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Plumas County staff warn BHSA rule changes, audits and housing plans will challenge small counties
Summary
Staff briefed commissioners on new Behavioral Health Services Act guidance, a combined CalAIMS audit scheduled for May, and early-stage plans with RCHDC to identify sites for supportive housing—flagging complexity for small 'frontier' counties like Plumas.
Plumas County behavioral health staff used the March 5 meeting to flag several looming state-level changes and local projects that could reshape services and budgets.
Staff described a recently released BHSA (Behavioral Health Services Act) Module 1 guidance and said the new BHSA funding model will divide money across multiple priorities — staff quoted breakdowns such as roughly 30% for housing and 35% for full-service partnerships (FSP) while the remainder falls into other categories with further sub-allocations for early intervention. County staff and commissioners…
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