Section 5892.5 - Release of unencumbered Mental Health Services Fund money dedicated to Mental Health Services Act Housing Program(a)(1) The California Housing Finance Agency, with the concurrence of the State Department of Health Care Services, shall release unencumbered Behavioral Health Services Fund moneys dedicated to the Mental Health Services Act housing program upon the written request of the respective county. The county shall use these Behavioral Health Services Fund moneys released by the agency to provide housing assistance to the target populations who are identified in Section 5600.3.(2) For purposes of this section, "housing assistance" means each of the following: (A) Rental assistance or capitalized operating subsidies.(B) Security deposits, utility deposits, or other move-in cost assistance.(D) Moving cost assistance.(E) Capital funding to build or rehabilitate housing for homeless, mentally ill persons or mentally ill persons who are at risk of being homeless.(b) For purposes of administering those funds released to a respective county pursuant to subdivision (a), the county shall comply with all of the requirements described in the Mental Health Services Act, including, but not limited to, Sections 5664, 5847, subdivision (h) of Section 5892, and 5899.(c) If amendments to the Mental Health Services Act are approved by the voters at the March 5, 2024, statewide primary election, this section shall become inoperative on July 1, 2026, and as of January 1, 2027, is repealed.Ca. Welf. and Inst. Code § 5892.5
Amended by Stats 2024 ch 40 (SB 159),s 49, eff. 6/29/2024.Amended by Stats 2023 ch 790 (SB 326),s 99, eff. 4/17/2024, op. Approved in Proposition 1 at the March 5, 2024, election. Operative January 1, 2025, pursuant to Sec. 117 of Proposition 1..Amended by Stats 2015 ch 303 (AB 731),s 585, eff. 1/1/2016.Added by Stats 2014 ch 674 (AB 1929),s 2, eff. 1/1/2015.This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.