BILL NUMBER:  AB 2279
  VETOED	DATE: 09/14/2016




To the Members of the California State Assembly:

I am returning Assembly Bill 2279 without my signature.

This bill requires the Department of Health Care Services to annually
compile and publicly report financial data and program information
from counties on their Mental Health Services Act expenditures.

The department is already in the process of collecting and posting
county revenue and expenditure reports as well as updated three year
program expenditure plans, which will provide much of the information
outlined in this bill. I encourage the Legislature and interested
stakeholders to continue to work with the department to identify
useful information that can be integrated into the existing reports
to improve transparency and accountability in the use of these funds.

Sincerely,



Edmund G. Brown Jr.