Policy & Legislation
2019 NAMI CA Legislative Report (Last Update 8.14.19)
Enacted 2019-2020 CA State Budget (NAMI CA Summary Coming Soon)!
Using Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) Funds - CONCERNS (AB 480 Letter) (AB 734 Letter) (Whole Person Care)
AB 680 (Chu) Public safety dispatchers: mental health training (Fact Sheet) (Analysis) (Letter)
NAMI California sent a letter to the Department of Health Care Services urging them to submit an Serious Mental Illness/Severe Emotional Disturbance (SMI/SED) Demonstration Opportunity application to the Center for Medicaid and Medicare Services. See the full letter here.
NAMI California supports Proposition 2 (No Place Like Home). Read why here.
Policy Platform [pdf]
NAMI California has created a short presentation on the fundamentals of mental health policy in California and the Mental Health Services Act.
Archive - 2018
legislative Resources
California Legislative Information (including bill search)
California Legislature Advocates (create account to track your advocacy)
Legislative Calendar [pdf]
The California Channel (live webcasts of hearings/Senate and Assembly floors)
Legislative Process Overview (Cal State) [pdf]
AGENCY RESOURCES
Department of Health Care Services
Department of Health Care Services: Mental Health Services Division
Mental Health Services Oversight & Accountability Commission