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Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) recommending the Board:
1) Receive a presentation from HHSA Behavioral Health Division on a proposed amendment to El Dorado County’s Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) Three-Year Program and Expenditure Plan (MHSA Plan); and
2) Adopt an amendment to El Dorado County’s MHSA Plan, covering Fiscal Years (FY) 2023-24 through FY 2025-26, with the amendment only making changes to the specified MHSA Plan’s budgeted projects.
FUNDING: 85% State MHSA and 15% Federal Medi-Cal.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND:
In 2004, California voters passed Proposition 63, the MHSA. MHSA imposes a one percent tax on personal income in excess of $1,000,000. The funds from the tax are distributed to California counties and are intended to transform the Mental Health System into one that is consumer and family driven, recovery-oriented, accessible, and culturally competent and offers services appropriate for the population of children, youth, adults, and older adults with severe emotional disturbance or serious mental illness served in the community.
The MHSA established five components that address specific mental health goals for county priority populations and key community mental health needs. The components are Prevention and Early Intervention (PEI), Community Services and Supports (CSS), Innovation (INN), Workforce Education and Training (WET), and Capital Facilities and Technology Needs (CFTN).
On June 20, 2023, the County Board of Supervisors (Board) adopted El Dorado County’s MHSA Three-Year Program and Expenditure Plan, covering FY 2023-24 through FY 2025-26, effective July 1, 2023, and authorized the implementation of the MHSA Three-Year Program and Expenditure Plan through June 30, 2026.
In conformance with the California Code of Regulations, Title 9, Section 3350, an amendment of a board-adopted MHSA Plan (also referred to by the Department of Health Care Services [DHCS] as the MHSA Performance Contract) can be initiated ...
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