AB 383: Behavioral health: older adults.
- Session Year: 2021-2022
- House: Assembly
- Latest Version Date: 2021-06-21
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, establishes the continuously appropriated Mental Health Services Fund to fund various county mental health programs, including the Adult and Older Adult Mental Health System of Care Act. Existing law authorizes the MHSA to be amended by a 2/3 vote of the Legislature if the amendments are consistent with, and further the purposes of, the MHSA, and also permits the Legislature to clarify procedures and terms of the MHSA by a majority vote.
This bill would establish within the State Department of Health Care Services an Older Adult Mental Behavioral Health Services Administrator to oversee mental behavioral health services for older adults. The bill would require that position to be funded with administrative funds from the Mental Health Services Fund. The bill would prescribe the functions of the administrator and its responsibilities, including, but not limited to, developing outcome and related indicators for older adults for the purpose of assessing the status of mental behavioral health services for older adults, monitoring the quality of programs for those adults, and guiding decisionmaking on how to improve those services. The bill would require the administrator to receive data from other state agencies and departments to implement these provisions, subject to existing state or federal confidentiality requirements. The bill would require the administrator to report to the entities that administer the MHSA on those outcome and related indicators by July 1, 2022, and would require the report to be posted on the departments internet website. The bill would also require the administrator to develop a strategy and standardized training for all county mental behavioral health personnel in order for the counties to assist the administrator in obtaining the data necessary to develop the outcome and related indicators.
This bill would declare that it clarifies procedures and terms of the Mental Health Services Act.
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, establishes the continuously appropriated Mental Health Services Fund to fund various county mental health programs, including the Adult and Older Adult Mental Health System of Care Act. Existing law authorizes the MHSA to be amended by a 2/3 vote of the Legislature if the amendments are consistent with, and further the purposes of, the MHSA, and also permits the Legislature to clarify procedures and terms of the MHSA by a majority vote.
This bill would establish within the State Department of Health Care Services an Older Adult Mental Health Services Administrator to oversee mental health services for older adults. The bill would require that position to be funded with administrative funds from the Mental Health Services Fund. The bill would prescribe the functions of the administrator and its responsibilities, including, but not limited to, developing outcome and related indicators for older adults for the purpose of assessing the status of mental health services for older adults, monitoring the quality of programs for those adults, and guiding decisionmaking on how to improve those services. The bill would require the administrator to receive data from other state agencies and departments to implement these provisions, subject to existing state or federal confidentiality requirements. The bill would require the administrator to report to the entities that administer the MHSA on those outcome and related indicators by July 1, 2022, and would authorize the administrator to make the report available to the Legislature, upon request. require the report to be posted on the departments internet website. The bill would also require the administrator to develop a strategy and standardized training for all county mental health personnel in order for the counties to assist the administrator in obtaining the data necessary to develop the outcome and related indicators.
This bill would declare that it clarifies procedures and terms of the Mental Health Services Act.
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, establishes the continuously appropriated Mental Health Services Fund to fund various county mental health programs, including the Adult and Older Adult Mental Health System of Care Act. Existing law authorizes the MHSA to be amended by a 2/3 vote of the Legislature if the amendments are consistent with, and further the purposes of, the MHSA, and also permits the Legislature to clarify procedures and terms of the MHSA by a majority vote.
This bill would establish within the State Department of Health Care Services an Older Adult Mental Health Services Administrator to oversee mental health services for older adults. The bill would require that position to be funded with administrative funds from the Mental Health Services Fund. The bill would prescribe the functions of the administrator and its responsibilities, including, but not limited to, developing outcome and related indicators for older adults for the purpose of assessing the status of mental health services for older adults, monitoring the quality of programs for those adults, and guiding decisionmaking on how to improve those services. The bill would require the administrator to receive data from other state agencies and departments to implement these provisions, subject to existing state or federal confidentiality requirements. The bill would require the administrator to report to the entities that administer the MHSA on those outcome and related indicators by July 1, 2022, and would authorize the administrator to make the report available to the Legislature, upon request. The bill would also require the administrator to develop a strategy and standardized training for all county mental health personnel in order for the counties to assist the administrator in obtaining the data necessary to develop the outcome and related indicators.
This bill would declare that it clarifies procedures and terms of the Mental Health Services Act.
(a)There is within the State Department of Health Care Services an Older Adult Mental Behavioral Health Services Administrator who shall oversee mental behavioral health services for older adults. The administrator position shall be funded with administrative funds pursuant to, and shall act in accordance with the purposes described in, subdivision (d) of Section 5892.
(b)The Older Adult Mental Behavioral Health Services Administrator shall work in close coordination and collaboration with stakeholders, including, but not limited to, the following:
(1)The Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission.
(2)The Director of the California Department of Aging.
(3)County behavioral health services departments.
(4)Any other relevant stakeholders to ensure that older adults have access to necessary behavioral health services and supports.
(c)In order to fulfill duties to consumers and family members as well as the requirements for research and evaluation of mental behavioral health services and outcomes as described in subdivision (d) of Section 5892, the Older Adult Mental Behavioral Health Services Administrators responsibilities shall include, but shall not be limited to, the following:
(1)Service integration for mental behavioral health services for older adults.
(2)Determining which outcome and related indicators counties are currently collecting, and which current services are being offered.
(3)Developing outcome and related indicators for older adults, using existing data, for the purpose of assessing the status of mental behavioral health services for older adults, for monitoring the quality of programs intended to serve those older adults, and to guide decisionmaking on how to improve those services.
(4)Ensuring that indicators shall reflect the following issues, including, but not limited to, screenings and assessments of affective disorders, suicide risk and suicide rates, medication review, cognitive review and assessment, alcohol use and substance misuse, housing and independent living assessment, social connections and social isolation, consumer and family satisfaction with care, access to care overall and for diverse populations, continuity and integration of care, health services utilization such as psychiatric hospitalizations and emergency room use for mental and behavioral health care, the number of eligible older adults with a mental health service need compared with the number of eligible older adults who received services in the measurement year, and services provided on a regional basis to determine regional areas with the greatest need for services.
(5)To the extent that data does not exist to sufficiently determine the outcome and related indicators identified in paragraph (4), working with all relevant stakeholders to develop a strategy to identify high-level indicators, including, but not limited to, for those indicators from paragraph (4) that cannot be sufficiently defined using existing and available data.
(6)Utilization of the new outcome and related indicators to prepare and disseminate, on an annual basis, reports to the State Department of Health Care Services, the Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission, and counties that would also include, but are not limited to, numbers of older adults served by age, differences in age categorization of older adult groups served, and effectiveness of services.
(7)In close coordination and consultation with experts in the field, establishing a standardized geriatrics training module for mental behavioral health professionals that would include a plan to account for cultural, linguistic, ethnic, geographic, and socioeconomic diversity among the older adult population, and that address barriers and stigma experienced by older adult populations. The standardized training module shall be made available to mental behavioral health professionals and other providers.
(d)The Older Adult Mental Behavioral Health Services Administrator shall receive any data, the access to which is not restricted by any state or federal law, that is necessary to develop outcome-related indicators as specified in paragraph (4) of subdivision (c), including, but not limited to, data held by other state agencies or departments.
(e)The Older Adult Mental Behavioral Health Services Administrator shall maintain the confidentiality of information received pursuant to this section in a manner that is equal to the manner in which other state agencies or departments maintain the confidentiality of data.
(f)The Older Adult Mental Behavioral Health Services Administrator may establish one or more advisory bodies to guide and inform the selection of outcome and related indicators and the strategy for developing and reporting those indicators. An existing state entity that involves diverse representation of older adults, including, but not limited to, the California Commission on Aging, may act as an advisory body for purposes of this section.
(g)The Older Adult Mental Behavioral Health Services Administrator shall report to the entities listed in subdivision (d) of Section 5892, on or before July 1, 2022, all of the outcome and related indicators developed by the administrator pursuant to paragraph (4) of subdivision (c). The report shall also include recommendations on ways to establish a system for monitoring those indicators on a continual basis, including additional staffing or technology that might be necessary, and any regulatory or fiscal barriers that may hinder future progress on the development of a monitoring system. The report shall be posted on the departments internet website.
(h)The Older Adult Mental Behavioral Health Services Administrator shall also develop a strategy and standardized training for all county mental behavioral health personnel, including clinicians, involved in delivering Mental Health Services Act mental health care and prevention services to older adults in order for counties to assist the administrator in obtaining the data necessary to develop the outcome and related indicators specified in paragraph (4) of subdivision (c).
SEC. 2.The Legislature finds and declares that this act clarifies procedures and terms of the Mental Health Services Act within the meaning of Section 18 of the Mental Health Services Act.
(a)There is within the State Department of Health Care Services an Older Adult Mental Health Services Administrator who shall oversee mental health services for older adults. The administrator position shall be funded with administrative funds pursuant to, and shall act in accordance with the purposes described in, subdivision (d) of Section 5892.
(b)The Older Adult Mental Health Services Administrator shall work in close coordination and collaboration with stakeholders, including, but not limited to, the following:
(1)The Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission.
(2)The Director of the California Department of Aging.
(3)County behavioral health services departments.
(4)Any other relevant stakeholders to ensure that older adults have access to necessary behavioral health services and supports.
(c)In order to fulfill duties to consumers and family members as well as the requirements for research and evaluation of mental health services and outcomes as described in subdivision (d) of Section 5892, the Older Adult Mental Health Services Administrators responsibilities shall include, but shall not be limited to, the following:
(1)Service integration for mental health services for older adults.
(2)Determining which outcome and related indicators counties are currently collecting, and which current services are being offered.
(3)Developing outcome and related indicators for older adults, using existing data, for the purpose of assessing the status of mental health services for older adults, for monitoring the quality of programs intended to serve those older adults, and to guide decisionmaking on how to improve those services.
(4)Ensuring that indicators shall reflect the following issues, including, but not limited to, screenings and assessments of affective disorders, suicide risk and suicide rates, medication review, cognitive review and assessment, alcohol use and substance misuse, housing and independent living assessment, social connections and social isolation, consumer and family satisfaction with care, access to care overall and for diverse populations, continuity and integration of care, health services utilization such as psychiatric hospitalizations and emergency room use for mental and behavioral health care, the number of eligible older adults with a mental health service need compared with the number of eligible older adults who received services in the measurement year, and services provided on a regional basis to determine regional areas with the greatest need for services.
(5)To the extent that data does not exist to sufficiently determine the outcome and related indicators identified in paragraph (4), working with all relevant stakeholders to develop a strategy to identify high-level indicators, including, but not limited to, for those indicators from paragraph (4) that cannot be sufficiently defined using existing and available data.
(6)Utilization of the new outcome and related indicators to prepare and disseminate, on an annual basis, reports to the State Department of Health Care Services, the Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission, and counties that would also include, but are not limited to, numbers of older adults served by age, differences in age categorization of older adult groups served, and effectiveness of services.
(7)In close coordination and consultation with experts in the field, establishing a standardized geriatrics training module for mental health professionals that would include a plan to account for cultural, linguistic, ethnic, geographic, and socioeconomic diversity among the older adult population, and that address barriers and stigma experienced by older adult populations. The standardized training module shall be made available to mental health professionals and other providers.
(d)The Older Adult Mental Health Services Administrator shall receive any data, the access to which is not restricted by any state or federal law, that is necessary to develop outcome-related indicators as specified in paragraph (4) of subdivision (c), including, but not limited to, data held by other state agencies or departments.
(e)The Older Adult Mental Health Services Administrator shall maintain the confidentiality of information received pursuant to this section in a manner that is equal to the manner in which other state agencies or departments maintain the confidentiality of data.
(f)The Older Adult Mental Health Services Administrator may establish one or more advisory bodies to guide and inform the selection of outcome and related indicators and the strategy for developing and reporting those indicators. An existing state entity that involves diverse representation of older adults, including, but not limited to, the California Commission on Aging, may act as an advisory body for purposes of this section.
(g)The Older Adult Mental Health Services Administrator shall report to the entities listed in subdivision (d) of Section 5892, on or before July 1, 2022, all of the outcome and related indicators developed by the administrator pursuant to paragraph (4) of subdivision (c). The report shall also include recommendations on ways to establish a system for monitoring those indicators on a continual basis, including additional staffing or technology that might be necessary, and any regulatory or fiscal barriers that may hinder future progress on the development of a monitoring system. The report may be made available to the Legislature, upon request by the Legislature. The report shall be posted on the departments internet website.
(h)The Older Adult Mental Health Services Administrator shall also develop a strategy and standardized training for all county mental health personnel, including clinicians, involved in delivering Mental Health Services Act mental health care and prevention services to older adults in order for counties to assist the administrator in obtaining the data necessary to develop the outcome and related indicators specified in paragraph (4) of subdivision (c).
SEC. 2.The Legislature finds and declares that this act clarifies procedures and terms of the Mental Health Services Act within the meaning of Section 18 of the Mental Health Services Act.
(a)There is within the State Department of Health Care Services an Older Adult Mental Health Services Administrator who shall oversee mental health services for older adults. The administrator position shall be funded with administrative funds pursuant to, and shall act in accordance with the purposes described in, subdivision (d) of Section 5892.
(b)The Older Adult Mental Health Services Administrator shall work in close coordination and collaboration with stakeholders, including, but not limited to, the following:
(1)The Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission.
(2)The Director of the California Department of Aging.
(3)County behavioral health services departments.
(4)Any other relevant stakeholders to ensure that older adults have access to necessary behavioral health services and supports.
(c)In order to fulfill duties to consumers and family members as well as the requirements for research and evaluation of mental health services and outcomes as described in subdivision (d) of Section 5892, the Older Adult Mental Health Services Administrators responsibilities shall include, but shall not be limited to, the following:
(1)Service integration for mental health services for older adults.
(2)Determining which outcome and related indicators counties are currently collecting, and which current services are being offered.
(3)Developing outcome and related indicators for older adults, using existing data, for the purpose of assessing the status of mental health services for older adults, for monitoring the quality of programs intended to serve those older adults, and to guide decisionmaking on how to improve those services.
(4)Ensuring that indicators shall reflect the following issues, including, but not limited to, screenings and assessments of affective disorders, suicide risk and suicide rates, medication review, cognitive review and assessment, alcohol use and substance misuse, housing and independent living assessment, social connections and social isolation, consumer and family satisfaction with care, access to care overall and for diverse populations, continuity and integration of care, health services utilization such as psychiatric hospitalizations and emergency room use for mental and behavioral health care, the number of eligible older adults with a mental health service need compared with the number of eligible older adults who received services in the measurement year, and services provided on a regional basis to determine regional areas with the greatest need for services.
(5)To the extent that data does not exist to sufficiently determine the outcome and related indicators identified in paragraph (4), working with all relevant stakeholders to develop a strategy to identify high-level indicators, including, but not limited to, for those indicators from paragraph (4) that cannot be sufficiently defined using existing and available data.
(6)Utilization of the new outcome and related indicators to prepare and disseminate, on an annual basis, reports to the State Department of Health Care Services, the Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission, and counties that would also include, but are not limited to, numbers of older adults served by age, differences in age categorization of older adult groups served, and effectiveness of services.
(7)In close coordination and consultation with experts in the field, establishing a standardized geriatrics training module for mental health professionals that would include a plan to account for cultural, linguistic, ethnic, geographic, and socioeconomic diversity among the older adult population, and that address barriers and stigma experienced by older adult populations. The standardized training module shall be made available to mental health professionals and other providers.
(d)The Older Adult Mental Health Services Administrator shall receive any data, the access to which is not restricted by any state or federal law, that is necessary to develop outcome-related indicators as specified in paragraph (4) of subdivision (c), including, but not limited to, data held by other state agencies or departments.
(e)The Older Adult Mental Health Services Administrator shall maintain the confidentiality of information received pursuant to this section in a manner that is equal to the manner in which other state agencies or departments maintain the confidentiality of data.
(f)The Older Adult Mental Health Services Administrator may establish one or more advisory bodies to guide and inform the selection of outcome and related indicators and the strategy for developing and reporting those indicators. An existing state entity that involves diverse representation of older adults, including, but not limited to, the California Commission on Aging, may act as an advisory body for purposes of this section.
(g)The Older Adult Mental Health Services Administrator shall report to the entities listed in subdivision (d) of Section 5892, on or before July 1, 2022, all of the outcome and related indicators developed by the administrator pursuant to paragraph (4) of subdivision (c). The report shall also include recommendations on ways to establish a system for monitoring those indicators on a continual basis, including additional staffing or technology that might be necessary, and any regulatory or fiscal barriers that may hinder future progress on the development of a monitoring system. The report may be made available to the Legislature, upon request by the Legislature.
(h)The Older Adult Mental Health Services Administrator shall also develop a strategy and standardized training for all county mental health personnel, including clinicians, involved in delivering Mental Health Services Act mental health care and prevention services to older adults in order for counties to assist the administrator in obtaining the data necessary to develop the outcome and related indicators specified in paragraph (4) of subdivision (c).
SEC. 2.The Legislature finds and declares that this act clarifies procedures and terms of the Mental Health Services Act within the meaning of Section 18 of the Mental Health Services Act.
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| Aug 26, 2021 | In committee: Held under submission. |
| Aug 16, 2021 | In committee: Referred to suspense file. |
| Jul 7, 2021 | From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (July 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. |
| Jun 21, 2021 | Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S. |
| Jun 17, 2021 | From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on HUMAN S. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 16). |
| Jun 9, 2021 | Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and HUMAN S. |
| May 28, 2021 | In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. |
| May 27, 2021 | Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1600.) |
| May 24, 2021 | Read second time. Ordered to third reading. |
| May 20, 2021 | Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 1460.) |
| May 19, 2021 | In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. |
| Apr 26, 2021 | Re-referred to Com. on APPR. |
| Apr 22, 2021 | Read second time and amended. |
| Apr 21, 2021 | From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 20). |
| Apr 7, 2021 | From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 6). Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. |
| Feb 12, 2021 | Referred to Coms. on AGING & L.T.C. and HEALTH. |
| Feb 3, 2021 | From printer. May be heard in committee March 5. |
| Feb 2, 2021 | Read first time. To print. |
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| May 27, 2021 | AB 383 Salas Assembly Third Reading | Assembly Floor |
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