Health and Human Services
4440 Department of Mental Health

The California Department of Mental Health leads the state's mental health system, ensuring the availability and accessibility of effective, efficient, and culturally competent services. Advocacy, education, innovation, outreach, understanding, oversight, monitoring, quality improvement, and the provision of direct services accomplish this mission.

Since department programs drive the need for infrastructure investment, each department has a related capital outlay program to support this need. For the specifics on the Department of Mental Health's Capital Outlay Program see "Infrastructure Overview."
MAJOR PROGRAM CHANGES Back to Top
  • The Governor's Budget includes $226.7 million in General Fund savings for 2009-10 based on amending the non-supplantation requirement of the Mental Health Services Act (Proposition 63) to allow the use of Proposition 63 funds for Mental Health Managed Care. Also, the Department of Mental Health will work with the counties and other stakeholders on changes necessary to provide greater local flexibility regarding the maintenance of effort and non-supplantation requirements of the Act. Implementation of this proposal will require passage of a voter initiative.
PROGRAMS Back to Top
The following table presents total proposed budget year positions and expenditures for each budgeted program area. These expenditures include all funding sources that support the state agency's programs.
Code Program
 Proposed
2009-10*
Positions
Dollars
10 Community Services
190.6
$3,842,455
15 Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission
21
4,739
20 Long-Term Care Services
11,020.1
1,384,063
35.01 Administration
235.1
15,279
35.02 Distributed Administration
0
-15,279
Totals, Positions and Expenditures (excluding Infrastructure)
11,466.8
$5,231,257
 
 Infrastructure Expenditures
-
79,693
Totals, Positions and All Expenditures
11,466.8
$5,310,950

Refer to the Program Descriptions for a description of programs operated by this state agency.

Refer to the 3-Yr Expenditures & Positions for expenditures, positions, and funding detail.

Refer to the Infrastructure Overview for infrastructure expenditure detail.
PRINTABLE BUDGET DOCUMENTS Back to Top
The following identifies budget documents for this state agency that are available in a printable (pdf) format.

Entire Department of Mental Health Budget (pdf * - 288K) in pdf format.
This document provides a printable format (pdf) of all budget information for this state agency. Note: Along with other information, this document includes the documents listed below.

 Fund Condition Statements ONLY (pdf * - 6K)
This document provides a printable format (pdf) of only the fund condition statements for each fund administered by this state agency.

 Detail of Appropriations and Adjustments ONLY (pdf * - 8K)
This document provides a printable format (pdf) of only the detail of appropriations and adjustments for this state agency.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Back to Top
Legal Citations and Authority
Includes the legal citations (state statutes, federal statutes, and court orders) for operation of department programs and activities.
State Hospital In-Hospital Population (pdf * - 135K)
This table displays the actual or estimated population census for each State hospital facility and psychiatric program on the last Wednesday of each fiscal year and the average population for each fiscal year from Fiscal Year 2005-06 to Fiscal Year 2009-10.

 Mental Health Service Act Housing Support Account (pdf * - 115K)