2021 California Code
Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC
DIVISION 5 - COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
PART 7 - Behavioral Health Services and Supports
CHAPTER 2 - Children and youth behavioral health initiative act
Section 5961.5.
(a) As a component of the initiative, the State Department of Health Care Services shall develop and select evidence-based interventions and community-defined promising practices to improve outcomes for children and youth with or at high risk for behavioral health conditions.
(b) Prior to selecting the evidence-based interventions, as described in subdivision (a), the department shall establish a workgroup comprised of subject matter experts and affected stakeholders to consider evidence-based interventions based on robust evidence for effectiveness, impact on racial equity, and sustainability.
(c) The department, or its contracted vendor, shall provide competitive grants to entities it deems qualified to support the implementation of the evidence-based interventions and community-defined promising practices developed pursuant to subdivision (a).
(d) Subject to subdivision (e), entities eligible to receive grants pursuant to this section may include Medi-Cal behavioral health delivery systems, city mental health authorities, tribal entities, health care service plans, Medi-Cal managed care plans, community-based organizations, and behavioral health providers. Grants for Medi-Cal behavioral health delivery systems for the purposes described in this section shall be administered through the Behavioral Health Quality Improvement Program pursuant to Section 14184.405.
(e) The department shall determine the eligibility criteria, grant application process, and methodology for the distribution of funds appropriated for the purposes described in this section and in Section 14184.405 to those entities it deems qualified.
(f) As a condition of funding, grant recipients shall share standardized data, in a manner and form determined by the department.
(g) For purposes of this section, “Medi-Cal behavioral health delivery system” shall have the same meaning as specified in subdivision (i) of Section 14184.101.
(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 143, Sec. 355. (AB 133) Effective July 27, 2021.)
