Amended IN Senate January 23, 2018 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 5899 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to mental health services.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 688, as amended, Moorlach. Mental Health Services 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 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.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. principles, as specified. 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: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: YES 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. Each county shall prepare the report in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, as determined by the department, 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 in a machine-readable format 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.
Amended IN Senate January 23, 2018 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 5899 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to mental health services.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 688, as amended, Moorlach. Mental Health Services 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 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.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. principles, as specified. 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: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: YES
Amended IN Senate January 23, 2018 Amended IN Senate January 03, 2018
Amended IN Senate January 23, 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 5899 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to mental health services.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 688, as amended, Moorlach. Mental Health Services 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 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.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. principles, as specified. 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 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.
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. principles, as specified. 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
## Bill Text
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. Each county shall prepare the report in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, as determined by the department, 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 in a machine-readable format 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.
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 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. Each county shall prepare the report in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, as determined by the department, 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 in a machine-readable format 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. Each county shall prepare the report in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, as determined by the department, 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 in a machine-readable format 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. Each county shall prepare the report in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, as determined by the department, 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 in a machine-readable format 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. Each county shall prepare the report in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, as determined by the department, 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 in a machine-readable format 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. Each county shall prepare the report in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, as determined by the department, 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 in a machine-readable format 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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