DATE: September 25, 2018
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Dawan Utecht, Director, Department of Behavioral Health
SUBJECT: Submission of the Fresno County Mental Health Services Act Assembly
Bill 114 (Statute of 2017) Plan to spend
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
Approve and authorize the Department of Behavioral Health to submit the Fresno County Mental Health Services Act Assembly Bill 114 (Statute of 2017) Plan to Spend.
REPORT
Approval of the recommend action will allow the Department to submit the County's Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) Assembly Bill 114 (Statute of 2017) Plan to Spend to the California Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission (MHSOAC). In Fresno County this includes $9,433,301 MHSA funds that were reverted and reallocated back to the County for the purposes for which they were originally allocated.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
Your Board may choose not to approve the plan to spend; however, it would result in failure to adhere to the required statutes and the funds would revert back to the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) which would hamper the Department's efforts to provide needed behavioral health services in the community.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no increase in Net County Cost associated with the recommended action. MHSA funding allows for full reimbursement of direct and indirect costs. The FY 2018-2020 programs and service costs included in this plan ($9,433,301) are detailed in this plan and have been approved in FY 2016-17 Annual Update and will be included in future annual updates. On December 5, 2017, your Board approved existing MHSA funded programs. Sufficient appropriations and estimated revenues are included in the Department's Org 5630 FY 2018-19 Adopted Budget and will be included in subsequent budget requests.
DISCUSSION:
On December 28, 2017 Fresno County Department of Behavioral Health (DBH) received Information Notice (IN) 17-059 from California Department of Health...
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