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Adopt a resolution adding the oversight of substance use services under the Mental Health Advisory Board and renaming it to the Behavioral Health Advisory Board (BHAB), thereby consolidating the functions of the Alcohol and Drug Advisory Board into the new Behavioral Health Advisory Board, consisting initially of the existing membership from the Mental Health Advisory Board; Adopt new BHAB bylaws; and Authorize the recruitment for the new BHAB member categories
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DEPARTMENTAL RECOMMENDATION:
The Department of Health and Social Services (H&SS) recommends that the Board of Supervisors:
1) Adopt a resolution adding the oversight of substance use services under the Mental Health Advisory Board and renaming it to the Behavioral Health Advisory Board (BHAB), thereby consolidating the functions of the Alcohol and Drug Advisory Board into the new Behavioral Health Advisory Board, consisting initially of the existing membership from the Mental Health Advisory Board;
2) Adopt new BHAB bylaws; and
3) Authorize the recruitment for the new BHAB member categories.
SUMMARY:
The authority of the Solano County Mental Health Advisory Board was established pursuant to the Bronzan-McCorquodale Act which may be found at Part 2 of Division 4.7 of the California Welfare and Institutions Code (commencing at section 5600 et seq.). The board is a mandate as part of the County's contract with the State to provide specialty behavioral health services. Solano County's Mental Health Advisory Board was established in 1977. The last update to the bylaws was in 2014. Since then, the State law has changed, and the bylaws have been revised to reflect those changes.
The Mental Health Advisory Board approved the BHAB bylaws (Attachment C) at its meeting on October 17, 2023. However, technical/clerical changes were made to correct non-substantive errors, to define the reference...
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