Title WIC, California Welf. & Inst. Code

(a) This part shall be known and may be cited as the Bronzan-McCorquodale Act. This part is intended to organize and finance community mental health services for persons with mental health disorders in every county through locally administered and locally controlled community men…

The mission of California’s mental health system shall be to enable persons experiencing severe and disabling mental illnesses and children with serious emotional disturbances to access services and programs that assist them, in a manner tailored to each individual, to better con…

To the extent resources are available, public mental health services in this state should be provided to priority target populations in systems of care that are client-centered, culturally competent, and fully accountable, and which include the following factors: (a) Client-Cente…

To the extent resources are available, the primary goal of the use of funds deposited in the mental health account of the local health and welfare trust fund should be to serve the target populations identified in the following categories, which shall not be construed as establis…

(a) Services should be encouraged in every geographic area to the extent resources are available for clients in the target population categories described in Section 5600.3. (b) Services to the target populations should be planned and delivered so as to ensure statewide access by…

Community mental health services should be organized to provide an array of treatment options in the following areas, to the extent resources are available: (a) Precrisis and Crisis Services. Immediate response to individuals in precrisis and crisis and to members of the individu…

The minimum array of services for children and youth meeting the target population criteria established in subdivision (a) of Section 5600.3 should include the following modes of service in every geographical area, to the extent resources are available: (a) Precrisis and crisis s…

The minimum array of services for adults meeting the target population criteria established in subdivision (b) of Section 5600.3 should include the following modes of service in every geographical area, to the extent resources are available: (a) Precrisis and crisis services. (b)…

The minimum array of services for older adults meeting the target population criteria established in subdivision (b) of Section 5600.3 should include the following modes of service in every geographical area, to the extent resources are available: (a) Precrisis and crisis service…

(a) Services to the target populations described in Section 5600.3 should be planned and delivered to the extent practicable so that persons in all ethnic groups are served with programs that meet their cultural needs. (b) Services in rural areas should be developed in flexible w…

As used in this part: (a) “Governing body” means the county board of supervisors or boards of supervisors in the case of counties acting jointly; and in the case of a city, the city council or city councils acting jointly. (b) “Conference” means the County Behavioral Health Direc…

The board of supervisors of every county, or the boards of supervisors of counties acting under the joint powers provisions of Article 1 (commencing with Section 6500) of Chapter 5 of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code shall establish a community mental health service t…

(a) (1) (A) Each community mental health service shall have a behavioral health board consisting of 10 to 15 members, depending on the preference of the county, appointed by the governing body, except that a board in a county with a population of fewer than 80,000 may have a mini…

(a) Local behavioral health boards are subject to the provisions of Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 54950) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code, relating to meetings of local agencies. (b) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2025, if amendmen…

(a) The local behavioral health board shall do all of the following: (1) Review and evaluate the community’s public behavioral health needs, services, facilities, and special problems in a facility within the county or jurisdiction where mental health or substance use disorder ev…

(a) (1) The board of supervisors may pay from available funds the actual and necessary expenses of the members of the behavioral health board of a community mental health service incurred incident to the performance of their official duties and functions. (2) The expenses may inc…

The local behavioral health board shall develop bylaws to be approved by the governing body that shall do all of the following: (a) Establish the specific number of members on the behavioral health board, consistent with subdivision (a) of Section 5604. (b) Ensure that the compos…

The local mental health services shall be administered by a local director of mental health services to be appointed by the governing body. He or she shall meet such standards of training and experience as the State Department of Health Care Services, by regulation, shall require…

The local director of mental health services shall have the following powers and duties: (a) Serve as chief executive officer of the community mental health service responsible to the governing body through administrative channels designated by the governing body. (b) Exercise ge…

(a) (1) Each county behavioral health system shall comply with reporting requirements developed by the State Department of Health Care Services, in consultation with the California Behavioral Health Planning Council and the Behavioral Health Services Oversight and Accountability …

(a) The Director of State Hospitals shall establish a Performance Outcome Committee, to be comprised of representatives from the Public Law 99-660 Planning Council and the County Behavioral Health Directors Association of California. Any costs associated with the performance of t…

(a) (1) The Performance Outcome Committee shall develop measures of performance for evaluating client outcomes and cost effectiveness of mental health services provided pursuant to this division. The reporting of performance measures shall utilize the data collected by the State …

(a) Counties shall annually report data on performance measures established pursuant to Section 5612 to the local behavioral health board and to the Director of Health Care Services. (b) The Director of Health Care Services shall annually make data on county performance available…

(a) The department, in consultation with the Compliance Advisory Committee that shall have representatives from relevant stakeholders, including, but not limited to, local behavioral health departments, local behavioral health boards and commissions, private and community-based p…

(a) The department, in consultation with the Quality Improvement Committee which shall include representatives of the California Behavioral Health Planning Council, local mental health departments, consumers and families of consumers, and other stakeholders, shall establish and m…

If they so elect, cities that were operating independent public mental health programs on January 1, 1990, shall continue to receive direct payments. (Amended by Stats. 1991, Ch. 89, Sec. 102. Effective June 30, 1991.)

Nothing in this part shall prevent any city or combination of cities from owning, financing, and operating a mental health program. (Amended by Stats. 1991, Ch. 89, Sec. 104. Effective June 30, 1991.)

Mental health plans shall be responsible for providing information to potential clients, family members, and caregivers regarding specialty Medi-Cal mental health services offered by the mental health plans upon request of the individual. This information shall be written in a ma…

(a) A licensed inpatient mental health facility, as described in subdivision (c) of Section 1262 of the Health and Safety Code, operated by a county or pursuant to a county contract, shall, prior to the discharge of any patient who was placed in the facility, prepare a written af…

Commencing October 1, 1991, and to the extent resources are available, no county shall deny any person receiving services administered by the county mental health program access to any medication which has been prescribed by the treating physician and approved by the federal Food…

(a) Individuals who have been found incompetent to stand trial and whose charges have been dismissed by the court pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 1370.01 of the Penal Code and who are not receiving court directed services pursuant to subdivision (b) of Sec…

(a) (1) Each county shall establish and administer an early intervention program that is designed to prevent mental illnesses and substance use disorders from becoming severe and disabling and to reduce disparities in behavioral health. (2) Early intervention programs shall be fu…

The department shall contract for the provision of services pursuant to this part with each county mental health program in the manner set forth in Section 5897. (Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 303, Sec. 583. (AB 731) Effective January 1, 2016. Note: This section was added on Nov. 2…

The department may establish the Behavioral Health Continuum Infrastructure Program pursuant to this chapter if the Legislature appropriates funds for this purpose. (Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 143, Sec. 355. (AB 133) Effective July 27, 2021. Repealed as of January 1, 2027, pursuan…

If the department establishes the program pursuant to this chapter, the department may award competitive grants to qualified entities to construct, acquire, and rehabilitate real estate assets or to invest in needed mobile crisis infrastructure to expand the community continuum o…

Except as provided in Section 5960.15, the department shall determine the methodology and distribution of the grant funds appropriated for the program pursuant to Section 5960.05 to those entities it deems qualified. (Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 143, Sec. 355. (AB 133) Effective Ju…

An entity shall meet all of the following conditions in order to receive grant funds pursuant to Section 5960.05, to the extent applicable and as required by the department: (a) Provide matching funds or real property. (b) Expend funds to supplement and not supplant existing fund…

(a) This chapter shall be implemented only if, and to the extent that, the department determines that federal financial participation under the Medi-Cal program, including but not limited to the increased federal funding available pursuant to Section 9813 of the federal American …

For purposes of implementing this chapter, the department may enter into exclusive or nonexclusive contracts, or amend existing contracts, on a bid or negotiated basis. Contracts entered into or amended pursuant to this section shall be exempt from Chapter 6 (commencing with sect…

(a) Notwithstanding any other law, a facility project funded by a grant pursuant to this chapter shall be deemed consistent and in conformity with any applicable local plan, standard, or requirement, and allowed as a permitted use, within the zone in which the structure is locate…

(a) Notwithstanding any other law, projects funded pursuant to paragraph (3) or (4) of subdivision (b) of Section 5965.04 shall be a use by right and shall be subject to the streamlined, ministerial review process and filing requirement, pursuant to subdivisions (b) and (d) of Se…

(a) The following definitions shall apply to this chapter: (1) “Department” means the State Department of Health Care Services. (2) “Program” means the Behavioral Health Continuum Infrastructure Program authorized by this chapter. (b) The following provisions shall apply to the i…

The provisions of this chapter are severable. If any provision of this chapter or its application is held invalid, that invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application. (Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 1…

This part shall be known, and may be cited, as the Community Assistance, Recovery, and Empowerment (CARE) Act. (Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 283, Sec. 2. (SB 35) Effective September 30, 2023. Section conditionally operative as provided in Section 5970.5.)

This part shall be implemented as follows, with technical assistance and continuous quality improvement, pursuant to Section 5983: (a) A first cohort of counties, which shall include the Counties of Glenn, Orange, Riverside, San Diego, Stanislaus, and Tuolumne, and the City and C…

Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions shall govern the construction of this part. (a) “CARE agreement” means a voluntary settlement agreement entered into by the parties. A CARE agreement includes the same elements as a CARE plan to support the responde…