BHSA Basics
This Act replaced the Mental Health Services Act in 2026.
What is the Behavioral Health Services Act (BHSA)?
Proposition 1 paired the BHSA with this $6.4-billion funding mechanism to support infrastructure, housing, and treatment beds.
What is the Behavioral Health Bond?
This initiative is a Section 1115 Medicaid demonstration for Medi‑Cal behavioral health services.
What is BH‑CONNECT?
BHSA requires counties to spend 35% of funds on these intensive care programs.
What are Full Service Partnerships (FSPs)?
EBP stands for this?
What is evidenced based practices?
BHSA was enacted through this California ballot measure.
What is Proposition 1?
Proposition 1 aimed to reduce this crisis affecting California streets.
What is homelessness?
BH‑CONNECT launched this date, ahead of federal approval.
What is January 1, 2025?
FSP teams must include these evidence-based models, including ACT and IPS.
What are ACT, FACT, IPS, and High-Fidelity Wraparound?
BH‑Connect expands Medi‑Cal coverage of EBPs such as ACT and FACT. Name either one.
What are Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) and Forensic ACT (FACT)?
BHSA expands funding to include this disorder alongside mental health.
What is substance use disorder?
Proposition 1 was approved by voters in this year.
What is 2024?
Under BH‑CONNECT, counties may opt in to this service aiding institutional-to-community transitions.
What are Community Transition In‑Reach Services?
FSP serves people with severe mental illness and often this co-occurring issue.
What is substance use disorder?
This EBP is aimed at individuals experiencing first-episode psychosis.
What is Coordinated Specialty Care (CSC)?
BHSA officially takes effect on this date.
What is July 1, 2026?
The bond amount approved under Proposition 1.
What is $6.4 billion?
BH‑CONNECT includes this incentive-based program, using a $1.9 billion budget.
What is the Access, Reform and Outcomes Incentive Program?
The “whatever it takes” philosophy of FSPs aims to reduce these three community-based impacts.
What are homelessness, hospitalizations, and justice involvement?
These are the four EBPs counties must include in BHSA-funded FSPs.
What are ACT, FACT, IPS, and High-Fidelity Wraparound?
BHSA emphasizes culturally competent services in this setting.
What is community-based care?
Proposition 1 also focused on expanding this workforce.
What is the behavioral health workforce?
Among its workforce supports, BH‑CONNECT offers loan repayment, scholarships, and this type of bonus.
What are recruitment and retention bonuses?
Counties must adhere to fidelity standards and team structure as detailed in this DHCS manual.
What is the DHCS EBP Policy Guide?
Counties can optionally implement these two services under BH‑CONNECT but not required by BHSA.
What are Enhanced Community Health Worker Services and Clubhouse Services?