Full-service partnerships.

Plain English Breakdown

The official source does not specify how many individuals will qualify for the full-service partnership under these criteria.

Criteria for Full-Service Partnership Eligibility

This law sets criteria to help people with serious mental illnesses who are transitioning from prison or jail into full-service partnership programs.

What This Bill Does

• Establishes criteria that make individuals presumptively eligible for a full-service partnership program if they have a serious mental illness and are coming out of state prison or county jail after at least six months.
• Specifies that counties do not need to enroll someone who meets these eligibility criteria if it conflicts with contractual Medi-Cal obligations, court orders, or exceeds the capacity or funding of the program.
• Requires enrollment in the full-service partnership program be contingent upon meeting specified criteria and receiving a recommendation from a licensed behavioral health clinician.
• Prohibits programs from refusing to enroll someone solely because their primary diagnosis is a substance use disorder.

Who It Names or Affects

• People with serious mental illnesses who are transitioning out of state prison or county jail after at least six months.
• Counties that run full-service partnership programs.
• Licensed behavioral health clinicians who work in these programs.

Terms To Know

Full-Service Partnership

A program providing a range of services, including housing and behavioral health care, for individuals with serious mental illnesses.

Serious Mental Illness

A condition significantly affecting someone's ability to function in daily life.

Limits and Unknowns

• The new rules will start on January 1, 2027.
• It is not clear how many people will qualify for the full-service partnership under these criteria.

Official Summary Text

AB 348, Krell.
Full-service partnerships.
Existing law, the Mental Health Services Act (MHSA), an initiative measure enacted by the voters as Proposition 63 at the November 2, 2004, statewide general election, funds a system of county mental health plans for the provision of mental health services, as specified. The MHSA establishes the Mental Health Services Fund, a continuously appropriated fund, which is administered by the State Department of Health Care Services (department), to fund specified county mental health programs. Existing law, the Behavioral Health Services Act (BHSA), a legislative act amending the MHSA that was approved by the voters as Proposition 1 at the March 5, 2024, statewide primary election, recast the MHSA by, among other things, renaming the fund to the Behavioral Health Services Fund and reallocating how moneys from that fund may be spent. The BHSA requires each county to establish and administer a
full-service partnership program that includes, among other things, outpatient behavioral health services, as specified, and housing interventions.
This bill would establish criteria for an individual with a serious mental illness to be presumptively eligible for a full-service partnership, including, among other things, the person is transitioning to the community after 6 months or more in the state prison or county jail. The bill would specify that a county is not required to enroll an individual who meets that presumptive eligibility criteria if doing so would conflict with contractual Medi-Cal obligations or court orders, or exceed full-service partnership capacity or funding, as specified. The bill would make enrollment of a presumptively eligible individual contingent upon the individual meeting specified criteria and receiving a recommendation for enrollment by a licensed behavioral health clinician, as specified. The bill would prohibit deeming an individual
with a serious mental illness ineligible for enrollment in a full-service partnership solely because their primary diagnosis is a substance use disorder. The bill would make these provisions operative on January 1, 2027.

Current Bill Text

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