Healthcare Innovation March 22, 2024
Proposition 1 includes a nearly $6.4 billion bond to build 10,000 treatment units and supportive housing
A bond measure to transform California’s behavioral health system recently passed by a slim margin. Gov. Gavin Newsom and other supporters of the measure say that Proposition 1 evolves the Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) into the Behavioral Health Service Act (BHSA) and increases funding for housing interventions and workforce investments, continuing local flexibility to use resources to address local needs, and strengthening county oversight and fiscal accountability.
The margin of victory for the measure ended up being so close that it took the Associated Press 15 days after election day to determine that the measure had passed.
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