File #: 19-870    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Informational Report Status: Passed
File created: 6/3/2019 In control: DHHS: Behavioral Health
On agenda: 6/25/2019 Final action: 6/25/2019
Title: Mental Health Services Act Annual Update for Fiscal Year 2018-2019 and Supplemental Budget (4/5 Vote Required)
Attachments: 1. Staff Report, 2. MHSA Annual Update 2018-19, 3. MHSA TF 3441 Supp Budg 2018-19
Previous Action/Referral: 23-827, 22-909, 24-1062

To: Board of Supervisors

From: DHHS: Mental Health

Agenda Section: Consent

SUBJECT:
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Mental Health Services Act Annual Update for Fiscal Year 2018-2019 and Supplemental Budget (4/5 Vote Required)
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Adopt the attached Mental Health Services Act Annual Update for fiscal year 2018-19 and;
2. Adopt supplemental budget for appropriation and transfer of revenues from Mental Health Services Act Trust Fund 3441000. (4/5 vote required)

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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
Mental Health Fund

DISCUSSION:
Proposition 63 was passed by the California voters in November 2004 and enacted into law on Jan. 1, 2005. Now known as the Mental Health Services Act (MHSA), this legislation places a 1% tax on individuals with a personal income above $1 million.

The attached annual update for fiscal year 2018-19 has been developed with the participation of stakeholders, in accordance with the Community Planning Process (CPP) set forth in Section 5848 of the California Welfare and Institutions Code and Section 3300 of Title 9 of the California Code of Regulations. The draft MHSA Annual Update was circulated to representatives of stakeholder interests and any interested party for 30 days in preparation for the public hearing held by the Humboldt County Behavioral Health Board on May 9, 2019.

The process for obtaining stakeholder input for the attached MHSA Annual Update utilized the same methods that were used for prior MHSA planning updates. Nine stakeholder meetings were held, including groups representing five regions of Humboldt County and four meetings with other community stakeholder groups. Input and comments were sent to the MHSA email address, left on the MHSA voicemail or written on forms at the stakeholder meetings.

The CPP for the attached MHSA Annual Update had two components: MHSA education, and collecting input from stakeholders. MHSA education included the following areas of planning: men...

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