Attorney General No.

SA2003RF0036

Secretary of State No.

1007

Description

MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES EXPANSION AND FUNDING. TAX ON INCOMES OVER $1 MILLION. INITIATIVE STATUTE. Provides funds to counties to expand services and develop innovative programs and integrated service plans for mentally ill children, adults and seniors. Requires state to develop mental health service programs including prevention, early intervention, education and training programs. Creates new commission to approve certain county programs and expenditures. Imposes additional 1 % tax on taxable income over $1 million to provide dedicated funding for expansion of mental health services and programs. Current funding for mental health programs may not be reduced because of funding from new tax. Summary of estimate by Legislative Analyst and Director of Finance of fiscal impact on state and local governments: Additional revenues of approximately $250 million in 2004-05, $680 million in 2005-06, $700 million in 2006-07, and increasing amounts annually thereafter, with comparable increases in expenditures by the state and counties for the expansion of mental health programs. Unknown savings to the state and local agencies potentially amounting to hundreds of millions of dollars annually on a statewide basis from reduced costs for state prison and county jail operations, medical care, homeless shelters, and social services programs that would partly offset the additional cost of this measure.

Proponents

Assemblyman Darrell Steinberg, Sherman Russell Selix, Jr., Campaign for Mental Health, 1127 11 h Street, Suite 925, Sacramento, CA 95814, (916) 557-1166

Date

10-16-2003

Document Type

Initiative

Qualified

Failed to Qualify

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