Welf. & Inst. Code, § 5892.5 · Part 4.5. MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FUND
Welf. & Inst. Code, § 5892.5
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(a) (1) The California Housing Finance Agency, with the concurrence of the State Department of Health Care Services, shall release unencumbered Behavioral Health Services Fund moneys dedicated to the Mental Health Services Act housing program upon the written request of the respective county.
(2) The county shall use these Behavioral Health Services Fund moneys released by the agency to provide housing interventions pursuant to Section 5830.
(b) For purposes of administering those funds released to a respective county pursuant to subdivision (a), the county shall comply with all of the requirements described in the Behavioral Health Services Act, including, but not limited to, Section 5664, Section 5963.02, subdivision (g) of Section 5892, and Section 5963.04.
(c) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2026, 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Repealed (in Sec. 99) and added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 790, Sec. 100. (SB 326) Effective April 17, 2024. Approved in Proposition 1 at the March 5, 2024, election. Operative July 1, 2026, by its own provisions.
Another version listed by the Legislative Counsel
Inoperative July 1, 2026, by its own provisions. Repealed as of January 1, 2027, by its own provisions. See later operative version added by Sec. 100 of Stats. 2023, Ch. 790.
(a) (1) The California Housing Finance Agency, with the concurrence of the State Department of Health Care Services, shall release unencumbered Behavioral Health Services Fund moneys dedicated to the Mental Health Services Act housing program upon the written request of the respective county. The county shall use these Behavioral Health Services Fund moneys released by the agency to provide housing assistance to the target populations who are identified in Section 5600.3.
(2) For purposes of this section, “housing assistance” means each of the following:
(A) Rental assistance or capitalized operating subsidies.
(B) Security deposits, utility deposits, or other move-in cost assistance.
(C) Utility payments.
(D) Moving cost assistance.
(E) Capital funding to build or rehabilitate housing for homeless, mentally ill persons or mentally ill persons who are at risk of being homeless.
(b) For purposes of administering those funds released to a respective county pursuant to subdivision (a), the county shall comply with all of the requirements described in the Mental Health Services Act, including, but not limited to, Sections 5664, 5847, subdivision (h) of Section 5892, and 5899.
(c) 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 July 1, 2026, and as of January 1, 2027, is repealed.
History (another version listed by the Legislative Counsel)
Amended (as amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 790, Sec. 99) by Stats. 2024, Ch. 40, Sec. 49. (SB 159) Effective June 29, 2024. Inoperative July 1, 2026, by its own provisions. Repealed as of January 1, 2027, by its own provisions. See later operative version added by Sec. 100 of Stats. 2023, Ch. 790.
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