BILL NUMBER: AB 2279	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Cooley

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2016

   An act to amend Section 5899 of the Welfare and Institutions Code,
relating to mental health.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2279, as introduced, Cooley. Mental Health Services Act:
county-by-county spending reports.
   Existing law, the Mental Health Services Act (MHSA), an initiative
measure enacted by the voters as Proposition 63 at the November 2,
2004, statewide general election, establishes the Mental Health
Services Oversight and Accountability Commission. The act requires
the State Department of Health Care Services, in consultation with
the Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission
and the County Behavioral Health Directors Association of California,
to develop and administer instructions for the Annual Mental Health
Services Act Revenue and Expenditure Report, which gathers specified
information on mental health spending as a result of the MHSA,
including the expenditures of funds distributed to each county.
   This bill would require the department, based on the Annual Mental
Health Services Act Revenue and Expenditure Report, to compile
information on an annual basis that includes the total amount of MHSA
revenue, a county-by-county comparison of fund expenditure plans and
annual updates, and a county-by-county comparison of the purposes
for which MHSA funds were expended and to send that information to
the commission. The bill would require the commission to make the
information available to the public on the commission's Internet Web
site and to update the Internet Web site annually.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 5899 of the Welfare and Institutions Code is
amended to read:
   5899.  (a) The State Department of Health Care Services, in
consultation with the Mental Health Services Oversight and
Accountability Commission and the County Behavioral Health Directors
Association of California, shall develop and administer instructions
for the Annual Mental Health Services Act Revenue and Expenditure
Report. This report shall be submitted electronically to the
department and to the Mental Health Services Oversight and
Accountability Commission.
   (b) The purpose of the Annual Mental Health Services Act Revenue
and Expenditure Report is as follows:
   (1) Identify the expenditures of Mental Health Services Act (MHSA)
funds that were distributed to each county.
   (2) Quantify the amount of additional funds generated for the
mental health system as a result of the MHSA.
   (3) Identify unexpended funds, and interest earned on MHSA funds.
   (4) Determine reversion amounts, if applicable, from prior fiscal
year distributions.
   (c) This report is intended to provide information that allows for
the evaluation of all of the following:
   (1) Children's systems of care.
   (2) Prevention and early intervention strategies.
   (3) Innovative projects.
   (4) Workforce education and training.
   (5) Adults and older adults systems of care.
   (6) Capital facilities and technology needs. 
   (d) Based on the report required in subdivision (a), the State
Department of Health Care Services shall compile information on an
annual basis that includes the total amount of MHSA revenue, a
county-by-county comparison of fund expenditure plans and annual
updates, and a county-by-county comparison of the purposes for which
MHSA funds were expended.  
   (e) The State Department of Health Care Services annually shall
provide the Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability
Commission with the information compiled pursuant to subdivision (d).
The commission shall make the information available to the public on
the commission's Internet Web site, which shall be updated annually.