The changes to his spending overhaul are meant to quell concerns from county and youth advocates.
The proposal, introduced in the Legislature by state Sen. Susan Eggman , is a suite of changes to 2004’s voter-approved Mental Health Services Act. In addition to those reforms, Newsom wants to ask voters in March to approve a bond that would provide $4.68 billion for 10,000 mental health treatment beds.
Those categories — and subcategories with more funding requirements — have been a source of consternation for local government agencies, which note the vastly different makeup and needs of California’s 58 counties. Newsom’s newest proposal sets aside 51 percent of the funding in two areas to be used for people 25 and younger. That amounts to about 2 percent earmarked for kids’ prevention services and 8.25 percent for kids’ early interventions. Prevention will now be the responsibility of the state, not the counties.
To offer more flexibility — one of several changes that counties have requested — the bill has been rewritten to let counties use a portion of the money designated for one category for other purposes.
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