California Welfare and Institutions Code

§ 5845

WIC § 5845 Effective Jun 29, 2024Div. 5 · Part 3.7

Statute text

(a)The Behavioral Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission is hereby established to promote transformational change in California’s behavioral health system through research, evaluation and tracking outcomes, and other strategies to assess and report progress. The commission shall use this information and analyses to inform the commission’s grant making, identify key policy issues and emerging best practices, provide technical assistance and training, promote high-quality programs implemented, and advise the Governor and the Legislature, pursuant to the Behavioral Health Services Act and related components of California’s behavioral health system. For this purpose, the commission shall collaborate with the California Health and Human Services Agency, its departments and other state entities.

(b)(1) The commission shall replace the advisory committee established pursuant to Section 5814.

(2)The commission shall consist of 27 voting members as follows:

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Legislative history

Amended (as added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 790, Sec. 58) by Stats. 2024, Ch. 40, Sec. 41. (SB 159) Effective June 29, 2024. Operative January 1, 2025, by its own provisions.