Welf. & Inst. Code, § 5604.3 · Chapter 1. General Provisions
Welf. & Inst. Code, § 5604.3
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(a) (1) The board of supervisors may pay from available funds the actual and necessary expenses of the members of the behavioral health board of a community mental health service incurred incident to the performance of their official duties and functions.
(2) The expenses may include travel, lodging, childcare, and meals for the members of the board while on official business as approved by the director of the local behavioral health program.
(b) Governing bodies are encouraged to provide a budget for the local behavioral health board using planning and administrative revenues identified in paragraph (1) of subdivision (e) of Section 5892, that is sufficient to facilitate the purpose, duties, and responsibilities of the local behavioral health board.
(c) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2025, if amendments to the Mental Health Services Act are approved by the voters at the March 5, 2024, statewide primary election.
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History
Repealed (in Sec. 20) and added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 790, Sec. 21. (SB 326) Effective April 17, 2024. Approved in Proposition 1 at the March 5, 2024, election. Operative January 1, 2025, by its own provisions.
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