(a) The State Department of Mental Health, or its successor, the State Department of State Hospitals, shall maintain records of any transfer of funds or state hospital beds made pursuant to Chapter 1341 of the Statutes of 1991.

(b) Commencing with the 1991-92 fiscal year, the State Department of Mental Health, or its successor, the State Department of State Hospitals, shall maintain records that set forth that portion of each county’s allocation of state mental health moneys that represent the dollar equivalent attributed to each county’s state hospital beds or bed days, or both, that were allocated as of May 1, 1991. The State Department of Mental Health, or its successor, the State Department of State Hospitals, shall provide a written summary of these records to the appropriate committees of the Legislature and the County Behavioral Health Directors Association of California within 30 days after the enactment of the annual Budget Act.

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Terms Used In California Welfare and Institutions Code 5701.2

  • County: includes "city and county. See California Welfare and Institutions Code 14
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.

(c) Nothing in this section is intended to change the counties’ base allocations as provided in subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 17601.

(Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 455, Sec. 37. (SB 804) Effective January 1, 2016.)

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