Plain English Breakdown
The exact list of other criteria for presumptive eligibility is not detailed in the provided summary, only mentioned as 'specified' or 'among other things'.
Rules for Full-Service Partnership Enrollment
This law sets rules for who can join county mental health programs, especially people with serious mental illness leaving prison or jail after six months.
What This Bill Does
- Creates a list of reasons why someone with serious mental illness might be presumptively eligible for the program.
- Includes people moving back to their community after spending at least six months in state prison or county jail as presumptively eligible.
- Requires that enrollment depends on meeting specific criteria and receiving a recommendation from a licensed behavioral health clinician.
- Stops counties from refusing someone just because they have a substance use disorder diagnosis.
- Allows counties to skip enrolling people if it conflicts with Medi-Cal rules, court orders, or exceeds program capacity or funding.
Who It Names or Affects
- People with serious mental illness who are leaving prison or jail after six months.
- County governments that run full-service partnership programs.
- Licensed behavioral health clinicians who make enrollment recommendations.
Terms To Know
- Full-Service Partnership
- A county program required by law to provide outpatient behavioral health services and housing interventions.
- Presumptively Eligible
- Someone who meets basic rules for joining a program but still needs other steps completed before enrollment.
Limits and Unknowns
- The law does not take effect until January 1, 2027.
- Counties do not have to enroll people if they lack enough funding or space in the program.
- Enrollment depends on a clinician's recommendation and meeting other specific rules.