Mental Health Services Funding

Ballot Summary
Would have amended the Mental Health Services Act (Prop. 63 of 2004) to cut about $230 million per year for two years from the expansion of state mental health services. Prop. 1E would have diverted Prop. 63 revenues to the federally mandated Early Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment (EPSDT) Program.

Outcome
Prop. 1E failed by a vote of 34% to 66%. Had it passed, the legislature would have diverted $230 million from Mental Health Services Act programs to help the legislature close this year’s $21 billion budget gap.

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HealthVote Extras

• Learn about the Ballot Measure Process in California

Other Resources

• Health Affairs: Millionaires and Mental Health
• Prop. 1E - Text of Proposed Law (PDF)
• California Budget Project's Analysis of Prop. 1E (PDF)
• Dept. of Finance Report on MHSA (PDF)
• National Alliance on Mental Illness Report (PDF)
• MHSA Progress Report (PDF)
• MHSA Legislative Report (PDF)
• LAO Budget Analysis Series (PDF)
• LAO Overview of State Budget

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