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Administration proposes eliminating $20M Mental Health Wellness Act allocation; Commission and advocates warn of service interruptions
Summary
The Behavioral Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission told the Senate subcommittee the May revision would eliminate the commission's ongoing $20 million Mental Health Wellness Act allocation, a move DOF says is needed to address the state's fiscal shortfall.
Brenda Gralish, executive director of the Behavioral Health Commission, told the Senate Budget Subcommittee No. 3 that the governor's May revision proposes eliminating an ongoing $20,000,000 allocation from the Mental Health Wellness Act (MHWA) that the commission currently administers.
Commission testimony
- Gralish identified three items: reappropriation requests for early psychosis intervention (EPI+) and EMPATH units, and the proposed elimination of the $20,000,000 annual MHWA allocation. She told the committee the early psychosis project and EMPATH implementation efforts are at varying stages and that reappropriation extensions would allow grantees to…
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