Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Louise Rogers, Chief, Health System
Stephen Kaplan, Director, Behavioral Health and Recovery Services
Subject: Mental Health Services Act Annual Update
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution authorizing the approval and submission of San Mateo County's Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) Fiscal Year 2016-2017 Annual Update for MHSA Programs and Expenditures to the State Department of Health Care Services.
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BACKGROUND:
In 2004, California voters passed Proposition 63, known as the Mental Health Services
Act (MHSA), which created additional funding for expanded mental health services.
Since 2006, MHSA resources and expenditures have been approved by your Board as part of the larger Health System budget. In 2012, state legislation was amended requiring counties to receive approval for each year's required MHSA Annual Update from their respective Boards of Supervisors. This approval process takes place after the MHSA Annual Update has been approved by the Mental Health & Substance Abuse Recovery Commission (MHSARC), subsequent to a public hearing and public comment period of at least 30 days. The MHSARC recommended that your Board approve San Mateo County's Fiscal Year (FY) 2016-2017 MHSA Annual Update.
DISCUSSION:
On January 27, 2015, your Board approved a three-year MHSA plan for FY 2014-15 through FY 2016-17. The three-year plan has completed two years of implementation in which BHRS continued to engage with diverse stakeholders through the MHSARC and the MHSA Steering Committee.
Key updates to the MHSA Plan from last year's submission include the State approval of three Innovation (INN) Project Plans, the development of an Issue Resolution Process for MHSA planning, implementation and evaluation, the development of a more targeted and intentional MHSA Steering Committee member guidelines and application process. The approved MHSA I...
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