Amended IN Senate January 03, 2018 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 688Introduced by Senator MoorlachFebruary 17, 2017 An act to amend Section 5892 5899 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to mental health services.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 688, as amended, Moorlach. Mental Health Services Fund: research and evaluation. Act: revenue and expenditure reports.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 requires the State Department of Health Care Services to, among other things, implement specified mental health services through contracts with county mental health programs or counties acting jointly. programs and establishes the Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission to oversee those programs. Existing law requires the State Department of Health Care Services, in consultation with the commission and the County Behavioral Health Directors Association of California, to develop and administer instructions for the Annual Mental Health Services Act Revenue and Expenditure Report, which gathers specified information on mental health spending as a result of the MHSA, including the expenditures of funds distributed to each county. Existing law requires counties to electronically submit the report to the department and the commission. Existing law authorizes the Legislature to add provisions to clarify procedures and terms of the MHSA by majority vote.Existing law requires, prior to making allocations to specified programs and services, that funds be reserved for administrative costs for the department, among other specified entities, to implement duties pursuant to programs under the act, as specified. Existing law prohibits those costs from exceeding 5% of the total of annual revenues received for the Mental Health Services Fund. Existing law makes those administrative funds subject to appropriation in the annual Budget Act.Existing law requires the amounts allocated for administration to include amounts sufficient to ensure adequate research and evaluation regarding the effectiveness of services being provided and achievement of the outcome measures set forth in specified provisions.This bill would amend the act by requiring the amounts allocated for administration to include amounts sufficient for the department to establish a contract and an interagency data sharing agreement with the University of California to ensure adequate research and evaluation as described above. The bill would state the intent of the Legislature that the department model this research and this evaluation on the California Child Welfare Indicators Project, as defined. The bill would make these provisions apply to the university only to the extent that the Regents of the University of California, by resolution, make any of these provisions applicable to the university.Existing law authorizes the act to be amended by a 23 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.By amending the provisions of the act, this bill would require a 23 vote of the Legislature.This bill would additionally require counties to prepare the reports in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and to electronically submit the report in a machine-readable format. By imposing a higher level of service on counties, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.Digest Key Vote: TWO_THIRDSMAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NOYES Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 5899 of the Welfare and Institutions Code is amended to read:5899. (a) The State Department of Health Care Services, in consultation with the Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission and the County Behavioral Health Directors Association of California, shall develop and administer instructions for the Annual Mental Health Services Act Revenue and Expenditure Report. The instructions shall include a requirement that the county certify the accuracy of this report. This report shall be submitted electronically Each county shall prepare the report in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and shall electronically submit the report in a machine-readable format to the department and to the Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission. The department and the commission shall annually post each countys report on its Internet Web site in a timely manner.(b) The department, in consultation with the commission and the County Behavioral Health Directors Association of California, shall revise the instructions described in subdivision (a) by July 1, 2017, and as needed thereafter, to improve the timely and accurate submission of county revenue and expenditure data.(c) The purpose of the Annual Mental Health Services Act Revenue and Expenditure Report is as follows:(1) Identify the expenditures of Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) funds that were distributed to each county.(2) Quantify the amount of additional funds generated for the mental health system as a result of the MHSA.(3) Identify unexpended funds, and interest earned on MHSA funds.(4) Determine reversion amounts, if applicable, from prior fiscal year distributions.(d) This report is intended to provide information that allows for the evaluation of all of the following:(1) Childrens systems of care.(2) Prevention and early intervention strategies.(3) Innovative projects.(4) Workforce education and training.(5) Adults and older adults systems of care.(6) Capital facilities and technology needs.(e) If a county does not submit the annual revenue and expenditure report described in subdivision (a) by the required deadline, the department may withhold MHSA funds until the reports are submitted.(f) A county shall also report the amount of MHSA funds that were spent on mental health services for veterans.(g) By October 1, 2018, and by October 1 of each subsequent year, the department shall, in consultation with counties, publish on its Internet Web site a report detailing funds subject to reversion by county and by originally allocated purpose. The report also shall include the date on which the funds will revert to the Mental Health Services Fund.SEC. 2. If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code.SECTION 1.Section 5892 of the Welfare and Institutions Code is amended to read:5892.(a)In order to promote efficient implementation of this act, the county shall use funds distributed from the Mental Health Services Fund as follows:(1)In 200506, 200607, and in 200708, 10 percent shall be placed in a trust fund to be expended for education and training programs pursuant to Part 3.1.(2)In 200506, 200607, and in 200708, 10 percent for capital facilities and technological needs distributed to counties in accordance with a formula developed in consultation with the County Behavioral Health Directors Association of California to implement plans developed pursuant to Section 5847.(3)Twenty percent of funds distributed to the counties pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 5891 shall be used for prevention and early intervention programs in accordance with Part 3.6 (commencing with Section 5840) of this division.(4)The expenditure for prevention and early intervention may be increased in any county in which the department determines that the increase will decrease the need and cost for additional services to severely mentally ill persons in that county by an amount at least commensurate with the proposed increase.(5)The balance of funds shall be distributed to county mental health programs for services to persons with severe mental illnesses pursuant to Part 4 (commencing with Section 5850) for the childrens system of care and Part 3 (commencing with Section 5800) for the adult and older adult system of care.(6)Five percent of the total funding for each county mental health program for Part 3 (commencing with Section 5800), Part 3.6 (commencing with Section 5840), and Part 4 (commencing with Section 5850) of this division, shall be utilized for innovative programs in accordance with Sections 5830, 5847, and 5848.(b)In any year after 200708, programs for services pursuant to Part 3 (commencing with Section 5800) and Part 4 (commencing with Section 5850) of this division may include funds for technological needs and capital facilities, human resource needs, and a prudent reserve to ensure services do not have to be significantly reduced in years in which revenues are below the average of previous years. The total allocation for purposes authorized by this subdivision shall not exceed 20 percent of the average amount of funds allocated to that county for the previous five years pursuant to this section.(c)The allocations pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b) shall include funding for annual planning costs pursuant to Section 5848. The total of these costs shall not exceed 5 percent of the total of annual revenues received for the fund. The planning costs shall include funds for county mental health programs to pay for the costs of consumers, family members, and other stakeholders to participate in the planning process and for the planning and implementation required for private provider contracts to be significantly expanded to provide additional services pursuant to Part 3 (commencing with Section 5800) and Part 4 (commencing with Section 5850) of this division.(d)Prior to making the allocations pursuant to subdivisions (a), (b), and (c), funds shall be reserved for the costs for the State Department of Health Care Services, the California Mental Health Planning Council, the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development, the Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission, the State Department of Public Health, and any other state agency to implement all duties pursuant to the programs set forth in this section. These costs shall not exceed 5 percent of the total of annual revenues received for the fund. The administrative costs shall include funds to assist consumers and family members to ensure the appropriate state and county agencies give full consideration to concerns about quality, structure of service delivery, or access to services. The amounts allocated for administration shall include amounts sufficient for the State Department of Health Care Services to establish a contract and an interagency data sharing agreement with the University of California to ensure adequate research and evaluation regarding the effectiveness of services being provided and achievement of the outcome measures set forth in Part 3 (commencing with Section 5800), Part 3.6 (commencing with Section 5840), and Part 4 (commencing with Section 5850) of this division. It is the intent of the Legislature that the State Department of Health Care Services model this research and this evaluation based on the California Child Welfare Indicators Project, a collaborative arrangement between the University of California and the State Department of Social Services that provides policymakers, child welfare workers, researchers, and the public with access to customizable information on Californias child welfare system. The amount of funds available for the purposes of this subdivision in any fiscal year is subject to appropriation in the annual Budget Act.(e)In 200405, funds shall be allocated as follows:(1) Forty-five percent for education and training pursuant to Part 3.1 (commencing with Section 5820) of this division.(2) Forty-five percent for capital facilities and technology needs in the manner specified by paragraph (2) of subdivision (a).(3) Five percent for local planning in the manner specified in subdivision (c).(4)Five percent for state implementation in the manner specified in subdivision (d).(f)Each county shall place all funds received from the State Mental Health Services Fund in a local Mental Health Services Fund. The Local Mental Health Services Fund balance shall be invested consistent with other county funds and the interest earned on the investments shall be transferred into the fund. The earnings on investment of these funds shall be available for distribution from the fund in future years.(g)All expenditures for county mental health programs shall be consistent with a currently approved plan or update pursuant to Section 5847.(h)Other than funds placed in a reserve in accordance with an approved plan, any funds allocated to a county that have not been spent for their authorized purpose within three years shall revert to the state to be deposited into the fund and available for other counties in future years, provided however, that funds for capital facilities, technological needs, or education and training may be retained for up to 10 years before reverting to the fund.(i)If there are still additional revenues available in the fund after the Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission has determined there are prudent reserves and no unmet needs for any of the programs funded pursuant to this section, including all purposes of the Prevention and Early Intervention Program, the commission shall develop a plan for expenditures of these revenues to further the purposes of this act and the Legislature may appropriate these funds for any purpose consistent with the commissions adopted plan that furthers the purposes of this act.SEC. 2.This act shall apply to the University of California only to the extent that the Regents of the University of California, by resolution, make any of these provisions applicable to the university.
Amended IN Senate January 03, 2018 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 688Introduced by Senator MoorlachFebruary 17, 2017 An act to amend Section 5892 5899 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to mental health services.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 688, as amended, Moorlach. Mental Health Services Fund: research and evaluation. Act: revenue and expenditure reports.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 requires the State Department of Health Care Services to, among other things, implement specified mental health services through contracts with county mental health programs or counties acting jointly. programs and establishes the Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission to oversee those programs. Existing law requires the State Department of Health Care Services, in consultation with the commission and the County Behavioral Health Directors Association of California, to develop and administer instructions for the Annual Mental Health Services Act Revenue and Expenditure Report, which gathers specified information on mental health spending as a result of the MHSA, including the expenditures of funds distributed to each county. Existing law requires counties to electronically submit the report to the department and the commission. Existing law authorizes the Legislature to add provisions to clarify procedures and terms of the MHSA by majority vote.Existing law requires, prior to making allocations to specified programs and services, that funds be reserved for administrative costs for the department, among other specified entities, to implement duties pursuant to programs under the act, as specified. Existing law prohibits those costs from exceeding 5% of the total of annual revenues received for the Mental Health Services Fund. Existing law makes those administrative funds subject to appropriation in the annual Budget Act.Existing law requires the amounts allocated for administration to include amounts sufficient to ensure adequate research and evaluation regarding the effectiveness of services being provided and achievement of the outcome measures set forth in specified provisions.This bill would amend the act by requiring the amounts allocated for administration to include amounts sufficient for the department to establish a contract and an interagency data sharing agreement with the University of California to ensure adequate research and evaluation as described above. The bill would state the intent of the Legislature that the department model this research and this evaluation on the California Child Welfare Indicators Project, as defined. The bill would make these provisions apply to the university only to the extent that the Regents of the University of California, by resolution, make any of these provisions applicable to the university.Existing law authorizes the act to be amended by a 23 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.By amending the provisions of the act, this bill would require a 23 vote of the Legislature.This bill would additionally require counties to prepare the reports in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and to electronically submit the report in a machine-readable format. By imposing a higher level of service on counties, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.Digest Key Vote: TWO_THIRDSMAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NOYES
Amended IN Senate January 03, 2018
Amended IN Senate January 03, 2018
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION
Senate Bill No. 688
Introduced by Senator MoorlachFebruary 17, 2017
Introduced by Senator Moorlach
February 17, 2017
An act to amend Section 5892 5899 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to mental health services.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
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SB 688, as amended, Moorlach. Mental Health Services Fund: research and evaluation. Act: revenue and expenditure reports.
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 requires the State Department of Health Care Services to, among other things, implement specified mental health services through contracts with county mental health programs or counties acting jointly. programs and establishes the Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission to oversee those programs. Existing law requires the State Department of Health Care Services, in consultation with the commission and the County Behavioral Health Directors Association of California, to develop and administer instructions for the Annual Mental Health Services Act Revenue and Expenditure Report, which gathers specified information on mental health spending as a result of the MHSA, including the expenditures of funds distributed to each county. Existing law requires counties to electronically submit the report to the department and the commission. Existing law authorizes the Legislature to add provisions to clarify procedures and terms of the MHSA by majority vote.Existing law requires, prior to making allocations to specified programs and services, that funds be reserved for administrative costs for the department, among other specified entities, to implement duties pursuant to programs under the act, as specified. Existing law prohibits those costs from exceeding 5% of the total of annual revenues received for the Mental Health Services Fund. Existing law makes those administrative funds subject to appropriation in the annual Budget Act.Existing law requires the amounts allocated for administration to include amounts sufficient to ensure adequate research and evaluation regarding the effectiveness of services being provided and achievement of the outcome measures set forth in specified provisions.This bill would amend the act by requiring the amounts allocated for administration to include amounts sufficient for the department to establish a contract and an interagency data sharing agreement with the University of California to ensure adequate research and evaluation as described above. The bill would state the intent of the Legislature that the department model this research and this evaluation on the California Child Welfare Indicators Project, as defined. The bill would make these provisions apply to the university only to the extent that the Regents of the University of California, by resolution, make any of these provisions applicable to the university.Existing law authorizes the act to be amended by a 23 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.By amending the provisions of the act, this bill would require a 23 vote of the Legislature.This bill would additionally require counties to prepare the reports in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and to electronically submit the report in a machine-readable format. By imposing a higher level of service on counties, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.
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 requires the State Department of Health Care Services to, among other things, implement specified mental health services through contracts with county mental health programs or counties acting jointly. programs and establishes the Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission to oversee those programs. Existing law requires the State Department of Health Care Services, in consultation with the commission and the County Behavioral Health Directors Association of California, to develop and administer instructions for the Annual Mental Health Services Act Revenue and Expenditure Report, which gathers specified information on mental health spending as a result of the MHSA, including the expenditures of funds distributed to each county. Existing law requires counties to electronically submit the report to the department and the commission. Existing law authorizes the Legislature to add provisions to clarify procedures and terms of the MHSA by majority vote.
Existing law requires, prior to making allocations to specified programs and services, that funds be reserved for administrative costs for the department, among other specified entities, to implement duties pursuant to programs under the act, as specified. Existing law prohibits those costs from exceeding 5% of the total of annual revenues received for the Mental Health Services Fund. Existing law makes those administrative funds subject to appropriation in the annual Budget Act.
Existing law requires the amounts allocated for administration to include amounts sufficient to ensure adequate research and evaluation regarding the effectiveness of services being provided and achievement of the outcome measures set forth in specified provisions.
This bill would amend the act by requiring the amounts allocated for administration to include amounts sufficient for the department to establish a contract and an interagency data sharing agreement with the University of California to ensure adequate research and evaluation as described above. The bill would state the intent of the Legislature that the department model this research and this evaluation on the California Child Welfare Indicators Project, as defined. The bill would make these provisions apply to the university only to the extent that the Regents of the University of California, by resolution, make any of these provisions applicable to the university.
Existing law authorizes the act to be amended by a 23 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.
By amending the provisions of the act, this bill would require a 23 vote of the Legislature.
This bill would additionally require counties to prepare the reports in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and to electronically submit the report in a machine-readable format. By imposing a higher level of service on counties, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.
This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.
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The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 5899 of the Welfare and Institutions Code is amended to read:5899. (a) The State Department of Health Care Services, in consultation with the Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission and the County Behavioral Health Directors Association of California, shall develop and administer instructions for the Annual Mental Health Services Act Revenue and Expenditure Report. The instructions shall include a requirement that the county certify the accuracy of this report. This report shall be submitted electronically Each county shall prepare the report in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and shall electronically submit the report in a machine-readable format to the department and to the Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission. The department and the commission shall annually post each countys report on its Internet Web site in a timely manner.(b) The department, in consultation with the commission and the County Behavioral Health Directors Association of California, shall revise the instructions described in subdivision (a) by July 1, 2017, and as needed thereafter, to improve the timely and accurate submission of county revenue and expenditure data.(c) The purpose of the Annual Mental Health Services Act Revenue and Expenditure Report is as follows:(1) Identify the expenditures of Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) funds that were distributed to each county.(2) Quantify the amount of additional funds generated for the mental health system as a result of the MHSA.(3) Identify unexpended funds, and interest earned on MHSA funds.(4) Determine reversion amounts, if applicable, from prior fiscal year distributions.(d) This report is intended to provide information that allows for the evaluation of all of the following:(1) Childrens systems of care.(2) Prevention and early intervention strategies.(3) Innovative projects.(4) Workforce education and training.(5) Adults and older adults systems of care.(6) Capital facilities and technology needs.(e) If a county does not submit the annual revenue and expenditure report described in subdivision (a) by the required deadline, the department may withhold MHSA funds until the reports are submitted.(f) A county shall also report the amount of MHSA funds that were spent on mental health services for veterans.(g) By October 1, 2018, and by October 1 of each subsequent year, the department shall, in consultation with counties, publish on its Internet Web site a report detailing funds subject to reversion by county and by originally allocated purpose. The report also shall include the date on which the funds will revert to the Mental Health Services Fund.SEC. 2. If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code.SECTION 1.Section 5892 of the Welfare and Institutions Code is amended to read:5892.(a)In order to promote efficient implementation of this act, the county shall use funds distributed from the Mental Health Services Fund as follows:(1)In 200506, 200607, and in 200708, 10 percent shall be placed in a trust fund to be expended for education and training programs pursuant to Part 3.1.(2)In 200506, 200607, and in 200708, 10 percent for capital facilities and technological needs distributed to counties in accordance with a formula developed in consultation with the County Behavioral Health Directors Association of California to implement plans developed pursuant to Section 5847.(3)Twenty percent of funds distributed to the counties pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 5891 shall be used for prevention and early intervention programs in accordance with Part 3.6 (commencing with Section 5840) of this division.(4)The expenditure for prevention and early intervention may be increased in any county in which the department determines that the increase will decrease the need and cost for additional services to severely mentally ill persons in that county by an amount at least commensurate with the proposed increase.(5)The balance of funds shall be distributed to county mental health programs for services to persons with severe mental illnesses pursuant to Part 4 (commencing with Section 5850) for the childrens system of care and Part 3 (commencing with Section 5800) for the adult and older adult system of care.(6)Five percent of the total funding for each county mental health program for Part 3 (commencing with Section 5800), Part 3.6 (commencing with Section 5840), and Part 4 (commencing with Section 5850) of this division, shall be utilized for innovative programs in accordance with Sections 5830, 5847, and 5848.(b)In any year after 200708, programs for services pursuant to Part 3 (commencing with Section 5800) and Part 4 (commencing with Section 5850) of this division may include funds for technological needs and capital facilities, human resource needs, and a prudent reserve to ensure services do not have to be significantly reduced in years in which revenues are below the average of previous years. The total allocation for purposes authorized by this subdivision shall not exceed 20 percent of the average amount of funds allocated to that county for the previous five years pursuant to this section.(c)The allocations pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b) shall include funding for annual planning costs pursuant to Section 5848. The total of these costs shall not exceed 5 percent of the total of annual revenues received for the fund. The planning costs shall include funds for county mental health programs to pay for the costs of consumers, family members, and other stakeholders to participate in the planning process and for the planning and implementation required for private provider contracts to be significantly expanded to provide additional services pursuant to Part 3 (commencing with Section 5800) and Part 4 (commencing with Section 5850) of this division.(d)Prior to making the allocations pursuant to subdivisions (a), (b), and (c), funds shall be reserved for the costs for the State Department of Health Care Services, the California Mental Health Planning Council, the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development, the Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission, the State Department of Public Health, and any other state agency to implement all duties pursuant to the programs set forth in this section. These costs shall not exceed 5 percent of the total of annual revenues received for the fund. The administrative costs shall include funds to assist consumers and family members to ensure the appropriate state and county agencies give full consideration to concerns about quality, structure of service delivery, or access to services. The amounts allocated for administration shall include amounts sufficient for the State Department of Health Care Services to establish a contract and an interagency data sharing agreement with the University of California to ensure adequate research and evaluation regarding the effectiveness of services being provided and achievement of the outcome measures set forth in Part 3 (commencing with Section 5800), Part 3.6 (commencing with Section 5840), and Part 4 (commencing with Section 5850) of this division. It is the intent of the Legislature that the State Department of Health Care Services model this research and this evaluation based on the California Child Welfare Indicators Project, a collaborative arrangement between the University of California and the State Department of Social Services that provides policymakers, child welfare workers, researchers, and the public with access to customizable information on Californias child welfare system. The amount of funds available for the purposes of this subdivision in any fiscal year is subject to appropriation in the annual Budget Act.(e)In 200405, funds shall be allocated as follows:(1) Forty-five percent for education and training pursuant to Part 3.1 (commencing with Section 5820) of this division.(2) Forty-five percent for capital facilities and technology needs in the manner specified by paragraph (2) of subdivision (a).(3) Five percent for local planning in the manner specified in subdivision (c).(4)Five percent for state implementation in the manner specified in subdivision (d).(f)Each county shall place all funds received from the State Mental Health Services Fund in a local Mental Health Services Fund. The Local Mental Health Services Fund balance shall be invested consistent with other county funds and the interest earned on the investments shall be transferred into the fund. The earnings on investment of these funds shall be available for distribution from the fund in future years.(g)All expenditures for county mental health programs shall be consistent with a currently approved plan or update pursuant to Section 5847.(h)Other than funds placed in a reserve in accordance with an approved plan, any funds allocated to a county that have not been spent for their authorized purpose within three years shall revert to the state to be deposited into the fund and available for other counties in future years, provided however, that funds for capital facilities, technological needs, or education and training may be retained for up to 10 years before reverting to the fund.(i)If there are still additional revenues available in the fund after the Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission has determined there are prudent reserves and no unmet needs for any of the programs funded pursuant to this section, including all purposes of the Prevention and Early Intervention Program, the commission shall develop a plan for expenditures of these revenues to further the purposes of this act and the Legislature may appropriate these funds for any purpose consistent with the commissions adopted plan that furthers the purposes of this act.SEC. 2.This act shall apply to the University of California only to the extent that the Regents of the University of California, by resolution, make any of these provisions applicable to the university.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
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SECTION 1. Section 5899 of the Welfare and Institutions Code is amended to read:5899. (a) The State Department of Health Care Services, in consultation with the Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission and the County Behavioral Health Directors Association of California, shall develop and administer instructions for the Annual Mental Health Services Act Revenue and Expenditure Report. The instructions shall include a requirement that the county certify the accuracy of this report. This report shall be submitted electronically Each county shall prepare the report in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and shall electronically submit the report in a machine-readable format to the department and to the Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission. The department and the commission shall annually post each countys report on its Internet Web site in a timely manner.(b) The department, in consultation with the commission and the County Behavioral Health Directors Association of California, shall revise the instructions described in subdivision (a) by July 1, 2017, and as needed thereafter, to improve the timely and accurate submission of county revenue and expenditure data.(c) The purpose of the Annual Mental Health Services Act Revenue and Expenditure Report is as follows:(1) Identify the expenditures of Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) funds that were distributed to each county.(2) Quantify the amount of additional funds generated for the mental health system as a result of the MHSA.(3) Identify unexpended funds, and interest earned on MHSA funds.(4) Determine reversion amounts, if applicable, from prior fiscal year distributions.(d) This report is intended to provide information that allows for the evaluation of all of the following:(1) Childrens systems of care.(2) Prevention and early intervention strategies.(3) Innovative projects.(4) Workforce education and training.(5) Adults and older adults systems of care.(6) Capital facilities and technology needs.(e) If a county does not submit the annual revenue and expenditure report described in subdivision (a) by the required deadline, the department may withhold MHSA funds until the reports are submitted.(f) A county shall also report the amount of MHSA funds that were spent on mental health services for veterans.(g) By October 1, 2018, and by October 1 of each subsequent year, the department shall, in consultation with counties, publish on its Internet Web site a report detailing funds subject to reversion by county and by originally allocated purpose. The report also shall include the date on which the funds will revert to the Mental Health Services Fund.
SECTION 1. Section 5899 of the Welfare and Institutions Code is amended to read:
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5899. (a) The State Department of Health Care Services, in consultation with the Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission and the County Behavioral Health Directors Association of California, shall develop and administer instructions for the Annual Mental Health Services Act Revenue and Expenditure Report. The instructions shall include a requirement that the county certify the accuracy of this report. This report shall be submitted electronically Each county shall prepare the report in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and shall electronically submit the report in a machine-readable format to the department and to the Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission. The department and the commission shall annually post each countys report on its Internet Web site in a timely manner.(b) The department, in consultation with the commission and the County Behavioral Health Directors Association of California, shall revise the instructions described in subdivision (a) by July 1, 2017, and as needed thereafter, to improve the timely and accurate submission of county revenue and expenditure data.(c) The purpose of the Annual Mental Health Services Act Revenue and Expenditure Report is as follows:(1) Identify the expenditures of Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) funds that were distributed to each county.(2) Quantify the amount of additional funds generated for the mental health system as a result of the MHSA.(3) Identify unexpended funds, and interest earned on MHSA funds.(4) Determine reversion amounts, if applicable, from prior fiscal year distributions.(d) This report is intended to provide information that allows for the evaluation of all of the following:(1) Childrens systems of care.(2) Prevention and early intervention strategies.(3) Innovative projects.(4) Workforce education and training.(5) Adults and older adults systems of care.(6) Capital facilities and technology needs.(e) If a county does not submit the annual revenue and expenditure report described in subdivision (a) by the required deadline, the department may withhold MHSA funds until the reports are submitted.(f) A county shall also report the amount of MHSA funds that were spent on mental health services for veterans.(g) By October 1, 2018, and by October 1 of each subsequent year, the department shall, in consultation with counties, publish on its Internet Web site a report detailing funds subject to reversion by county and by originally allocated purpose. The report also shall include the date on which the funds will revert to the Mental Health Services Fund.
5899. (a) The State Department of Health Care Services, in consultation with the Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission and the County Behavioral Health Directors Association of California, shall develop and administer instructions for the Annual Mental Health Services Act Revenue and Expenditure Report. The instructions shall include a requirement that the county certify the accuracy of this report. This report shall be submitted electronically Each county shall prepare the report in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and shall electronically submit the report in a machine-readable format to the department and to the Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission. The department and the commission shall annually post each countys report on its Internet Web site in a timely manner.(b) The department, in consultation with the commission and the County Behavioral Health Directors Association of California, shall revise the instructions described in subdivision (a) by July 1, 2017, and as needed thereafter, to improve the timely and accurate submission of county revenue and expenditure data.(c) The purpose of the Annual Mental Health Services Act Revenue and Expenditure Report is as follows:(1) Identify the expenditures of Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) funds that were distributed to each county.(2) Quantify the amount of additional funds generated for the mental health system as a result of the MHSA.(3) Identify unexpended funds, and interest earned on MHSA funds.(4) Determine reversion amounts, if applicable, from prior fiscal year distributions.(d) This report is intended to provide information that allows for the evaluation of all of the following:(1) Childrens systems of care.(2) Prevention and early intervention strategies.(3) Innovative projects.(4) Workforce education and training.(5) Adults and older adults systems of care.(6) Capital facilities and technology needs.(e) If a county does not submit the annual revenue and expenditure report described in subdivision (a) by the required deadline, the department may withhold MHSA funds until the reports are submitted.(f) A county shall also report the amount of MHSA funds that were spent on mental health services for veterans.(g) By October 1, 2018, and by October 1 of each subsequent year, the department shall, in consultation with counties, publish on its Internet Web site a report detailing funds subject to reversion by county and by originally allocated purpose. The report also shall include the date on which the funds will revert to the Mental Health Services Fund.
5899. (a) The State Department of Health Care Services, in consultation with the Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission and the County Behavioral Health Directors Association of California, shall develop and administer instructions for the Annual Mental Health Services Act Revenue and Expenditure Report. The instructions shall include a requirement that the county certify the accuracy of this report. This report shall be submitted electronically Each county shall prepare the report in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and shall electronically submit the report in a machine-readable format to the department and to the Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission. The department and the commission shall annually post each countys report on its Internet Web site in a timely manner.(b) The department, in consultation with the commission and the County Behavioral Health Directors Association of California, shall revise the instructions described in subdivision (a) by July 1, 2017, and as needed thereafter, to improve the timely and accurate submission of county revenue and expenditure data.(c) The purpose of the Annual Mental Health Services Act Revenue and Expenditure Report is as follows:(1) Identify the expenditures of Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) funds that were distributed to each county.(2) Quantify the amount of additional funds generated for the mental health system as a result of the MHSA.(3) Identify unexpended funds, and interest earned on MHSA funds.(4) Determine reversion amounts, if applicable, from prior fiscal year distributions.(d) This report is intended to provide information that allows for the evaluation of all of the following:(1) Childrens systems of care.(2) Prevention and early intervention strategies.(3) Innovative projects.(4) Workforce education and training.(5) Adults and older adults systems of care.(6) Capital facilities and technology needs.(e) If a county does not submit the annual revenue and expenditure report described in subdivision (a) by the required deadline, the department may withhold MHSA funds until the reports are submitted.(f) A county shall also report the amount of MHSA funds that were spent on mental health services for veterans.(g) By October 1, 2018, and by October 1 of each subsequent year, the department shall, in consultation with counties, publish on its Internet Web site a report detailing funds subject to reversion by county and by originally allocated purpose. The report also shall include the date on which the funds will revert to the Mental Health Services Fund.
5899. (a) The State Department of Health Care Services, in consultation with the Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission and the County Behavioral Health Directors Association of California, shall develop and administer instructions for the Annual Mental Health Services Act Revenue and Expenditure Report. The instructions shall include a requirement that the county certify the accuracy of this report. This report shall be submitted electronically Each county shall prepare the report in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and shall electronically submit the report in a machine-readable format to the department and to the Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission. The department and the commission shall annually post each countys report on its Internet Web site in a timely manner.
(b) The department, in consultation with the commission and the County Behavioral Health Directors Association of California, shall revise the instructions described in subdivision (a) by July 1, 2017, and as needed thereafter, to improve the timely and accurate submission of county revenue and expenditure data.
(c) The purpose of the Annual Mental Health Services Act Revenue and Expenditure Report is as follows:
(1) Identify the expenditures of Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) funds that were distributed to each county.
(2) Quantify the amount of additional funds generated for the mental health system as a result of the MHSA.
(3) Identify unexpended funds, and interest earned on MHSA funds.
(4) Determine reversion amounts, if applicable, from prior fiscal year distributions.
(d) This report is intended to provide information that allows for the evaluation of all of the following:
(1) Childrens systems of care.
(2) Prevention and early intervention strategies.
(3) Innovative projects.
(4) Workforce education and training.
(5) Adults and older adults systems of care.
(6) Capital facilities and technology needs.
(e) If a county does not submit the annual revenue and expenditure report described in subdivision (a) by the required deadline, the department may withhold MHSA funds until the reports are submitted.
(f) A county shall also report the amount of MHSA funds that were spent on mental health services for veterans.
(g) By October 1, 2018, and by October 1 of each subsequent year, the department shall, in consultation with counties, publish on its Internet Web site a report detailing funds subject to reversion by county and by originally allocated purpose. The report also shall include the date on which the funds will revert to the Mental Health Services Fund.
SEC. 2. If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code.
SEC. 2. If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code.
SEC. 2. If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code.
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(a)In order to promote efficient implementation of this act, the county shall use funds distributed from the Mental Health Services Fund as follows:
(1)In 200506, 200607, and in 200708, 10 percent shall be placed in a trust fund to be expended for education and training programs pursuant to Part 3.1.
(2)In 200506, 200607, and in 200708, 10 percent for capital facilities and technological needs distributed to counties in accordance with a formula developed in consultation with the County Behavioral Health Directors Association of California to implement plans developed pursuant to Section 5847.
(3)Twenty percent of funds distributed to the counties pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 5891 shall be used for prevention and early intervention programs in accordance with Part 3.6 (commencing with Section 5840) of this division.
(4)The expenditure for prevention and early intervention may be increased in any county in which the department determines that the increase will decrease the need and cost for additional services to severely mentally ill persons in that county by an amount at least commensurate with the proposed increase.
(5)The balance of funds shall be distributed to county mental health programs for services to persons with severe mental illnesses pursuant to Part 4 (commencing with Section 5850) for the childrens system of care and Part 3 (commencing with Section 5800) for the adult and older adult system of care.
(6)Five percent of the total funding for each county mental health program for Part 3 (commencing with Section 5800), Part 3.6 (commencing with Section 5840), and Part 4 (commencing with Section 5850) of this division, shall be utilized for innovative programs in accordance with Sections 5830, 5847, and 5848.
(b)In any year after 200708, programs for services pursuant to Part 3 (commencing with Section 5800) and Part 4 (commencing with Section 5850) of this division may include funds for technological needs and capital facilities, human resource needs, and a prudent reserve to ensure services do not have to be significantly reduced in years in which revenues are below the average of previous years. The total allocation for purposes authorized by this subdivision shall not exceed 20 percent of the average amount of funds allocated to that county for the previous five years pursuant to this section.
(c)The allocations pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b) shall include funding for annual planning costs pursuant to Section 5848. The total of these costs shall not exceed 5 percent of the total of annual revenues received for the fund. The planning costs shall include funds for county mental health programs to pay for the costs of consumers, family members, and other stakeholders to participate in the planning process and for the planning and implementation required for private provider contracts to be significantly expanded to provide additional services pursuant to Part 3 (commencing with Section 5800) and Part 4 (commencing with Section 5850) of this division.
(d)Prior to making the allocations pursuant to subdivisions (a), (b), and (c), funds shall be reserved for the costs for the State Department of Health Care Services, the California Mental Health Planning Council, the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development, the Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission, the State Department of Public Health, and any other state agency to implement all duties pursuant to the programs set forth in this section. These costs shall not exceed 5 percent of the total of annual revenues received for the fund. The administrative costs shall include funds to assist consumers and family members to ensure the appropriate state and county agencies give full consideration to concerns about quality, structure of service delivery, or access to services. The amounts allocated for administration shall include amounts sufficient for the State Department of Health Care Services to establish a contract and an interagency data sharing agreement with the University of California to ensure adequate research and evaluation regarding the effectiveness of services being provided and achievement of the outcome measures set forth in Part 3 (commencing with Section 5800), Part 3.6 (commencing with Section 5840), and Part 4 (commencing with Section 5850) of this division. It is the intent of the Legislature that the State Department of Health Care Services model this research and this evaluation based on the California Child Welfare Indicators Project, a collaborative arrangement between the University of California and the State Department of Social Services that provides policymakers, child welfare workers, researchers, and the public with access to customizable information on Californias child welfare system. The amount of funds available for the purposes of this subdivision in any fiscal year is subject to appropriation in the annual Budget Act.
(e)In 200405, funds shall be allocated as follows:
(1) Forty-five percent for education and training pursuant to Part 3.1 (commencing with Section 5820) of this division.
(2) Forty-five percent for capital facilities and technology needs in the manner specified by paragraph (2) of subdivision (a).
(3) Five percent for local planning in the manner specified in subdivision (c).
(4)Five percent for state implementation in the manner specified in subdivision (d).
(f)Each county shall place all funds received from the State Mental Health Services Fund in a local Mental Health Services Fund. The Local Mental Health Services Fund balance shall be invested consistent with other county funds and the interest earned on the investments shall be transferred into the fund. The earnings on investment of these funds shall be available for distribution from the fund in future years.
(g)All expenditures for county mental health programs shall be consistent with a currently approved plan or update pursuant to Section 5847.
(h)Other than funds placed in a reserve in accordance with an approved plan, any funds allocated to a county that have not been spent for their authorized purpose within three years shall revert to the state to be deposited into the fund and available for other counties in future years, provided however, that funds for capital facilities, technological needs, or education and training may be retained for up to 10 years before reverting to the fund.
(i)If there are still additional revenues available in the fund after the Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission has determined there are prudent reserves and no unmet needs for any of the programs funded pursuant to this section, including all purposes of the Prevention and Early Intervention Program, the commission shall develop a plan for expenditures of these revenues to further the purposes of this act and the Legislature may appropriate these funds for any purpose consistent with the commissions adopted plan that furthers the purposes of this act.
This act shall apply to the University of California only to the extent that the Regents of the University of California, by resolution, make any of these provisions applicable to the university.