Performance Outcome Data

Select county (or topic below) to view outcomes for programs funded by MHSA*, SAMHSA PATH & Medi-Cal.
*CALBHB/C is asking DHCS and MHSOAC to standardize reporting of MHSA performance outcome data. 
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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)
​Merced
Nevada
Riverside
San Bernardino
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 Bernardino
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)

Legislation

SB 929 was signed into law in 2022, requiring CA DHCS data collection and reporting, including clinical outcomes related to individuals who are admitted or detained for 72-hour evaluation and treatment.

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.

SB 1004 was signed into law in 2018, requiring the commission [MHSOAC] to establish priorities for the use of prevention and early intervention funds and to develop a statewide strategy for monitoring implementation of prevention and early intervention services, including enhancing public understanding of prevention and early intervention and creating metrics for assessing the effectiveness of how prevention and early intervention funds are used and the outcomes that are achieved. 


WIC 5848 - MHSA Performance Requirements
(d) Mental health services provided pursuant to Part 3 (commencing with Section 5800) and Part 4 (commencing with Section 5850) shall be included in the review of program performance by the California Behavioral Health Planning Council required by paragraph (2) of subdivision (c) of Section 5772 and in the local mental health board’s review and comment on the performance outcome data required by paragraph (7) of subdivision (a) of Section 5604.2.
(e) The department [DHCS] shall annually post on its internet website a summary of the performance outcomes reports submitted by counties if clearly and separately identified by counties as the achievement of performance outcomes pursuant to subdivision (c).

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

Statewide Data

Mental and Behavioral Health Diagnoses in Emergency Department and Inpatient Discharges by Healthy Places Index Ranking, HCAi 2020

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cALBHB/C supports the work of california's 59 local mental/ behavioral health boards and commissions by providing resources, training, and opportunities for communication and statewide advocacy.

Local boards are responsible for reviewing community mental health needs, services, facilities and special problems, and serve in an advisory capacity to local governing bodies and local mental/behavioral health directors per CA Welfare and Institutions Code 5604.2.
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