AB 2679, as amended, Logue. County mental health services: baseline reports.
Existing law, the Bronzan-McCorquodale Act, sets out a system of community mental health care services provided by counties and administered by the State Department of Health Care Services. The act requires the Director of Health Care Services to establish a Performance Outcome Committee, as specified, and requires the committee to develop measures of performance for evaluating client outcomes and cost effectiveness of mental health services provided by counties, as specified. The act requires counties to annually report data on these performance measures to local mental health advisory boards and to the director. The act requires the director to annually make this county performance data available to the Legislature, as specified.
This bill would additionally require the director to annually post the county performance data described above on the department’s Internet Web site.
The act also establishes the California Mental Health Planning Council, which purpose is to fulfill certain mental health planning requirements mandated by federal law. The act also requires the council, among other things, to review program performance in delivering mental health services based on specified data and reports, and to report findings and recommendations on programs’ performance annually to the Legislature, the department, and the local boards.
This bill wouldbegin delete insteadend delete require the councilbegin delete to report findings and recommendations on the performance of programs in each county annually to the Legislature, the department, and the local boards, andend delete to post these findings and recommendations annually on the council’s
Internet Web site.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
It is the intent of the Legislature to establish a
2baseline report that shall inform public officials and stakeholders
3of each county’s accessible mental illness treatments and supports,
4identified unmet needs, and the status of system integration and
5collaboration. This baseline report shall inform future investments
6in spending and programs of county mental health plans for
7cost-efficient and effective integration of all mental health funding
8streams.
Section 5613 of the Welfare and Institutions Code is
10amended to read:
(a) Counties shall annually report data on performance
12measures established pursuant to Section 5612 to the local mental
13health advisory board and to the Director of Health Care Services.
14(b) The Director of Health Care Services shall annually make
15data on county performance available to the Legislature, and post
16that data on the department’s Internet Web site, by no later than
17March 15 of each year.
Section 5772 of the Welfare and Institutions Code is
19amended to read:
The California Mental Health Planning Council shall
21have the powers and authority necessary to carry out the duties
22imposed upon it by this chapter, including, but not limited to, the
23following:
P3 1(a) To advocate for effective, quality mental health programs.
2(b) To review, assess, and make recommendations regarding
3all components of California’s mental health system, and to report
4as necessary to the Legislature, the State Department of Health
5Care Services, local boards, and local programs.
6(c) To review program performance in delivering mental health
7services by annually reviewing
performance outcome data as
8follows:
9(1) To review and approve the performance outcome measures.
10(2) To review the performance of mental health programs based
11on performance outcome data and other reports from the State
12Department of Health Care Services and other sources.
13(3) To report findings and recommendations on the performance
14of programsbegin delete in each countyend delete annually to the Legislature, the State
15Department of Health Care Services, and the local boards, and to
16post those findings and recommendations annually on its Internet
17Web site.
18(4) To identify successful programs for
recommendation and
19for consideration of replication in other areas. As data and
20technology are available, identify programs experiencing
21difficulties.
22(d) When appropriate, make a finding pursuant to Section 5655
23that a county’s performance is failing in a substantive manner. The
24State Department of Health Care Services shall investigate and
25review the finding, and report the action taken to the Legislature.
26(e) To advise the Legislature, the State Department of Health
27Care Services, and county boards on mental health issues and the
28policies and priorities that this state should be pursuing in
29developing its mental health system.
30(f) To periodically review the state’s data systems and
31paperwork requirements to
ensure that they are reasonable and in
32compliance with state and federal law.
33(g) To make recommendations to the State Department of Health
34Care Services on the award of grants to county programs to reward
35and stimulate innovation in providing mental health services.
36(h) To conduct public hearings on the state mental health plan,
37the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
38block grant, and other topics, as needed.
39(i) In conjunction with other statewide and local mental health
40organizations, assist in the coordination of training and information
P4 1to local mental health boards as needed to ensure that they can
2effectively carry out their duties.
3(j) To advise the Director of Health Care Services on the
4development of the state mental health plan and the system of
5priorities contained in that plan.
6(k) To assess periodically the effect of realignment of mental
7health services and any other important changes in the state’s
8mental health system, and to report its findings to the Legislature,
9the State Department of Health Care Services, local programs, and
10local boards, as appropriate.
11(l) To suggest rules, regulations, and standards for the
12administration of this division.
13(m) When requested, to mediate disputes between counties and
14the state arising under this part.
15(n) To employ
administrative, technical, and other personnel
16necessary for the performance of its powers and duties, subject to
17the approval of the Department of Finance.
18(o) To accept any federal fund granted, by act of Congress or
19by executive order, for purposes within the purview of the
20California Mental Health Planning Council, subject to the approval
21of the Department of Finance.
22(p) To accept any gift, donation, bequest, or grants of funds
23from private and public agencies for all or any of the purposes
24within the purview of the California Mental Health Planning
25Council, subject to the approval of the Department of Finance.
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