To: Board of Supervisors
From: Ken Carlson, District IV Supervisor
Report Title: APPOINT Kelly Welsh to the District IV Consumer Seat on the Behavioral Health Board, for a term ending on December 31, 2028, as recommended by Supervisor Carlson
Recommendation: Recommendation of the County Administrator
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RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPOINT Kelly Welsh to the District IV Consumer Seat on the Behavioral Health Board.
FISCAL IMPACT:
None.
BACKGROUND:
Proposition 1, passed as a ballot measure in April 2024, included a bond measure for facilities and housing (Assembly Bill 531) and legislation mandating transformation of the public behavioral health system (Senate Bill 326: sections pertaining to the Behavioral Health Board).
Provisions of SB 326 included implementation of an integrated Behavioral Health Board by January 1, 2025. This integrated advisory body is to include designated members of the community prepared to address community mental health and substance use treatment services.
The mandated functions of the Behavioral Health Board include:
- Review and evaluate the local public mental health system
- Review and evaluate the local public substance use disorder treatment system
- Advise the governing body on community mental health and substance use disorder services
- Review and evaluate the community’s public behavioral health needs, services, facilities, and special problems where services are being provided
- Review county agreements
- Advise the governing body and the local behavioral health director
- Ensure citizen and professional involvement at all stages
- Submit an annual report
- Review and recommend appointment of the local director of behavioral health services
- Review and comment on county’s performance outcome date
- Assess the impact of the realignment of services
- Conduct a public hearing on the draft three-year program and expenditure plan and annual updates at the close of the 30-day comment period required by subdivision.
- Review adopted Beh...
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