Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission.

Existing law, the Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) , an initiative measure enacted by the voters as Proposition 63 at the November 2, 2004, statewide general election, establishes the continuously appropriated Mental Health Services Fund to fund various county mental health programs. The MHSA established the Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission, which is funded with moneys from the Mental Health Services Fund and which is required to review county plans relating to mental health services and to create specified reports on the use of MHSA moneys. Existing law authorizes the commission to refer critical issues it identifies related to the performance of a county mental health program to the State Department of Health Care Services. This bill would, instead, require the commission to refer identified critical issues related to the performance of a county mental health program to the department.