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Commission backs two bills on peers and 988 routing and opposes proposed mobile‑crisis funding cut
Summary
The commission voted to support AB 96 (peer certification change) and AB 1540 (restore a routed 988 subnetwork for LGBTQ+ callers) and voted to oppose the governor’s proposal to make the Medicaid mobile crisis benefit optional for counties, citing risks to statewide crisis response.
At its March 26 meeting, the Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission voted to adopt formal positions on three early legislative and budget items: support for AB 96 (changes to the certified peer support specialist standard), support for AB 1540 (request to restore a routed 988 option for LGBTQ+ callers), and opposition to a governor’s proposed budget amendment that would make the Medicaid mobile crisis benefit optional for counties.
AB 96 (Jackson), sponsored by Cal Voices and the California Behavioral Health Directors Association, would remove the high‑school‑diploma requirement as a barrier to certification for medical peer support specialists. Meron Agonafer, policy director at Cal Voices, told the commission that the RAND evaluation of early…
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