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In November 2004, voters in the U.S. state of California passed Proposition 63, the Mental Health Services Act ( MHSA ), which has been designed to expand and transform California's county mental health service systems. The MHSA is funded by imposing an additional one percent tax on individual, but not corporate, taxable income in excess of one ...
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A millionaire's tax was helping fund new mental health programs in California. But the Great Recession changed things — and counties got desperate. California taxed millionaires to fix its ...
In November 2004, California voters passed Proposition 63, the Mental Health Services Act (MHSA). The California Department of Mental Health (DMH) released its draft plan requirements for county mental health administrators on February 15, 2005 and included a provision that would allow MHSA funds to be used for "involuntary services" if certain ...
Advocates like Karen Vicari, director of Public policy for Mental Health America of California, which advocates for mental health services and which opposes Prop. 1, believe that it will lead to ...
For the record: 9:11 a.m. May 14, 2024: An earlier version of this article said Proposition 1 expands the criteria for the detention, treatment and conservatorship of people with severe mental ...
Prop. 1 also reforms the 2004 Mental Health Services Act — the so-called “millionaires’ tax” — and proposes a new name: the “Behavioral Health Services Act.” Public discussions on ...
California Proposition 63 may refer to: California Proposition 63 (1986) - Official State Language. Initiative Constitutional Amendment. California Proposition 63 (2004) - California Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) California Proposition 63 (2016) - Firearms and Ammunition Sales. Category: