Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Louise F. Rogers, Chief, San Mateo County Health
Scott Gilman, Director, Behavioral Health and Recovery Services
Subject: Agreement with California Mental Health Services Authority for the Mental Health Services Action Innovation Program
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution authorizing an agreement with California Mental Health Services Authority for the Mental Health Services Act Innovation Program for the term July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2020, in an amount not to exceed $2,452,525.
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BACKGROUND:
In 2004, California voters passed Proposition 63, known as the Mental Health Services
Act (MHSA), which created additional state funds to expand mental health services.
Since 2006, MHSA resources and expenditures have been approved by your Board as
part of the larger Health System budget.
During San Mateo County's FY 2017-20 MHSA Three-Year Community Program Planning (CPP) process and through a series of stakeholder meetings held in April and May of 2018, stakeholders voiced a need for new approaches leveraging technology to connect mental health clients/consumers to services and supports, especially for isolated older adults, transition age youth, and underserved racial and ethnic communities.
On June 6, 2018, The Mental Health and Substance Abuse Recovery Commission reviewed and recommended that your Board approve the AB114 Reversion Plan and Innovation Plan to join a statewide County Behavioral Health Technology Collaborative.
On August 7, 2018, your Board approved the MHSA Three Year Plan and Annual Update, which included the MHSA Innovation Program.
DISCUSSION:
In 2018, the Los Angeles and Kern Counties initiated a collaborative approach that invited Counties statewide to bring technology-based solutions to behavioral health, forming the County Behavioral Health Technology Collaborative. Given that San Mateo County's B...
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