​​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.

Need to Standardize

Each 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 Law

California 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

ALL COUNTIES

​Links to performance outcome data for all counties/juridictions (Medi-Cal, SAMHSA and MHSA).

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