Welf. & Inst. Code, § 5614 · Chapter 1. General Provisions
Welf. & Inst. Code, § 5614
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(a) The department, in consultation with the Compliance Advisory Committee that shall have representatives from relevant stakeholders, including, but not limited to, local behavioral health departments, local behavioral health boards and commissions, private and community-based providers, consumers and family members of consumers, local education agency representatives including, but not limited to, educators and school staff, and advocates, shall establish a protocol for ensuring that local behavioral health departments meet statutory and regulatory requirements for the provision of publicly funded community mental health services provided under this part.
(b) The protocol shall include a procedure for review and assurance of compliance for all of the following elements, and any other element required in law or regulation:
(1) Financial maintenance of effort requirements provided for under Section 17608.05.
(2) Each local behavioral health board has approved procedures that ensure citizen and professional involvement in the local mental health and substance use disorder planning process.
(3) Children’s services are funded pursuant to the requirements of Sections 5704.5 and 5704.6.
(4) The local behavioral health department complies with reporting requirements developed by the department.
(5) To the extent resources are available, the local behavioral health department maintains the program principles and the array of treatment options required under Sections 5600.2 to 5600.9, inclusive.
(6) The local behavioral health department meets the reporting required by the performance outcome systems for adults and children.
(c) (1) The protocol developed pursuant to subdivision (a) shall focus on law and regulations and shall include, but not be limited to, the items specified in subdivision (b).
(2) The protocol shall include data collection procedures so that state review and reporting may occur.
(3) The protocol shall also include a procedure for the provision of technical assistance, and formal decision rules and procedures for enforcement consequences when the requirements of law and regulations are not met.
(4) These standards and decision rules shall be established through the consensual stakeholder process established by the department.
(d) 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
Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 790, Sec. 29. (SB 326) Effective April 17, 2024. Approved in Proposition 1 at the March 5, 2024, election. Operative January 1, 2025, by its own provisions.
Another version listed by the Legislative Counsel
Inoperative January 1, 2025, by its own provisions. Repealed as of January 1, 2027, by its own provisions. See later operative version added by Sec. 29 of Stats. 2023, Ch. 790.
(a) The department, in consultation with the Compliance Advisory Committee that shall have representatives from relevant stakeholders, including, but not limited to, local behavioral health departments, local behavioral health boards and commissions, private and community-based providers, consumers and family members of consumers, local educational agency representatives including, but not limited to, educators and school staff, and advocates, shall establish a protocol for ensuring that local behavioral health departments meet statutory and regulatory requirements for the provision of publicly funded community mental health services provided under this part.
(b) The protocol shall include a procedure for review and assurance of compliance for all of the following elements, and any other element required in law or regulation:
(1) Financial maintenance of effort requirements provided for under Section 17608.05.
(2) Each local behavioral health board has approved procedures that ensure citizen and professional involvement in the local mental health and substance use disorder planning process.
(3) Children’s services are funded pursuant to the requirements of Sections 5704.5 and 5704.6.
(4) The local behavioral health department complies with reporting requirements developed by the department.
(5) To the extent resources are available, the local behavioral health department maintains the program principles and the array of treatment options required under Sections 5600.2 to 5600.9, inclusive.
(6) The local behavioral health department meets the reporting required by the performance outcome systems for adults and children.
(c) (1) The protocol developed pursuant to subdivision (a) shall focus on law and regulations and shall include, but not be limited to, the items specified in subdivision (b).
(2) The protocol shall include data collection procedures so that state review and reporting may occur.
(3) The protocol shall also include a procedure for the provision of technical assistance and formal decision rules and procedures for enforcement consequences when the requirements of law and regulations are not met.
(4) These standards and decision rules shall be established through the consensual stakeholder process established by the department.
(d) If amendments to the Mental Health Services Act are approved by the voters at the March 5, 2024, statewide primary election, this section shall become inoperative on January 1, 2025, and as of January 1, 2027, is repealed.
History (another version listed by the Legislative Counsel)
Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 790, Sec. 28. (SB 326) Effective April 17, 2024. Approved in Proposition 1 at the March 5, 2024, election. Operative January 1, 2025, pursuant to Sec. 117 of Proposition 1. Inoperative January 1, 2025, by its own provisions. Repealed as of January 1, 2027, by its own provisions. See later operative version added by Sec. 29 of Stats. 2023, Ch. 790.
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- Welf. & Inst. Code, § 5600.2Printed as Sections 5600.2 to 5600.9, inclusive
- Welf. & Inst. Code, § 5600.9Printed as Sections 5600.2 to 5600.9, inclusive
- Welf. & Inst. Code, § 5704.5Printed as Sections 5704.5 and 5704.6
- Welf. & Inst. Code, § 5704.6Printed as Sections 5704.5 and 5704.6
- Welf. & Inst. Code, § 17608.05Printed as Section 17608.05
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