, 2017
An act to amend Section 11999.4 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to substance abuse. 5830 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to mental health.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
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AB 1215, as amended, Ridley-Thomas. Substance abuse treatment funding. Mental Health Services Act: innovative programs: research.
Existing law, the Mental Health Services Act (MHSA), an initiative measure enacted by the voters as Proposition 63 at the November 2, 2004, statewide general election, establishes the continuously appropriated Mental Health Services Fund to fund various county mental health programs. Existing law establishes the Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission to oversee various parts of the act, as specified. Existing law authorizes the act to be amended by a 2/3 vote of the Legislature if the amendments are consistent with, and further the intent of, the act. Existing law authorizes the Legislature to add provisions to clarify procedures and terms of the act by majority vote. Existing law requires county mental health programs to develop plans for innovative programs, to be funded as provided, and requires the innovative programs to have specified purposes, including increasing access to services and underserved groups, increasing the quality of services, and promoting interagency collaboration. Existing law requires all projects included in the innovative program portion of a county plan to meet specified requirements. Existing law provides that an innovative project may affect virtually any aspect of mental health practices or assess a new or changed application of a promising approach to solving persistent, seemingly intractable mental health challenges, including, but not limited to, education and training for service providers, advocacy, services and interventions, or research, among other things. Existing law requires county mental health programs to expend funds for their innovation programs upon approval by the commission.This bill would encourage a county mental health program, if research is chosen for an innovative project, to conduct research of the brain and its physical and biochemical processes that may have broad applications, but have specific potential for understanding, treating, and managing mental illness, as specified.Existing law, the Substance Abuse and Crime Prevention Act of 2000, which was approved by the voters as Proposition 36 at the November 7, 2000, statewide general election, establishes the Substance Abuse Treatment Trust Fund, to provide for, among other things, drug treatment programs. Proposition 36 authorizes amendment of its provisions pursuant to a 23 vote of the membership of both houses of the Legislature if the amendment furthers the act and is consistent with its purposes.This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to a provision of that act.
Existing law, the Mental Health Services Act (MHSA), an initiative measure enacted by the voters as Proposition 63 at the November 2, 2004, statewide general election, establishes the continuously appropriated Mental Health Services Fund to fund various county mental health programs. Existing law establishes the Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission to oversee various parts of the act, as specified. Existing law authorizes the act to be amended by a 2/3 vote of the Legislature if the amendments are consistent with, and further the intent of, the act. Existing law authorizes the Legislature to add provisions to clarify procedures and terms of the act by majority vote.
Existing law requires county mental health programs to develop plans for innovative programs, to be funded as provided, and requires the innovative programs to have specified purposes, including increasing access to services and underserved groups, increasing the quality of services, and promoting interagency collaboration. Existing law requires all projects included in the innovative program portion of a county plan to meet specified requirements. Existing law provides that an innovative project may affect virtually any aspect of mental health practices or assess a new or changed application of a promising approach to solving persistent, seemingly intractable mental health challenges, including, but not limited to, education and training for service providers, advocacy, services and interventions, or research, among other things. Existing law requires county mental health programs to expend funds for their innovation programs upon approval by the commission.
This bill would encourage a county mental health program, if research is chosen for an innovative project, to conduct research of the brain and its physical and biochemical processes that may have broad applications, but have specific potential for understanding, treating, and managing mental illness, as specified.
Existing law, the Substance Abuse and Crime Prevention Act of 2000, which was approved by the voters as Proposition 36 at the November 7, 2000, statewide general election, establishes the Substance Abuse Treatment Trust Fund, to provide for, among other things, drug treatment programs. Proposition 36 authorizes amendment of its provisions pursuant to a 23 vote of the membership of both houses of the Legislature if the amendment furthers the act and is consistent with its purposes.
This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to a provision of that act.
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The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 5830 of the Welfare and Institutions Code is amended to read:5830. County mental health programs shall develop plans for innovative programs to be funded pursuant to paragraph (6) of subdivision (a) of Section 5892.(a) The innovative programs shall have the following purposes:(1) To increase access to underserved groups.(2) To increase the quality of services, including better outcomes.(3) To promote interagency collaboration.(4) To increase access to services, including, but not limited to, services provided through permanent supportive housing.(b) All projects included in the innovative program portion of the county plan shall meet the following requirements:(1) Address one of the following purposes as its primary purpose:(A) Increase access to underserved groups, which may include providing access through the provision of permanent supportive housing.(B) Increase the quality of services, including measurable outcomes.(C) Promote interagency and community collaboration.(D) Increase access to services, which may include providing access through the provision of permanent supportive housing.(2) Support innovative approaches by doing one of the following:(A) Introducing new mental health practices or approaches, including, but not limited to, prevention and early intervention.(B) Making a change to an existing mental health practice or approach, including, but not limited to, adaptation for a new setting or community.(C) Introducing a new application to the mental health system of a promising community-driven practice or an approach that has been successful in nonmental health contexts or settings.(D) Participating in a housing program designed to stabilize a persons living situation while also providing supportive services on site.(c) An innovative project may affect virtually any aspect of mental health practices or assess a new or changed application of a promising approach to solving persistent, seemingly intractable mental health challenges, including, but not limited to, any of the following:(1) Administrative, governance, and organizational practices, processes, or procedures.(2) Advocacy.(3) Education and training for service providers, including nontraditional mental health practitioners.(4) Outreach, capacity building, and community development.(5) System development.(6) Public education efforts.(7) Research. If research is chosen for an innovative project, the county mental health program is encouraged, but is not required, to conduct research of the brain and its physical and biochemical processes that may have broad applications, but have specific potential for understanding, treating, and managing mental illness, including, but not limited to, collaborative, public-private initiatives designed to map the dynamics of neuron activity.(8) Services and interventions, including prevention, early intervention, and treatment.(9) Permanent supportive housing development.(d) If an innovative project has proven to be successful and a county chooses to continue it, the project workplan shall transition to another category of funding as appropriate.(e) County mental health programs shall expend funds for their innovation programs upon approval by the Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission.SECTION 1.Section 11999.4 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:11999.4.Establishment of the Substance Abuse Treatment Trust FundA special fund, to be known as the Substance Abuse Treatment Trust Fund, is created within the State Treasury and is continuously appropriated for carrying out the purposes of this division.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 5830 of the Welfare and Institutions Code is amended to read:5830. County mental health programs shall develop plans for innovative programs to be funded pursuant to paragraph (6) of subdivision (a) of Section 5892.(a) The innovative programs shall have the following purposes:(1) To increase access to underserved groups.(2) To increase the quality of services, including better outcomes.(3) To promote interagency collaboration.(4) To increase access to services, including, but not limited to, services provided through permanent supportive housing.(b) All projects included in the innovative program portion of the county plan shall meet the following requirements:(1) Address one of the following purposes as its primary purpose:(A) Increase access to underserved groups, which may include providing access through the provision of permanent supportive housing.(B) Increase the quality of services, including measurable outcomes.(C) Promote interagency and community collaboration.(D) Increase access to services, which may include providing access through the provision of permanent supportive housing.(2) Support innovative approaches by doing one of the following:(A) Introducing new mental health practices or approaches, including, but not limited to, prevention and early intervention.(B) Making a change to an existing mental health practice or approach, including, but not limited to, adaptation for a new setting or community.(C) Introducing a new application to the mental health system of a promising community-driven practice or an approach that has been successful in nonmental health contexts or settings.(D) Participating in a housing program designed to stabilize a persons living situation while also providing supportive services on site.(c) An innovative project may affect virtually any aspect of mental health practices or assess a new or changed application of a promising approach to solving persistent, seemingly intractable mental health challenges, including, but not limited to, any of the following:(1) Administrative, governance, and organizational practices, processes, or procedures.(2) Advocacy.(3) Education and training for service providers, including nontraditional mental health practitioners.(4) Outreach, capacity building, and community development.(5) System development.(6) Public education efforts.(7) Research. If research is chosen for an innovative project, the county mental health program is encouraged, but is not required, to conduct research of the brain and its physical and biochemical processes that may have broad applications, but have specific potential for understanding, treating, and managing mental illness, including, but not limited to, collaborative, public-private initiatives designed to map the dynamics of neuron activity.(8) Services and interventions, including prevention, early intervention, and treatment.(9) Permanent supportive housing development.(d) If an innovative project has proven to be successful and a county chooses to continue it, the project workplan shall transition to another category of funding as appropriate.(e) County mental health programs shall expend funds for their innovation programs upon approval by the Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission.
SECTION 1. Section 5830 of the Welfare and Institutions Code is amended to read:
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5830. County mental health programs shall develop plans for innovative programs to be funded pursuant to paragraph (6) of subdivision (a) of Section 5892.(a) The innovative programs shall have the following purposes:(1) To increase access to underserved groups.(2) To increase the quality of services, including better outcomes.(3) To promote interagency collaboration.(4) To increase access to services, including, but not limited to, services provided through permanent supportive housing.(b) All projects included in the innovative program portion of the county plan shall meet the following requirements:(1) Address one of the following purposes as its primary purpose:(A) Increase access to underserved groups, which may include providing access through the provision of permanent supportive housing.(B) Increase the quality of services, including measurable outcomes.(C) Promote interagency and community collaboration.(D) Increase access to services, which may include providing access through the provision of permanent supportive housing.(2) Support innovative approaches by doing one of the following:(A) Introducing new mental health practices or approaches, including, but not limited to, prevention and early intervention.(B) Making a change to an existing mental health practice or approach, including, but not limited to, adaptation for a new setting or community.(C) Introducing a new application to the mental health system of a promising community-driven practice or an approach that has been successful in nonmental health contexts or settings.(D) Participating in a housing program designed to stabilize a persons living situation while also providing supportive services on site.(c) An innovative project may affect virtually any aspect of mental health practices or assess a new or changed application of a promising approach to solving persistent, seemingly intractable mental health challenges, including, but not limited to, any of the following:(1) Administrative, governance, and organizational practices, processes, or procedures.(2) Advocacy.(3) Education and training for service providers, including nontraditional mental health practitioners.(4) Outreach, capacity building, and community development.(5) System development.(6) Public education efforts.(7) Research. If research is chosen for an innovative project, the county mental health program is encouraged, but is not required, to conduct research of the brain and its physical and biochemical processes that may have broad applications, but have specific potential for understanding, treating, and managing mental illness, including, but not limited to, collaborative, public-private initiatives designed to map the dynamics of neuron activity.(8) Services and interventions, including prevention, early intervention, and treatment.(9) Permanent supportive housing development.(d) If an innovative project has proven to be successful and a county chooses to continue it, the project workplan shall transition to another category of funding as appropriate.(e) County mental health programs shall expend funds for their innovation programs upon approval by the Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission.
5830. County mental health programs shall develop plans for innovative programs to be funded pursuant to paragraph (6) of subdivision (a) of Section 5892.(a) The innovative programs shall have the following purposes:(1) To increase access to underserved groups.(2) To increase the quality of services, including better outcomes.(3) To promote interagency collaboration.(4) To increase access to services, including, but not limited to, services provided through permanent supportive housing.(b) All projects included in the innovative program portion of the county plan shall meet the following requirements:(1) Address one of the following purposes as its primary purpose:(A) Increase access to underserved groups, which may include providing access through the provision of permanent supportive housing.(B) Increase the quality of services, including measurable outcomes.(C) Promote interagency and community collaboration.(D) Increase access to services, which may include providing access through the provision of permanent supportive housing.(2) Support innovative approaches by doing one of the following:(A) Introducing new mental health practices or approaches, including, but not limited to, prevention and early intervention.(B) Making a change to an existing mental health practice or approach, including, but not limited to, adaptation for a new setting or community.(C) Introducing a new application to the mental health system of a promising community-driven practice or an approach that has been successful in nonmental health contexts or settings.(D) Participating in a housing program designed to stabilize a persons living situation while also providing supportive services on site.(c) An innovative project may affect virtually any aspect of mental health practices or assess a new or changed application of a promising approach to solving persistent, seemingly intractable mental health challenges, including, but not limited to, any of the following:(1) Administrative, governance, and organizational practices, processes, or procedures.(2) Advocacy.(3) Education and training for service providers, including nontraditional mental health practitioners.(4) Outreach, capacity building, and community development.(5) System development.(6) Public education efforts.(7) Research. If research is chosen for an innovative project, the county mental health program is encouraged, but is not required, to conduct research of the brain and its physical and biochemical processes that may have broad applications, but have specific potential for understanding, treating, and managing mental illness, including, but not limited to, collaborative, public-private initiatives designed to map the dynamics of neuron activity.(8) Services and interventions, including prevention, early intervention, and treatment.(9) Permanent supportive housing development.(d) If an innovative project has proven to be successful and a county chooses to continue it, the project workplan shall transition to another category of funding as appropriate.(e) County mental health programs shall expend funds for their innovation programs upon approval by the Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission.
5830. County mental health programs shall develop plans for innovative programs to be funded pursuant to paragraph (6) of subdivision (a) of Section 5892.(a) The innovative programs shall have the following purposes:(1) To increase access to underserved groups.(2) To increase the quality of services, including better outcomes.(3) To promote interagency collaboration.(4) To increase access to services, including, but not limited to, services provided through permanent supportive housing.(b) All projects included in the innovative program portion of the county plan shall meet the following requirements:(1) Address one of the following purposes as its primary purpose:(A) Increase access to underserved groups, which may include providing access through the provision of permanent supportive housing.(B) Increase the quality of services, including measurable outcomes.(C) Promote interagency and community collaboration.(D) Increase access to services, which may include providing access through the provision of permanent supportive housing.(2) Support innovative approaches by doing one of the following:(A) Introducing new mental health practices or approaches, including, but not limited to, prevention and early intervention.(B) Making a change to an existing mental health practice or approach, including, but not limited to, adaptation for a new setting or community.(C) Introducing a new application to the mental health system of a promising community-driven practice or an approach that has been successful in nonmental health contexts or settings.(D) Participating in a housing program designed to stabilize a persons living situation while also providing supportive services on site.(c) An innovative project may affect virtually any aspect of mental health practices or assess a new or changed application of a promising approach to solving persistent, seemingly intractable mental health challenges, including, but not limited to, any of the following:(1) Administrative, governance, and organizational practices, processes, or procedures.(2) Advocacy.(3) Education and training for service providers, including nontraditional mental health practitioners.(4) Outreach, capacity building, and community development.(5) System development.(6) Public education efforts.(7) Research. If research is chosen for an innovative project, the county mental health program is encouraged, but is not required, to conduct research of the brain and its physical and biochemical processes that may have broad applications, but have specific potential for understanding, treating, and managing mental illness, including, but not limited to, collaborative, public-private initiatives designed to map the dynamics of neuron activity.(8) Services and interventions, including prevention, early intervention, and treatment.(9) Permanent supportive housing development.(d) If an innovative project has proven to be successful and a county chooses to continue it, the project workplan shall transition to another category of funding as appropriate.(e) County mental health programs shall expend funds for their innovation programs upon approval by the Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission.
5830. County mental health programs shall develop plans for innovative programs to be funded pursuant to paragraph (6) of subdivision (a) of Section 5892.
(a) The innovative programs shall have the following purposes:
(1) To increase access to underserved groups.
(2) To increase the quality of services, including better outcomes.
(3) To promote interagency collaboration.
(4) To increase access to services, including, but not limited to, services provided through permanent supportive housing.
(b) All projects included in the innovative program portion of the county plan shall meet the following requirements:
(1) Address one of the following purposes as its primary purpose:
(A) Increase access to underserved groups, which may include providing access through the provision of permanent supportive housing.
(B) Increase the quality of services, including measurable outcomes.
(C) Promote interagency and community collaboration.
(D) Increase access to services, which may include providing access through the provision of permanent supportive housing.
(2) Support innovative approaches by doing one of the following:
(A) Introducing new mental health practices or approaches, including, but not limited to, prevention and early intervention.
(B) Making a change to an existing mental health practice or approach, including, but not limited to, adaptation for a new setting or community.
(C) Introducing a new application to the mental health system of a promising community-driven practice or an approach that has been successful in nonmental health contexts or settings.
(D) Participating in a housing program designed to stabilize a persons living situation while also providing supportive services on site.
(c) An innovative project may affect virtually any aspect of mental health practices or assess a new or changed application of a promising approach to solving persistent, seemingly intractable mental health challenges, including, but not limited to, any of the following:
(1) Administrative, governance, and organizational practices, processes, or procedures.
(2) Advocacy.
(3) Education and training for service providers, including nontraditional mental health practitioners.
(4) Outreach, capacity building, and community development.
(5) System development.
(6) Public education efforts.
(7) Research. If research is chosen for an innovative project, the county mental health program is encouraged, but is not required, to conduct research of the brain and its physical and biochemical processes that may have broad applications, but have specific potential for understanding, treating, and managing mental illness, including, but not limited to, collaborative, public-private initiatives designed to map the dynamics of neuron activity.
(8) Services and interventions, including prevention, early intervention, and treatment.
(9) Permanent supportive housing development.
(d) If an innovative project has proven to be successful and a county chooses to continue it, the project workplan shall transition to another category of funding as appropriate.
(e) County mental health programs shall expend funds for their innovation programs upon approval by the Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission.
Establishment of the Substance Abuse Treatment Trust Fund
A special fund, to be known as the Substance Abuse Treatment Trust Fund, is created within the State Treasury and is continuously appropriated for carrying out the purposes of this division.