To: Board of Supervisors
From: DHHS: Behavioral Health
Agenda Section: Consent
Vote Requirement: Majority
SUBJECT:
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Application Process for Mental Health Services Act Prevention and Early Intervention Program - Local Implementation Agreements Regarding the Provision of Professional Services Intended to Reduce the Impact of Mental Illness within Humboldt County
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
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That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Approve the attached Mental Health Services Act Prevention and Early Intervention Program - Local Implementation Agreement Application Package;
2. Authorize the Department of Health and Human Services - Behavioral Health Director, or a designee thereof, to utilize application packages that are substantially similar to the attached application package, after review and approval by County Counsel, Risk Management and the County Administrative Office;
3. Approve the attached local implementation agreement templates regarding the provision of professional services intended to reduce the impact of mental illness within Humboldt County;
4. Authorize the Department of Health and Human Services - Behavioral Health Director to execute local implementation agreements that are substantially similar to the attached local implementation agreement templates, and any and all subsequent amendments thereto, after review and approval by County Counsel, Risk Management and the County Administrative Office; and
5. Direct the Clerk of the Board to return one (1) certified copy of the Board Order pertaining to this item to the Department of Health and Human Services - Contract Unit.
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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
Behavioral Health Fund (1170)
DISCUSSION:
Proposition 63 was passed by the California voters in November 2004 and enacted into law on January 1, 2005. Now known as the Mental Health Services Act ("MHSA"), this legislation places a one percent (1%) tax on individuals with a personal income above One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00). ...
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