AB 2568: County integrated health and human services program.

Existing law authorizes the Counties of Humboldt, Mendocino, and Alameda to implement a program for the funding and delivery of services and benefits through an integrated and comprehensive county health and human services system, subject to certain limitations.

This bill would authorize the County of San Diego, upon approval of the county board of supervisors and the California Health and Human Services Agency, to operate an integrated and comprehensive county health and human services system, as specified.

Existing law establishes the Local Revenue Fund 2011 to provide funding to counties for public safety services, including mental health and foster care services, among others. Existing law directs each county to establish a County Local Revenue Fund 2011 for receipt of funds allocated from the Local Revenue Fund 2011, and further directs the county to establish various accounts and subaccounts within the County Local Revenue Fund 2011, including a Protective Services Subaccount and a Behavioral Health Subaccount. Existing law provides that a county authorized to operate an integrated and comprehensive county health and human services system may reallocate money between the Protective Services Subaccount and the Behavioral Health Subaccount, consistent with specified provisions.

This bill would provide that a countys reallocation of funds between the Protective Services Subaccount and the Behavioral Health Subaccount remains in effect for only the fiscal year in which the reallocation is made, and would require the county to report the reallocation to the Department of Finance and the Secretary of California Health and Human Services, as specified.