California Welfare and Institutions Code

§ 5886

WIC § 5886 Effective Jan 1, 2025Div. 5 · Part 4 · Ch. 3

Statute text

(a)The Behavioral Health Student Services Act is hereby established as a mental health partnership grant program for the purpose of establishing mental health partnerships between a county’s mental health or behavioral health departments and school districts, charter schools, and the county office of education within the county.

(b)The Behavioral Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission shall award grants to county mental health or behavioral health departments to fund partnerships between educational and county mental health entities. Subject to an appropriation for this purpose, commencing with the 2021–22 fiscal year, the commission shall award a grant under this section to a county mental health or behavioral health department, or another lead agency, as identified by the partnership within each county that meets the requirements of this section.

(1)County, city, or multicounty mental health or behavioral health departments, or a consortium of those entities, including multicounty partnerships, may, in partnership with one or more school districts and at least one of the following educational entities located within the county, apply for a grant to fund activities of the partnership:

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Legislative history

Amended (as amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 40, Sec. 45) by Stats. 2024, Ch. 948, Sec. 57. (AB 2119) Effective January 1, 2025.