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Committee forwards DPH three-year MHSA expenditure plan as Prop 1 reshapes funding categories
Summary
Department of Public Health presented a three-year Behavioral Health Services Act (MHSA) expenditure plan and said Prop 1 will consolidate funding categories from five to three; the committee forwarded the plan while urging DPH to brief the Board on implementation, timelines and program alignment.
The Budget and Finance Committee on May 22 forwarded to the full Board the Department of Public Health’s three-year expenditure plan for the Mental Health Services Act (now called the Behavioral Health Services Act), while members and community speakers pressed the department to clarify how the plan will align with changes under Proposition 1.
Jessica Brown, who introduced the plan for DPH, said the original MHSA (enacted in 2005) is funded by a 1% tax on personal income over $1 million and supports culturally responsive, community-based behavioral health programs. Brown told the committee the plan was developed before the passage of Proposition 1 and that the state’s reform will reduce MHSA funding…
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