California Welfare and Institutions Code

§ 5892

WIC § 5892 Effective Jan 1, 2026Div. 5 · Part 4.5

Statute text

(a)To promote efficient implementation of this act, the county shall use funds distributed from the Behavioral Health Services Fund as follows:

(1)Twenty percent of funds distributed to the counties pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 5891 shall be used for prevention and early intervention programs in accordance with Part 3.6 (commencing with Section 5840).

(2)The expenditure for prevention and early intervention may be increased in a county in which the department determines that the increase will decrease the need and cost for additional services to persons with severe mental illness in that county by an amount at least commensurate with the proposed increase.

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Legislative history

Amended (as amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 40, Sec. 48) by Stats. 2025, Ch. 243, Sec. 18. (SB 862) Effective January 1, 2026. Inoperative July 1, 2026, by its own provisions. See later operative version added by Sec. 95 of Stats. 2023, Ch. 790. Note: Amended in Prop. 1 at the March 5, 2024, election.