ISSUE BRIEF: Performance Outcome Data
It is in the best interest of the state and local communities to know the impact of
Mental Health Services Act (“MHSA”, Proposition 63) offerings.
Mental Health Services Act (“MHSA”, Proposition 63) offerings.
Need to StandardizeEach of CA’s 59 mental/behavioral health agencies collect and report on different MHSA performance outcome data, with some providing meaningful data, and some providing very little performance outcome data.
Suggested Data Points (also see Notes: 1 and 2 below) Children & Youth School-based Wellness (Attendance, Grades, Classroom Behavior) Standardized Screening /Assessment Reporting by Self/Family Criminal Justice Involvement Incarceration/Diversion (# of Days, # of Arrests, Referral/Placement) Employment Competitive Sustained Hospitalizations # of Hospitalizations Days Hospitalized Emergency-Room Visits Crisis Psychiatric Visits Housing/Homelessness Permanent Housing Days of Homelessness 1 Data should include outcomes specific to culture/race/ethnicity and age. 2 Very small counties may need to report trends instead of numbers. |
California LawCalifornia Law WIC 5848(c)) specifies
that MHSA plans shall include reports on the achievement of performance outcomes, to be established jointly by: Department of Health Care Services and Mental Health Services Oversight & Accountability Commission in collaboration with County Behavioral Health Directors Association of CA and with the review and approval of the CA Behavioral Health Planning Council CBHPC is tasked with reviewing and approving the performance outcome measures, and reviewing the performance of mental health and substance use disorder programs based on performance outcome data and other reports from the State Department of Health Care Services and other sources (WIC 5772) On the local level, it is the duty of: California’s 59 Local Mental/Behavioral Health Boards & Commissions to review and comment on performance outcome data to the CA Behavioral Health Planning Council. (WIC 5604.2(7)) |
PROMISING DATA
Children & Youth
Nevada County Criminal Justice Los Angeles County Merced County Sacramento County San Diego County San Mateo County Sonoma County |
ALL COUNTIES
Links to performance outcome data for all counties/juridictions (Medi-Cal, SAMHSA and MHSA).