State Advocacy Documents

This page links to state legislative letters and alerts, state budget letters and alerts, and other relevant state advocacy documents.

State Legislative Letters

• CMHDA State Legislative Letters
• Legislative Briefing Packet: Fall 2009
  • Summary of Key 2009-2010 Budget Items for Community Mental Health (November 2009) (PDF 64 KB)
  • California’s Community Mental Health System (November 2009) (PDF 201 KB)
  • Major Sources of Funding for California’s Community Mental Health System (November 2009) (PDF 52 KB)
  • Contact Information (PDF 195 KB)
• County Coalition Letter to State Legislature, "Corrections Cost-Savings Package (Budget Item 5225) Alternative Custody Option/Release of Elderly/Medically Infirm – CONCERNS" (August 19, 2009)
  (PDF 73 KB)
  • Description of Budget Correction Proposals (August 19, 2009) (PDF 153 KB)
• CMHDA Memo to Latino Caucus re: County Implementation of the MHSA (July 13, 2009)
  (PDF 137 KB)

Issue Briefs

AB 2034: News Information

• Court Decision (Coming Soon)
  
• AB 2034: Press Release from Plaintiffs (December 12, 2007) (PDF 95 KB)
• AB 2034: Talking Points for Counties Regarding AB 2034 Program Elimination
  (September 13, 2007) (PDF 112 KB)

Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment (EPSDT)

• CMHDA Medi-Cal Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment (EPSDT) Issue Paper (February 2007) (PDF 120 KB)
• DMH: Early and Periodic, Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment (EPSDT) Program

Federal Individuals with Disabilities Education and Act (IDEA) - AB 3632

• CMHDA Memo to Members, "Budget Issues Related to State Funding of the AB 3632 Program"
  (July 17, 2009) (PDF 103 KB)
• AB 3632 Model County Letter (July 2009) (Word 33 KB)
• AB 3632 Funding Matrix Template (July 2009) (PDF 16 KB)
• CMHDA Memo to Members re: AB 3632 Legal Options (June 26, 2009) (PDF 113 KB)
• LAO Analysis of May Revision: DMH AB 3632 Program (June 2009) (PDF 23 KB)
• US Department of Education - IDEA Website

Healthy Families Program

• OSAE Review of Claims Processes for Short-Doyle/Medi-Cal (November 2007) (PDF 2 MB)
• California Healthy Families Program: Billing of Pharmacy and Laboratory Services for County Mental Health Plans Issue Paper (PDF 110 KB)
• Heatlhy Families Program: Summary of FY 2008 SCHIP Funding (PDF 29 KB)

Veterans' Mental Health

• San Bernardino County Veterans Fair Collaborative 2009 (Posted: August 2009) (PDF 26 KB)
• CMHDA Veterans Issue Paper (May 2009) (PDF 121 KB)
• Governors' Council Report on Veterans With Disabilities Employment 2008 (Posted: May 4, 2009)
  (PDF 233 KB)
• Veterans Network of Care (link)
• "Another Kind of Valor" DVD information (link)

Regulatory Agencies

• State Department of Mental Health (DMH)
• State Department of Managed Health Care (DMHC)
• State Department of Health Care Services (DHCS)
• State Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board (MRMIB), Healthy Families Program

For More Information

• Patricia Ryan, MPA – Executive Director
  Contact for state budget issues and Association matters
  pryan@cmhda.org
• Don Kingdon, PhD – Deputy Director & Small Counties Liaison
  Contact for Medi-Cal, small county, and other regulatory issues
  dkingdon@cmhda.org
• Kirsten Barlow, MSW – Associate Director, Legislation & Public Policy
  kbarlow@cmhda.org