Title
Adopt the Monterey County Mental Health Services Act Fiscal Year 2019-20 Annual Update.
Report
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
Adopt the Monterey County Mental Health Services Act Fiscal Year 2019-20 Annual Update.
SUMMARY:
The Mental Health Services Act ("MHSA"), also known as Proposition 63, requires each county to develop a Three-Year Program and Expenditure Plan ("MHSA Plan"). The current MHSA FY18-20 Plan for Monterey County was adopted by the Board of Supervisors on November 7, 2017. In the second and third years of the MHSA Plan period, counties are required to prepare Annual Updates to their adopted MHSA Plan. The purpose of the Annual Update is to update budget information, and if needed, make changes to programs. Local stakeholder input and other data are used in the development of each draft MHSA 3-Year Plan and Annual Update documents. After a public review and comment process, each document is finalized for adoption by the Board of Supervisors before being forwarded to the State Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission.
DISCUSSION:
The MHSA FY 2019-20 Annual Update ("Annual Update") reflects the priority needs and system improvements to achieve the goal of increasing the service utilization rate of Monterey County Latinos by seven per cent (7%) by the end of FY20. Determination of this goal was validated through service utilization data analysis and subsequently approved by the Behavioral Health Commission and Monterey County Board of Supervisors as part of the FY18-20 MHSA 3-Year Program and Expenditure Plan. The Annual Update includes the necessary fiscal adjustments to both revenues and expenditures, assuring MHSA-funded programs are in accordance with Behavioral Health's Requested Budget for FY 2019-20.
On April 25, 2019, the Monterey County Behavioral Health Commission ("Commission") conducted the required Public Hearing on the draft Annual Update, which included a summary ...
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