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Approve the Behavioral Health Services Act Integrated Plan for FY2026/27 - FY2028/29 as required by Proposition 1; and Authorize the Director of Health and Social Services to make non-substantive, technical, or Department of Health Care Services-required revisions to the Integrated Plan, as necessary to ensure timely finalization and submission by the June 30, 2026 deadline
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DEPARTMENTAL RECOMMENDATION:
The Department of Health and Social Services (H&SS), Behavioral Health Division, recommends that the Board of Supervisors:
1. Approve the Behavioral Health Services Act Integrated Plan for FY2026/27 - FY2028/29 as required by Proposition 1; and
2. Authorize the Director of Health and Social Services to make non-substantive, technical, or Department of Health Care Services-required revisions to the Integrated Plan, as necessary to ensure timely finalization and submission by the June 30, 2026 deadline.
SUMMARY:
In March 2024, California voters passed Proposition 1, which modified the Mental Health Services Act of 2004 (MHSA). The Proposition, renamed the Behavioral Health Services Act (BHSA), prioritizes services for people with the most significant mental health needs while adding the treatment of substance use disorders (SUD), and substantially changing funding categories. The State expects that changes within the BHSA will enhance oversight, transparency, and accountability at the State and local levels.
Previously, MHSA required the Board of Supervisors to approve a Three-Year Plan. With BHSA, the plan still covers three years, but now uses the name to "Integrated Plan" instead of "Three-Year Plan" and requires a spending plan that describes how behavioral health will spend all available behavioral health funding, including BHSA, 1991 and 2011 Realignment, federal grant programs, federal financial participation from Medi-Cal, opioid settl...
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