To: Board of Supervisors
From: DHHS: Mental Health
Agenda Section: Consent
SUBJECT:
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Resolution to Change the Name of Humboldt County Department of Health and Human Services - Mental Health (DHHS-MH) to Humboldt County Department of Health and Human Services - Behavioral Health (DHHS-BH)
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
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That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Adopt the attached Resolution to change the name of the Humboldt County Department of Health and Human Services - Mental Health (DHHS - Mental Health) to the Humboldt County Department of Health and Human Services - Behavioral Health (DHHS - Behavioral Health);
2. Recognize Emi Botzler-Rodgers, LMFT, as the Director of DHHS - Behavioral Health; and
3. Authorize a fund name change from Mental Health Fund to Behavioral Health Fund.
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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
Behavioral Health Fund
DISCUSSION:
Behavioral health is an inclusive term that includes both Substance Use Disorder Services and Specialty Mental Health Services. The term is currently used at both the state and federal level. At the state level, the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) Medi-Cal Behavioral Health Division administers, oversees, and monitors the Medi-Cal Specialty Mental Health Services and Drug Medi-Cal programs, with leadership provided by a Behavioral Health Deputy Director. At the federal level, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) of the US Department of Health and Human Services changed the name of their biannual report from Mental Health, United States to Behavioral Health, United States in 2012. SAMHSA explained this change in the Introduction to the report as follows:
The current volume has changed in several ways from the previous volume... The term 'behavioral health' encompasses both mental health and substance use, and thus the title of the volume has been changed to Behavioral Health, United States, 2012. (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Admi...
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