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California Code of Regulations › Title 9 - Rehabilitative and Developmental Services › Division 1 - Department of Mental Health › Chapter 14 - Mental Health Services Act › Article 5 - Reporting Requirements › Section 3560.010 - Annual Prevention and Early Intervention Report

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) The
				  requirements set forth in this section shall apply to the Annual Prevention and
				  Early Intervention Report.
(1) The first Annual
				  Prevention and Early Intervention Report is due to the Mental Health Services
				  Oversight and Accountability Commission on or before December 30, 2017 as part of an
				  Annual Update or Three-Year Program and Expenditure Plan. Each Annual Prevention and
				  Early Intervention Report thereafter is due as part of an Annual Update or
				  Three-Year Program and Expenditure Plan within 30 calendar days of Board of
				  Supervisors approval but no later than June 30 of the same fiscal year whichever
				  occurs first. The Annual Prevention and Early Intervention Report is not due in
				  years in which a Three-Year Prevention and Early Intervention Evaluation Report is
				  due.
(2) The Annual Prevention and Early
				  Intervention Report shall report on the required data for the fiscal year prior to
				  the due date. For example, the Report that is due no later than June 30, 2020 is to
				  report the required data from fiscal year 2018-19 (i.e. July 1, 2018 through June
				  30, 2019).
(3) The County shall exclude
				  from the Annual Prevention and Early Intervention Report personally identifiable
				  information as defined by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of
				  1996 (HIPAA), the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act
				  (HITECH) and their implementing privacy and security regulations, the California
				  Information Practices Act, and any other applicable state or federal privacy laws.
(A) When the County has excluded information
				  pursuant subdivision (3) above, the County shall submit to the Mental Health
				  Services Oversight and Accountability Commission one of the following:
1. A supplemental Annual Prevention and Early
				  Intervention Report that contains all of the information including the information
				  that was excluded pursuant to subdivision (3). This supplemental report shall be
				  marked "confidential."
2. A supplement
				  to the Annual Prevention and Early Intervention Report that contains the information
				  that was excluded pursuant to subdivision (3). This supplement to the report shall
				  be marked "confidential."
California Code of Regulations › Title 9 - Rehabilitative and Developmental Services › Division 1 - Department of Mental Health › Chapter 14 - Mental Health Services Act › Article 5 - Reporting Requirements › Section 3560.020 - Three-Year Prevention and Early Intervention Evaluation Report

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) The County
				  shall submit the Three-Year Prevention and Early Intervention Evaluation Report to
				  the Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission every three years
				  as part of a Three-Year Program and Expenditure Plan or Annual Update. The
				  Three-Year Prevention and Early Intervention Evaluation Report answers questions
				  about the impacts of Prevention and Early Intervention Component Programs on
				  individuals with risk or early onset of serious mental illness and on the mental
				  health and related systems.
(1) The first
				  Three-Year Prevention and Early Intervention Evaluation Report is due to the Mental
				  Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission as part of a Three-Year
				  Program and Expenditure Plan or Annual Update within 30 calendar days of Board of
				  Supervisors approval but no later than June 30, 2019 whichever occurs first. The
				  first Three-Year Prevention and Early Intervention Evaluation Report shall report
				  the required evaluations from fiscal year 2017-2018 and from fiscal year 2016-2017
				  if available. Each subsequent Three-Year Prevention and Early Intervention
				  Evaluation Report shall be due within 30 calendar days of Board of Supervisors
				  approval but no later than June 30th every third year thereafter whichever occurs
				  first, as part of a Three-Year Program and Expenditure Plan or Annual Update and
				  shall report on the evaluation(s) for the three prior fiscal years.
(2) The County shall exclude from the Three-Year
				  Prevention and Early Intervention Evaluation Report personally identifiable
				  information as defined by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of
				  1996 (HIPAA), the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act
				  (HITECH) and their implementing privacy and security regulations, the California
				  Information Practices Act, and any other applicable state or federal privacy laws.
(A) When the County has excluded information
				  pursuant subdivision (2) above, the County shall submit to the Mental Health
				  Services Oversight and Accountability Commission one of the following:
1. A supplemental Three-Year Prevention and Early
				  Intervention Evaluation Report that contains all of the information including the
				  information that was excluded pursuant to subdivision (2). This supplemental report
				  shall be marked "confidential."
2. A
				  supplement to the Three-Year Prevention and Early Intervention Evaluation Report
				  that contains the information that was excluded pursuant to subdivision (2). This
				  supplement to the report shall be marked
				  "confidential."
California Code of Regulations › Title 9 - Rehabilitative and Developmental Services › Division 1 - Department of Mental Health › Chapter 14 - Mental Health Services Act › Article 5 - Reporting Requirements › Section 3580 - Innovative Project Reports

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) For each
				  approved Innovative Project, the County shall submit to the Mental Health Services
				  Oversight and Accountability Commission the following reports, as applicable.
(1) For a continuing Innovative Project, an Annual
				  Innovative Project Report as specified in Section
				  3580.010.
(A) The first Annual Innovative Project Report is
				  due no later than December 31 following the end of the fiscal year for which the
				  County is reporting. The County may submit the Annual Innovative Project Report as
				  part of a Three-Year Program and Expenditure Plan or Annual Update. Each Annual
				  Innovative Project Report thereafter is due to the Mental Health Services Oversight
				  and Accountability Commission as part of a Three-Year Program and Expenditure Plan
				  or an Annual Update within 30 calendar days of Board of Supervisors approval but no
				  later than June 30 of the same fiscal year, whichever occurs first.
(B) The County shall exclude from the Annual
				  Innovative Project Report personally identifiable information as defined by the
				  Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), the Health
				  Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH) and their
				  implementing privacy and security regulations, the California Information Practices
				  Act, and any other applicable state or federal privacy laws.
1. When the County has excluded information
				  pursuant to subdivision (B) above, the County shall submit to the Mental Health
				  Services Oversight and Accountability Commission one of the following:
a. A supplemental Annual Innovative Project Report
				  that contains all of the information including the information that was excluded
				  pursuant to subdivision (B). This supplemental report shall be marked
				  "confidential".
b. A supplement to the
				  Annual Innovative Project Report that contains the information that was excluded
				  pursuant to subdivision (B). This supplement to the report shall be marked
				  "confidential".
California Code of Regulations › Title 9 - Rehabilitative and Developmental Services › Division 1 - Department of Mental Health › Chapter 14 - Mental Health Services Act › Article 5 - Reporting Requirements › Section 3580.020 - Final Innovative Project Report

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) The Final
				  Innovative Project Report shall include:
(1) Name
				  of the Innovative Project
(2) Brief
				  summary of the priority issue related to mental illness or to an aspect of the
				  mental health service system for which the County chose to design and test the
				  Innovative Project.
(3) Description of
				  any changes that the County made to the Innovative Project during the course of its
				  implementation and evaluation and the reasons for and impact of the changes,
				  including any changes in the timeline.
(4) Program information collected during the
				  reporting period as specified in Section
				  3580.010, subdivision (a)(4).
(5) Final evaluation results, including but not
				  limited to:
(A) Description of the evaluation
				  methodology;
(B) Outcomes of the
				  Innovative Project including those related to the selected primary purpose, with a
				  focus on whatever was new or changed compared to established mental health
				  practices;
(C) Any variation in outcomes
				  based on demographics of participants, if applicable;
(D) Assessment of which activities or elements of
				  the Innovative Project contributed to successful outcomes;
(E) Explanation of how the evaluation was
				  culturally competent;
(F) Explanation of
				  how stakeholders contributed to the evaluation.
(6) Whether and how the County will continue the
				  Innovative Project, the source of ongoing funding, if applicable, the reason for the
				  decision, and how the County involved stakeholders in the decision.
(7) Whether the Innovative Project achieved its
				  intended outcomes and a summary of what was learned.
(8) Description of how the County disseminated the
				  results of the Innovative Project to stakeholders, and if applicable to other
				  counties (e.g. as the County determined that the information would be of benefit to
				  other counties).
(9) Any other data or
				  information the County considers relevant.
California Code of Regulations › Title 9 - Rehabilitative and Developmental Services › Division 1 - Department of Mental Health › Chapter 14 - Mental Health Services Act › Article 6 - Community Services and Supports › Section 3610 - General Community Services and Supports Requirements

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) The
				  following shall be incorporated into the mental health programs and/or services
				  funded through the Community Services and Supports (CSS) component.
(1) The principles of the Adult and Older Adult
				  Mental Health Systems of Care, including the Integrated Services for the Homeless
				  Mentally Ill Program, in Welfare and Institutions Code (WIC) Section
				  5800 et. seq.
(2) The principles of the Children's Mental Health
				  Services Act in WIC 5850 et. seq.
(3)
				  The General Standards in Section
				  3320.
California Code of Regulations › Title 9 - Rehabilitative and Developmental Services › Division 1 - Department of Mental Health › Chapter 14 - Mental Health Services Act › Article 6 - Community Services and Supports › Section 3615 - Community Services and Supports Service Categories

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) The
				  Community Services and Supports (CSS) component contains four service categories:
(1) Full Service Partnership.
(2) General System Development.
(3) Outreach and Engagement.
(4) Mental Health Services Act Housing
				  Program.
California Code of Regulations › Title 9 - Rehabilitative and Developmental Services › Division 1 - Department of Mental Health › Chapter 14 - Mental Health Services Act › Article 6 - Community Services and Supports › Section 3620 - Full Service Partnership Service Category

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) The County
				  shall develop and operate programs to provide services under the Full Service
				  Partnership Service Category. The services to be provided for each client with whom
				  the County has a full service partnership agreement may include the Full Spectrum of
				  Community Services necessary to attain the goals identified in the Individual
				  Services and Supports Plan (ISSP). The services to be provided may also include
				  services the County, in collaboration with the client, and when appropriate the
				  client's family, believe are necessary to address unforeseen circumstances in the
				  client's life that could be, but have not yet been included in the ISSP.
(1) The Full Spectrum of Community Services
				  consists of the following:
(A) Mental health
				  services and supports including, but not limited to:
(i) Mental health treatment, including alternative
				  and culturally specific treatments.
(ii)
				  Peer support.
(iii) Supportive services
				  to assist the client, and when appropriate the client's family, in obtaining and
				  maintaining employment, housing, and/or education.
(iv) Wellness centers.
(v) Alternative treatment and culturally specific
				  treatment approaches.
(vi) Personal
				  service coordination/case management to assist the client, and when appropriate the
				  client's family, to access needed medical, educational, social, vocational
				  rehabilitative and/or other community services.
(vii) Needs assessment.
(viii) ISSP development.
(ix) Crisis intervention/stabilization
				  services.
(x) Family education
				  services.
California Code of Regulations › Title 9 - Rehabilitative and Developmental Services › Division 1 - Department of Mental Health › Chapter 14 - Mental Health Services Act › Article 6 - Community Services and Supports › Section 3620.05 - Criteria for Full Service Partnerships Service Category

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) Individuals
				  selected for participation in the Full Service Partnership Service Category must
				  meet the eligibility criteria in Welfare and Institutions Code (WIC) Section WIC
				  Section 5600.3(a) for children
				  and youth, WIC Section
				  5600.3(b) for adults
				  and older adults or WIC Section
				  5600.3(c) for adults
				  and older adults at risk.
(b) Transition
				  age youth, in addition to (a) above, must meet the criteria below.
(1) They are unserved or underserved and one of
				  the following:
(A) Homeless or at risk of being
				  homeless.
(B) Aging out of the child and
				  youth mental health system.
(C) Aging
				  out of the child welfare systems
(D)
				  Aging out of the juvenile justice system.
(E) Involved in the criminal justice
				  system.
(F) At risk of involuntary
				  hospitalization or institutionalization.
(G) Have experienced a first episode of serious
				  mental illness.
California Code of Regulations › Title 9 - Rehabilitative and Developmental Services › Division 1 - Department of Mental Health › Chapter 14 - Mental Health Services Act › Article 6 - Community Services and Supports › Section 3620.10 - Full Service Partnership Data Collection Requirements

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) The County
				  shall conduct a Partnership Assessment of the client at the time the full service
				  partnership agreement is created between the County and the client, and when
				  appropriate the client's family. The County shall collect information as appropriate
				  including, but not limited to:
(1) General
				  administrative data.
(2) Residential
				  status, including hospitalization or incarceration.
(3) Educational status.
(4) Employment status.
(5) Legal issues/designation.
(6) Sources of financial support.
(7) Health status.
(8) Substance abuse issues.
(9) Assessment of daily living functions, when
				  appropriate.
(10) Emergency
				  interventions.
California Code of Regulations › Title 9 - Rehabilitative and Developmental Services › Division 1 - Department of Mental Health › Chapter 14 - Mental Health Services Act › Article 6 - Community Services and Supports › Section 3630 - General System Development Service Category

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) The County
				  may develop and operate programs to provide mental health services to clients
				  specified in Welfare and Institutions Code Section
				  5600.3 (a), (b) or
				  (c), and when appropriate the clients'
				  families.
(b) General System Development
				  Funds may only be used to:
(1) Provide one or more
				  of the following mental health services and supports:
(A) Mental health treatment, including alternative
				  and culturally specific treatments.
(B)
				  Peer support.
(C) Supportive services to
				  assist the client, and when appropriate the client's family, in obtaining
				  employment, housing, and/or education.
(D) Wellness centers.
(E) Personal service coordination/case
				  management/personal service coordination to assist the client, and when appropriate
				  the client's family, to access needed medical, educational, social, vocational
				  rehabilitative or other community services.
(F) Needs assessment.
(G) Individual Services and Supports Plan
				  development.
(H) Crisis
				  intervention/stabilization services.
(I)
				  Family education services.
(J)
				  Project-Based Housing program.
California Code of Regulations › Title 9 - Rehabilitative and Developmental Services › Division 1 - Department of Mental Health › Chapter 14 - Mental Health Services Act › Article 6 - Community Services and Supports › Section 3630.05 - Project-Based Housing Program

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) The County
				  may use General System Development funds for costs associated with Project-Based
				  Housing, including but not limited to:
(1)
				  Purchasing/renovating/constructing Project-Based Housing.
(2) Master leasing of Project-Based Housing.
(A) The lease between the County and the property
				  owner shall specify that the County shall select the tenants and collect payments
				  from the tenants for the Project-Based Housing.
(3) Repairing damage to the Project-Based Housing
				  in which a tenant resides/resided.
(4)
				  Establishing and maintaining a Capitalized Operating Subsidy Reserve, as defined in
				  section 3200.028.
(5) Establishing a Project-Based Housing Fund.
(A) This Fund shall be an irrevocable transfer of
				  money from the County to a local government housing entity for a specific
				  Project-Based Housing program within the County.
(B) If the County and the local government housing
				  entity determine that completion of the Project-Based Housing program is not
				  feasible, the money shall remain in the Fund for redirection to other approved
				  Project-Based Housing programs.
California Code of Regulations › Title 9 - Rehabilitative and Developmental Services › Division 1 - Department of Mental Health › Chapter 14 - Mental Health Services Act › Article 6 - Community Services and Supports › Section 3630.10 - Requirements for a Project-Based Housing Program

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) The County
				  shall have the responsibility to ensure compliance with the following requirements
				  when General System Development funds are used for Project-Based Housing:
(1) The unit(s) shall be used for the purpose of
				  providing housing as specified in the County's approved Three-Year Program and
				  Expenditure Plan and/or update, for a minimum of 20 years.
(A) Housing units owned by an individual(s) or
				  non-government agency shall have a regulatory agreement, covenant, or deed
				  restriction that requires the Project-Based Housing to be used for the program as
				  described in the work plan in the County's approved Three-Year Program and
				  Expenditure Plan and/or update for a minimum of 20 years.
(i) The above requirement shall not apply to
				  Master Leasing of Project-Based Housing.
California Code of Regulations › Title 9 - Rehabilitative and Developmental Services › Division 1 - Department of Mental Health › Chapter 14 - Mental Health Services Act › Article 6 - Community Services and Supports › Section 3630.15 - Capitalized Operating Subsidy Reserve

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) General
				  System Development funds used by the County to establish a Capitalized Operating
				  Subsidy Reserve shall meet the following requirements:
(1) Funds for the Capitalized Operating Subsidy
				  Reserve shall be deposited into a County-administered account prior to occupancy of
				  the Project-Based Housing.
(2) The
				  amount deposited into the reserve account shall be based on the difference between
				  the anticipated tenant portion of the rent minus revenue lost from anticipated
				  vacancies and the estimated annual operating expenses of the Project-Based Housing.
(A) Operating subsidies for subsidized units shall
				  be calculated on a 20-year projection. The calculation may or may not result in
				  actual funds being available for the full 20 years.
(B) The amount to be deposited in the reserve
				  shall be included in the work plan required in section
				  3650, subdivision
				  (a)(6).
California Code of Regulations › Title 9 - Rehabilitative and Developmental Services › Division 1 - Department of Mental Health › Chapter 14 - Mental Health Services Act › Article 6 - Community Services and Supports › Section 3640 - Outreach and Engagement

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) The County
				  may develop and operate outreach programs/activities for the purpose of identifying
				  unserved individuals who meet the criteria of Welfare and Institutions Code Sections
				  5600.3 (a), (b) or
				  (c) in order to engage them, and when appropriate
				  their families, in the mental health system so that they receive the appropriate
				  services.
(b) Outreach and Engagement
				  funds may be used to pay for:
(1) Strategies to
				  reduce ethnic/racial disparities.
(2)
				  Food, clothing, and shelter, but only when the purpose is to engage unserved
				  individuals, and when appropriate their families, in the mental health
				  system.
(3) Outreach to entities such
				  as:
(A) Community based organizations.
(B) Schools.
(C) Tribal communities.
(D) Primary care providers.
(E) Faith-based organizations.
(4) Outreach to individuals such as:
(A) Community leaders.
(B) Those who are homeless.
(C) Those who are incarcerated in county
				  facilities.
California Code of Regulations › Title 9 - Rehabilitative and Developmental Services › Division 1 - Department of Mental Health › Chapter 14 - Mental Health Services Act › Article 6 - Community Services and Supports › Section 3650 - Community Services and Supports Component of the Three-Year Program and Expenditure Plan

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) The
				  Community Services and Supports (CSS) component shall include the following:
(1) Assessment of Mental Health Needs: The County
				  shall assess and submit a narrative analysis of the mental health needs of unserved,
				  underserved/inappropriately served, and fully served county residents who qualify
				  for MHSA services.
(A) The analysis shall identify
				  the number of older adults, adults, transition age youth and children/youth by
				  gender, race/ethnicity and primary language.
(B) The assessment data used shall include
				  racial/ethnic, age, and gender disparities.
California Code of Regulations › Title 9 - Rehabilitative and Developmental Services › Division 1 - Department of Mental Health › Chapter 14 - Mental Health Services Act › Article 7 - Prevention and Early Intervention › Section 3700 - Rule of General Application

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) The use of
				  Prevention and Early Intervention funds shall be governed by the provisions
				  specified in this Article and Articles 1 through 5, unless otherwise
				  specified.
1. New article 7
					 (sections 3700-3755.010) and section filed
					 10-7-2015; operative 10-7-2015 pursuant to Government Code section
					 11343.4(b)(3)
					 (Register 2015, No. 41).
California Code of Regulations › Title 9 - Rehabilitative and Developmental Services › Division 1 - Department of Mental Health › Chapter 14 - Mental Health Services Act › Article 7 - Prevention and Early Intervention › Section 3705 - Prevention and Early Intervention Component General Requirements

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) The County
				  shall include in its Prevention and Early Intervention Component:
(1) At least one Early Intervention Program as
				  defined in Section
				  3710.
(2) At least one Outreach for Increasing
				  Recognition of Early Signs of Mental Illness Program as defined in Section
				  3715.
(3) At least one Prevention Program as defined in
				  Section 3720
(A) Small counties may opt out of the requirement
				  to have at least one Prevention Program if:
1. The
				  Small County obtains a resolution from the Board of Supervisors that the County
				  cannot meet this requirement.
(B) A Small County that opts out of the
				  requirement in (a)(3) above shall include in its Three-year Program and Expenditure
				  Plan and/or Annual Update documentation describing the rationale for the County's
				  decision and how the County ensured meaningful stakeholder involvement in the
				  decision to opt out.
(4) At
				  least one Access and Linkage to Treatment Program as defined in Section
				  3726
(A) A County with a population under 100,000,
				  according to the most recent projection by the California State Department of
				  Finance, may opt out of the requirement to have at least one Access and Linkage to
				  Treatment Program if:
1. The County obtains a
				  resolution from the Board of Supervisors that the County cannot meet this
				  requirement.
(B) A County that
				  opts out of the requirement in (a)(4) above shall include in its Three-year Program
				  and Expenditure Plan and/or Annual Update documentation describing the rationale for
				  the County's decision and how the County ensured meaningful stakeholder involvement
				  in the decision to opt out.
(5) At least one Stigma and Discrimination
				  Reduction Program as defined in Section
				  3725
(6) The Strategies defined in Section
				  3735.
California Code of Regulations › Title 9 - Rehabilitative and Developmental Services › Division 1 - Department of Mental Health › Chapter 14 - Mental Health Services Act › Article 7 - Prevention and Early Intervention › Section 3706 - General Requirements for Services

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) The County
				  shall serve all ages in one or more Programs of the Prevention and Early
				  Intervention Component.
(b) At least 51
				  percent of the Prevention and Early Intervention Fund shall be used to serve
				  individuals who are 25 years old or younger.
(c) Programs that serve parents, caregivers, or
				  family members with the goal of addressing MHSA outcomes for children or youth at
				  risk of or with early onset of a mental illness can be counted as meeting the
				  requirements in (a) and (b) above.
(d) A
				  Small County may opt out of the requirements in (a) and/or (b) above if:
(1) The Small County obtains a declaration from
				  the Board of Supervisors that the County cannot meet the requirements because of
				  specified local conditions.
California Code of Regulations › Title 9 - Rehabilitative and Developmental Services › Division 1 - Department of Mental Health › Chapter 14 - Mental Health Services Act › Article 7 - Prevention and Early Intervention › Section 3710 - Early Intervention Program

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) The County
				  shall offer at least one Early Intervention Program as defined in this
				  section.
(b) "Early Intervention
				  Program" means treatment and other services and interventions, including relapse
				  prevention, to address and promote recovery and related functional outcomes for a
				  mental illness early in its emergence, including the applicable negative outcomes
				  listed in Welfare and Institutions Code Section
				  5840,
				  subdivision (d) that may result from untreated mental illness.
(c) Early Intervention Program services shall not
				  exceed eighteen months, unless the individual receiving the service is identified as
				  experiencing first onset of a serious mental illness or emotional disturbance with
				  psychotic features, in which case early intervention services shall not exceed four
				  years.
(1) For purpose of this section, "serious
				  mental illness or emotional disturbance with psychotic features" means,
				  schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders including schizophrenia, other
				  psychotic disorders, disorders with psychotic features, and schizotypal
				  (personality) disorder). These disorders include abnormalities in one or more of the
				  following five domains: delusions, hallucinations, disorganized thinking (speech),
				  grossly disorganized or abnormal motor behavior (including catatonia), and negative
				  symptoms.
California Code of Regulations › Title 9 - Rehabilitative and Developmental Services › Division 1 - Department of Mental Health › Chapter 14 - Mental Health Services Act › Article 7 - Prevention and Early Intervention › Section 3715 - Outreach for Increasing Recognition of Early Signs of Mental Illness

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) The County
				  shall offer at least one Outreach for Increasing Recognition of Early Signs of
				  Mental Illness Program as defined in this section.
(b) "Outreach" is a process of engaging,
				  encouraging, educating, and/or training, and learning from potential responders
				  about ways to recognize and respond effectively to early signs of potentially severe
				  and disabling mental illness.
(c)
				  "Potential responders" include, but are not limited to, families, employers, primary
				  health care providers, visiting nurses, school personnel, community service
				  providers, peer providers, cultural brokers, law enforcement personnel, emergency
				  medical service providers, people who provide services to individuals who are
				  homeless, family law practitioners such as mediators, child protective services,
				  leaders of faith-based organizations, and others in a position to identify early
				  signs of potentially severe and disabling mental illness, provide support, and/or
				  refer individuals who need treatment or other mental health services.
(d) Outreach for Increasing Recognition of Early
				  Signs of Mental Illness may include reaching out to individuals with signs and
				  symptoms of a mental illness, so they can recognize and respond to their own
				  symptoms.
(e) In addition to offering
				  the required Outreach for Increasing Recognition of Early Signs of Mental Illness
				  Program, the County may also offer Outreach for Increasing Recognition of Early
				  Signs of Mental Illness as a Strategy within a Prevention Program, a Strategy within
				  an Early Intervention Program, a Strategy within another Program funded by
				  Prevention and Early Intervention funds, or a combination thereof.
(f) An Outreach for Increasing Recognition of
				  Early Signs of Mental Illness Program may be provided through other Mental Health
				  Services Act components as long as it meets all of the requirements in this
				  section.
(g) The County shall include
				  all of the Strategies in each Outreach for Increasing Recognition of Early Signs of
				  Mental Illness Program as referenced in Section
				  3735.
1. New section
					 filed 10-7-2015; operative 10-7-2015 pursuant to Government Code section
					 11343.4(b)(3)
					 (Register 2015, No. 41).
Note: Authority cited: Section
						5846,
						Welfare and Institutions Code. Reference: Section
						5840,
						Welfare and Institutions Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 9 - Rehabilitative and Developmental Services › Division 1 - Department of Mental Health › Chapter 14 - Mental Health Services Act › Article 7 - Prevention and Early Intervention › Section 3720 - Prevention Program

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(a) The County
				  shall offer at least one Prevention Program as defined in this section.
(b) "Prevention Program" means a set of related
				  activities to reduce risk factors for developing a potentially serious mental
				  illness and to build protective factors. The goal of this Program is to bring about
				  mental health including reduction of the applicable negative outcomes listed in
				  Welfare and Institutions Code Section
				  5840,
				  subdivision (d) as a result of untreated mental illness for individuals and members
				  of groups or populations whose risk of developing a serious mental illness is
				  greater than average and, as applicable, their parents, caregivers, and other family
				  members.
(c) "Risk factors for mental
				  illness" means conditions or experiences that are associated with a greater than
				  average risk of developing a potentially serious mental illness. Risk factors
				  include, but are not limited to, biological including family history and
				  neurological, behavioral, social/economic, and environmental.
(1) Examples of risk factors include, but are not
				  limited to, a serious chronic medical condition, adverse childhood experiences,
				  experience of severe trauma, ongoing stress, exposure to drugs or toxins including
				  in the womb, poverty, family conflict or domestic violence, experiences of racism
				  and social inequality, prolonged isolation, traumatic loss (e.g. complicated,
				  multiple, prolonged, severe), having a previous mental illness, a previous suicide
				  attempt, or having a family member with a serious mental
				  illness.
California Code of Regulations › Title 9 - Rehabilitative and Developmental Services › Division 1 - Department of Mental Health › Chapter 14 - Mental Health Services Act › Article 7 - Prevention and Early Intervention › Section 3725 - Stigma and Discrimination Reduction Program

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) The County
				  shall offer at least one Stigma and Discrimination Reduction Program as defined in
				  this section.
(b) "Stigma and
				  Discrimination Reduction Program" means the County's direct activities to reduce
				  negative feelings, attitudes, beliefs, perceptions, stereotypes and/or
				  discrimination related to being diagnosed with a mental illness, having a mental
				  illness, or to seeking mental health services and to increase acceptance, dignity,
				  inclusion, and equity for individuals with mental illness, and members of their
				  families.
(1) Examples of Stigma and Discrimination
				  Reduction Programs include, but are not limited to, social marketing campaigns,
				  speakers' bureaus and other direct-contact approaches, targeted education and
				  training, anti-stigma advocacy, web-based campaigns, efforts to combat multiple
				  stigmas that have been shown to discourage individuals from seeking mental health
				  services, and efforts to encourage self-acceptance for individuals with a mental
				  illness.
(2) Stigma and Discrimination
				  Reduction Programs shall include approaches that are culturally congruent with the
				  values of the populations for whom changes in attitudes, knowledge, and behavior are
				  intended.
California Code of Regulations › Title 9 - Rehabilitative and Developmental Services › Division 1 - Department of Mental Health › Chapter 14 - Mental Health Services Act › Article 7 - Prevention and Early Intervention › Section 3726 - Access and Linkage to Treatment Program

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) The County
				  shall offer at least one Access and Linkage to Treatment Program as defined in this
				  section.
(b) "Access and Linkage to
				  Treatment Program" means a set of related activities to connect children with severe
				  mental illness, as defined in Welfare and Institutions Code Section
				  5600.3,
				  and adults and seniors with severe mental illness, as defined in Welfare and
				  Institutions Code Section
				  5600.3,
				  as early in the onset of these conditions as practicable, to medically necessary
				  care and treatment, including, but not limited to, care provided by county mental
				  health programs.
(1) Examples of Access and
				  Linkage to Treatment Programs, include but are not limited to, Programs with a
				  primary focus on screening, assessment, referral, telephone help lines, and mobile
				  response.
California Code of Regulations › Title 9 - Rehabilitative and Developmental Services › Division 1 - Department of Mental Health › Chapter 14 - Mental Health Services Act › Article 7 - Prevention and Early Intervention › Section 3730 - Suicide Prevention Programs

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) The County
				  may offer one or more Suicide Prevention Programs as defined in this
				  section.
(b) Suicide Prevention Programs
				  means organized activities that the County undertakes to prevent suicide as a
				  consequence of mental illness. This category of Programs does not focus on or have
				  intended outcomes for specific individuals at risk of or with serious mental
				  illness.
(1) Suicide prevention activities that aim
				  to reduce suicidality for specific individuals at risk of or with early onset of a
				  potentially serious mental illness can be a focus of a Prevention Program pursuant
				  to Section 3720 or a focus of an Early Intervention
				  Program pursuant to Section
				  3710.
California Code of Regulations › Title 9 - Rehabilitative and Developmental Services › Division 1 - Department of Mental Health › Chapter 14 - Mental Health Services Act › Article 7 - Prevention and Early Intervention › Section 3735 - Prevention and Early Intervention Strategies

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(a) The County
				  shall include all of the following Strategies as part of each Program listed in
				  Sections 3710 through
				  3730 of Article 7:
(1) Be designed and implemented to help create
				  Access and Linkage to Treatment.
(A) "Access and
				  Linkage to Treatment" means connecting children with severe mental illness, as
				  defined in Welfare and Institutions Code Section
				  5600.3,
				  and adults and seniors with severe mental illness, as defined in Welfare and
				  Institutions Code Section
				  5600.3,
				  as early in the onset of these conditions as practicable, to medically necessary
				  care and treatment, including, but not limited to, care provided by county mental
				  health programs.
California Code of Regulations › Title 9 - Rehabilitative and Developmental Services › Division 1 - Department of Mental Health › Chapter 14 - Mental Health Services Act › Article 7 - Prevention and Early Intervention › Section 3740 - Effective Methods

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(a) For each
				  Program and each Strategy in Article 7, the County shall use effective methods
				  likely to bring about intended outcomes, based on one of the following standards, or
				  a combination of the following standards:
(1)
				  Evidence-based practice standard: Evidence-based practice means activities for which
				  there is scientific evidence consistently showing improved mental health outcomes
				  for the intended population, including, but not limited to, scientific peer-reviewed
				  research using randomized clinical trials.
(2) Promising practice standard: Promising
				  practice means Programs and activities for which there is research demonstrating
				  effectiveness, including strong quantitative and qualitative data showing positive
				  outcomes, but the research does not meet the standards used to establish
				  evidence-based practices and does not have enough research or replication to support
				  generalizable positive public health outcomes.
(3) Community and or practice-based evidence
				  standard: Community and or practice-based evidence means a set of practices that
				  communities have used and determined to yield positive results by community
				  consensus over time, which may or may not have been measured empirically. Community
				  and or practice-defined evidence takes a number of factors into consideration,
				  including worldview, historical, and social contexts of a given population or
				  community, which are culturally rooted.
California Code of Regulations › Title 9 - Rehabilitative and Developmental Services › Division 1 - Department of Mental Health › Chapter 14 - Mental Health Services Act › Article 7 - Prevention and Early Intervention › Section 3745 - Changed Program

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(a) If the
				  County determines a need to make a substantial change to a Program or Strategy
				  described in the County's most recent Three-Year Program and Expenditure Plan or
				  Annual Update that was adopted by the local county board of supervisors as
				  referenced in Welfare and Institutions Code Section
				  5847,
				  the County shall ensure that stakeholders contributed meaningfully to the planning
				  process that resulted in the decision to make the change.
(b) "Substantial change" as used in this section
				  means, change(s) to the essential elements of a Program or Strategy or change(s) to
				  the intended outcomes or target population.
1. New section
					 filed 10-7-2015; operative 10-7-2015 pursuant to Government Code section
					 11343.4(b)(3)
					 (Register 2015, No. 41).
Note: Authority cited: Section
						5846,
						Welfare and Institutions Code. Reference: Sections
						5840
						and
						5848,
						Welfare and Institutions Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 9 - Rehabilitative and Developmental Services › Division 1 - Department of Mental Health › Chapter 14 - Mental Health Services Act › Article 7 - Prevention and Early Intervention › Section 3750 - Prevention and Early Intervention Component Evaluation

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(a) For each
				  Early Intervention Program the County shall evaluate the reduction of prolonged
				  suffering as referenced in Welfare and Institutions Code Section
				  5840,
				  subdivision (d) that may result from untreated mental illness by measuring reduced
				  symptoms and/or improved recovery, including mental, emotional, and relational
				  functioning. The County shall select, define, and measure appropriate indicators
				  that are applicable to the Program.
(b)
				  For each Prevention Program the County shall measure the reduction of prolonged
				  suffering as referenced in Welfare and Institutions Code Section
				  5840,
				  subdivision (d) that may result from untreated mental illness by measuring a
				  reduction in risk factors, indicators, and/or increased protective factors that may
				  lead to improved mental, emotional, and relational functioning. The County shall
				  select, define, and measure appropriate indicators that are applicable to the
				  Program.
(c) For each Early Intervention
				  and each Prevention Program that the County designates as intended to reduce any of
				  the other Mental Health Services Act negative outcomes referenced in Welfare and
				  Institutions Code Section
				  5840,
				  subdivision (d) that may result from untreated mental illness, the County shall
				  select, define, and measure appropriate indicators that the County selects that are
				  applicable to the Program.
(d) For each
				  Stigma and Discrimination Reduction Program referenced in Section
				  3725, the County shall select and use a
				  validated method to measure one or more of the following:
(1) Changes in attitudes, knowledge, and/or
				  behavior related to mental illness that are applicable to the specific
				  Program.
(2) Changes in attitudes,
				  knowledge, and/or behavior related to seeking mental health services that are
				  applicable to the specific Program.
California Code of Regulations › Title 9 - Rehabilitative and Developmental Services › Division 1 - Department of Mental Health › Chapter 14 - Mental Health Services Act › Article 7 - Prevention and Early Intervention › Section 3755 - Prevention and Early Intervention Component of the Three-Year Program and Expenditure Plan and Annual Update

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) The
				  requirements set forth in this section shall apply to the Annual Update due for the
				  fiscal year 2016-17 and each Annual Update and/or Three-Year Program and Expenditure
				  Plan thereafter.
(b) The Prevention and
				  Early Intervention Component of the Three-Year Program and Expenditure Plan or
				  Annual Update shall include the following general information:
(1) A description of how the County ensured that
				  staff and stakeholders involved in the Community Program Planning process required
				  by Title 9 California Code of Regulations, Section
				  3300, were informed about and understood
				  the purpose and requirements of the Prevention and Early Intervention
				  Component.
(2) A description of the
				  County's plan to involve community stakeholders meaningfully in all phases of the
				  Prevention and Early Intervention Component of the Mental Health Services Act,
				  including program planning and implementation, monitoring, quality improvement,
				  evaluation, and budget allocations.
(3)
				  A brief description, with specific examples of how each Program and/or Strategy
				  funded by Prevention and Early Intervention funds will reflect and be consistent
				  with all applicable Mental Health Services Act General Standards set forth in Title
				  9 California Code of Regulations, Section
				  3320.
California Code of Regulations › Title 9 - Rehabilitative and Developmental Services › Division 1 - Department of Mental Health › Chapter 14 - Mental Health Services Act › Article 7 - Prevention and Early Intervention › Section 3755.010 - Prevention and Early Intervention Program Change Report

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) If the
				  County determines a need to make a substantial change to a Program, Strategy, or
				  target population as described in Section
				  3745, the County shall in the next
				  Three-Year Program and Expenditure Plan or Annual Update, whichever is closest in
				  time to the planned change, include the following information:
(1) A brief summary of the Program as initially
				  set forth in the originally adopted Three-Year Program and Expenditure Plan or
				  Annual Update.
(2) A description of the
				  change including the resulting changes in the intended outcomes and the planned
				  evaluation.
(3) Explanation for the
				  change including, stakeholder involvement in the decision and, if any, evaluation
				  data supporting the change.
California Code of Regulations › Title 9 - Rehabilitative and Developmental Services › Division 1 - Department of Mental Health › Chapter 14 - Mental Health Services Act › Article 8 - Workforce Education and Training › Section 3810 - General Workforce Education and Training Requirements

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) Workforce
				  Education and Training programs and activities shall address workforce shortages and
				  deficits identified in the Workforce Needs Assessment required by Section
				  3830 of the regulations and use one or
				  more of the strategies in Welfare and Institutions Code Section
				  5822(a)-(i).
(b) The County shall designate a Workforce
				  Education and Training Coordinator whose duties shall include, but not be limited
				  to:
(1) Coordinating Workforce Education and
				  Training programs and activities.
(2)
				  Acting as a liaison to the Department.