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: San Mateo County 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) FY 2018-2019 Annual Update for MHSA Programs and Expenditures to the State Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission.
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BACKGROUND:
In 2004, California voters passed Proposition 63, known as the MHSA, which made additional state funds available to expand and transform mental health services. Since 2006, MHSA resources and expenditures have been approved by your Board as part of the larger County Health budget. State legislation requires that the MHSA Three-Year Program and Expenditure Plans and subsequent Annual Updates be approved by the County's Boards of Supervisors. The Mental Health and Substance Abuse Recovery Commission (MHSARC) has reviewed the FY 2018-19 MHSA Annual Update, following a public hearing and 30-day public comment, and is recommending approval by the Board of Supervisors.
DISCUSSION:
On August 7, 2018, your Board approved the MHSA Three-Year Program and Expenditure Plan for FY 2017-18 through FY 2019-20. The three-year plan has completed two years of implementation in which BHRS continues 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:
1) State approval of a two-year innovation funding extension for the San Mateo County Pride Center and a one-year, no additional cost, extension of the Health Ambassador Program for Youth (HAP-Y) and the Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics (NMT) in an adult system of care.
2) State approval of San Mateo County's Assembly Bill 114 Plan to part...
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