Performance Outcome Data

Reviewing and commenting on performance outcome data and communicating findings to the CA Behavioral Health Planning Council is a duty of local mental/behavioral health boards and commissions: WIC 5604.2(a)(7).
  • Data Below is organized by:
    1. Counties (for Medi-Cal, MHSA & SAMHSA PATH)
    2. Topic (Sorted by Topic: Children/Youth, Criminal Justice, Employment, Hospitalization, Housing)
  • Standardizing: In 2021, SB465 was enacted, requiring reporting (by the MHSOAC to the CA legislature) of outcomes for people receiving community mental health services under a full service partnership model, including any barriers to receiving the data and recommendations to strengthen California’s use of full service partnerships to reduce incarceration, hospitalization, and homelessness. 
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Counties / Jurisdictions

Topics
Each county currently reports different data.  CALBHB/C is asking DHCS and MHSOAC to standardize reporting for MHSA data.)
Counties in bold report the most performance outcome data for MHSA by topic.
​Children & Youth
El Dorado
Kings (a little)
Nevada
Riverside
San Benito
San Joaquin
Tulare
Tuolumne
​Criminal Justice
​Alameda
Berkeley (City)
Fresno
Humboldt
Kern
Kings (very little)
Los Angeles
Madera
Marin
Merced
Placer
Riverside
Sacramento
San Bernardino
San Diego
San Francisco
San Mateo
Siskiyou
Solano (very little)
Sonoma
Tulare (very little)
​Employment
Alameda
Butte
Calaveras
Contra Costa
Imperial
Kings (a little)
Los Angeles
Marin
Nevada
Riverside
Sacramento (a little)
San Diego (a little)
San Francisco
San Joaquin
San Luis Obispo
San Mateo (very little)
Santa Clara (a little)
​Sierra ​ (very small county)
Solano
Stanislaus
Tri-City (a little)
Tulare
​Hospitalization
Alameda
Contra Costa
El Dorado
Fresno
Humboldt
Kern
Los Angeles
Madera
Marin
Merced
Nevada
Orange
Placer
Riverside
Sacramento
San Bernardino
San Diego
San Francisco
San Mateo
Santa Barbara
​Sierra ​ (very small county)
Siskiyou
Solano (very little)
Sonoma
Sutter-Yuba
Tehama
Tri-City
Tulare 
Tuolumne
​Housing
Alameda
Calaveras
Contra Costa
Fresno
Glenn (a little)
Humboldt
Inyo (very little)
Kern
Kings (a little)
Lake (very little)
Los Angeles
Madera (a little)
Marin
Merced
Napa (a little)
Nevada
Placer
Sacramento
San Diego
San Francisco
San Luis Obispo
San Mateo
Santa Clara
Shasta
​Sierra ​ (very small county)
Siskiyou
Solano (a little)
Sonoma
Tehama
Tri-City

Data Sources

1. Hospitalization - MediCal EQRO
​2. Employment and ​Housing,  SAMHSA PATH
3. Mental Health Services Act (MHSA)

Articles/Documents

SB 465 was signed into law in 2021, requiring reporting (by the MHSOAC to the CA legislature) of outcomes for people receiving community mental health services under a full service partnership model, including any barriers to receiving the data and recommendations to strengthen California’s use of full service partnerships to reduce incarceration, hospitalization, and homelessness.

Raising the Bar for Behavioral Health Care, CA Health Care Foundation, 2021

Behavioral Health Quality Framework: A Roadmap for
Using Measurement to Promote Joint Accountability and
Whole-Person Care, ​The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) 2021

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