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Budget Committee advances 'Mental Health SF' ordinance; sponsors and DPH outline scope and funding needs
Summary
The committee sent the Mental Health SF ordinance to the full Board as a positive committee report after detailed discussion about the Office of Coordinated Care, staffing ratios, crisis response teams and the need for a guaranteed funding stream (sponsors cited a $100 million/year target for full implementation).
The Budget Committee voted to advance an ordinance establishing “Mental Health SF,” a city program designed to expand access to mental health services, substance‑use treatment and psychiatric medication for adults who are homeless, uninsured, or enrolled in Medicare/Medi‑Cal or Healthy San Francisco.
Supervisor Hillary Ronan, a sponsor of the ordinance, described Mental Health SF as a comprehensive system including a 24/7 mental health service center, a drug sobering center, an Office of Coordinated Care to provide case management and a street crisis response team. Ronan said the proposal increases seats on the implementation working group, adds an appointee with health‑law expertise, and shifts the staffing analysis…
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