The Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) was enacted into law January 1, 2005. This followed the passage of Proposition 63 in November 2004, which proposed a 1% tax on adjusted annual income over $1,000,000. This new stream of funding is dedicated to transforming the public mental health system and seeks to reduce the long-term adverse impact from untreated serious mental illness.
San Luis Obispo County's Behavioral Health Department (SLOBHD) receives additional funding annually as a result of the MHSA.
To access the MHSA funds, counties are required to develop three-year work plans based on targeted components to carry out the goals and objectives of the MHSA. These plans must be created in collaboration with clients, family members, providers, and other community stakeholders and circulated for public comment prior to being submitted to the California Department of Mental Health.
The following Components have been planned and are being implemendted in San Luis Obispo County:
Community Services and Supports (CSS) - Includes Housing
Prevention and Early Intervention (PEI)
Workforce Education and Training (WET)
Capital Facilities and Technological Needs (CFTN)
Innovation (INN)
MHSA Document Archive
Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) Annual Update 2011-2012 (30-Day Review: May 21, 2012)
Mental Health Services Act Issue Resolution Process
MHSA Annual Update FY 2011-2012 (Submitted 4/15/2011)
MHSA Annual Update FY 2010-2011 (June 2010)
Annual Update to the MHSA Three -Year Program and Expenditure Plan Fiscal Year 2009-2010 (March 2009)
Review and Comment regarding MHSA Prudent Reserve Proposal (April 2008)
MHSA Progress Report for Public Review (Summer 2007)
Workforce Education & Training (WET)
MHSA Workforce Education and Training (WET) Plan, FY 08-09 for public review
Housing
MHSA NOTICE OF HOUSING PROGRAM APPLICATION FOR REVIEW (September 2009)
Review and Comments regarding MHSA Housing Funds Transfer (April 2008)
MHSA Prevention and Early Intervention Plan, FY 08-09 (Approved)
Mental Health Services Act Prevention/Early Intervention Statewide Training, Technical Assistance and Capacity Building, (May 2009)
Supplemental MHSA Prevention and Early Intervention Statewide Programs Assignment Agreement (June 2010)
Innovation
San Luis Obispo County Innovation Plan (Approved 2/24/11)
MHSA-OAC Summary of SLO County Innovation Plan (2/24/11)
Community Services and Supports (CSS)
MHSA Revised CSS Plan FY 2008-09 (Dec 2008)
MHSA Proposed CSS Plan Update 2008-2009 (May 2008)
CSS Implementation Progress Report for 2007 (May 2008)
Review Proposed Amendment to Current MHSA CSS Plan-Public Review and Comment (January 2008)
Review Proposed Amendment to MHSA CSS Plan-Public Review & Comment (April 2007)
Capital Facilities and Technological Needs (CFTN)
SLO County MHSA Capital Facilities and Technological Needs Proposal (February, 2009)