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Commission for Behavioral Health approves reports, forms screening committee and sets direction on innovation funding
Summary
The Commission for Behavioral Health on Feb. 12 approved minutes and a legislative report on school mental health screening, formed an executive director screening committee and opened a broad public conversation about how to use Proposition 1 innovation funding — with commissioners and community groups pressing for transparency, equity and community co‑design.
SACRAMENTO — The Commission for Behavioral Health on Feb. 12 approved a package of actions and opened a broader public conversation about how to spend Proposition 1 innovation funding while stressing the need for community-led priorities and transparent, sustained financing.
The commission voted to approve meeting minutes from Nov. 21, 2024, adopted a legislative report on school-based universal mental health screening prepared at the legislature’s request and voted to create an executive director screening committee to develop candidate recommendations for the agency’s next permanent executive director. Commissioners also received a wide-ranging briefing and public comment on the upcoming Innovation Partnership Fund, a five‑year, $20 million-per-year state program created by Proposition 1 to support innovative approaches to mental health and substance use services.
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