Behavioral Health Advisory Board
Meeting Materials
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January 2026 - CANCELLED
- January 2026 BHAB General Meeting Dark Notice
- Notice: January 2026 BHAB General Meeting is DARK and planned to resume in February 2026. The next BHAB General Meeting is scheduled for February 5, 2026. The Executive Committee meeting will proceed as scheduled on January 15, 2026 from 1:00 pm-3:30 pm.
- January 2026 BHAB General Meeting Dark Notice
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December 2025
- Agenda
- Draft Meeting Minutes - 11/06/25
- Action Item: BHAB 2026 Priorities
- Presentation Item: BHS Housing Initiatives
- Director's Report
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Informational Items:
- Update On BH Capital Facility Project Recommended For Proposition 1 Infrastructure Bond Round 2 Grant Funding Board Letter
- Department of General Services (DGS) for BHS Space Needs Board Letter
- BHS Flexible Housing Pool Board Letter
- Taste of East County Transitional Living Center Flyer
- MCRT Data Reports (October 2025), CBHDA Reports, AB 109
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Executive Committee
- Notice: The BHAB Executive Committee Meeting will be DARK and planned to resume in January 2026.
- December 2025 BHAB Executive Committee Dark Notice
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November 2025
- Agenda
- Draft Meeting Minutes - 10/02/25
- Action Item: Vote on the Slate of 2026 BHAB Officers
- Action Item: BHS Procurements and Contract Externions Board Letter Draft
- Director's Report
- Informational Items:
- Executive Committee:
- 2025 BHAB Fall
Retreat:
- Fall Retreat Agenda - 11/01/25
- Assessment Survey Results Handout
- Year In Review Handout
- Director Q&A Session Handout
- Icebreaker Activity - Personal Member Goals
- Welfare Institutions Code (WIC) Duties - Resource Handout
- Strategic Behavioral Health Initiative (SBHI) Framework and Recommendations
- Strategic Behavioral Health Initiative (SBHI) Regional Council Structure
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October 2025
- Agenda
- Draft Meeting Minutes - 09/04/25
- Consent Calendar Item: BHS Flexibe Housing Pool Board Letter Draft
- Action Item: BHAB 2025 Data Notebook
- Action Item: Behavioral Health Continuum Infrastructure Program (BHCIP) Letter of Support Draft
- Presentation Item: Mobile Crisis Response Team (MCRT) School Pilot Program and Crisis Services Overview
- Presentation Item: BHS Budget Cycle Update
- Director’s Report
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Informational Items:
- Approved Action Item: BHS Community Engagement Approaches and Activities to Inform the 2026-2029 BHSA Integrated Plan Development
- Information Item: Slate of 2026 BHAB Executive Officers
- Approval of Lease Agreement for Health and Human Services Agency on Building 1250 Morena Boulevard Board Letter
- Alternatives to Incarceration Peer Event 2025
- MCRT Data Reports (August 2025), CBHDA Reports
- Executive Committee:
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September 2025
- Agenda
- Draft Meeting Minutes - 08/07/25
- Action Item: Chair Appointments to the Nominating Committee for 2026
- Discussion Item: Peer Voices Roundtable Summary
- Action Item: BHS Community Engagement Approaches and Activities to Inform the 2026-2029 BHSA Integrated Plan Development
- Presentation: Tijuana River Valley Sewage Emergency: Assessment of Chemical Exposure (ACE) Results Update
- Director’s Report
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Informational Items:
- BHS Community Engagament Update and Background Handout
- BHS Evolving Stakeholder Engagement Handout
- BHSA IP Community Planning Process (CPP) Plan 2026 -2029
- BHS Update on Substance Use Disorder Optimal Care Pathways Model, And BHCIP Grant Update Board Letter
- Establish an Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Social Safety Net and Behavioral Health Systems Transformation Board Letter
- MCRT Dat Reports (July 2025), CBHDA Reports, AB 109
- Executive Committee:
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August 2025
- Agenda
- Draft Meeting Minutes - 06/06/25
- Consent Calendar Item: BHS Update on Substance Use Disorder Optimal Care Pathways Model, and Behavioral Health Continuum Infrastructure Program (BHCIP) Grant Update Board Letter Draft
- Consent Calendar Item: BHAB 2022 Annual Report
- Director's Report
- Informational Items:
- Executive Committee:
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July 2025 - CANCELLED
Notice: The July 2025 BHAB General Meeting and BHAB Executive Meeting will be DARK. BHAB meetings are planned to resume in August 2025.
Notice: The BHAB 2025 Mid-Year Retreat is scheduled to occur on Tuesday, July 15. Meeting materials are listed below.
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June 2025
- Agenda
- Draft Meeting Minutes - 05/01/25
- Presentation: County of San Diego Procurement Process Overview
- Presentation: Grant Programs Enhancing Behavioral Health Infrastructure, Community Care Expansion-Preservation (CCE-P) & Bond Behavioral Health Continuum Infrastructure Program (BHCIP)
- Director's Report
- Informational Items:
- Executive Committee:
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May 2025
- Agenda
- Draft Meeting Minutes - 04/03/2025
- Presentation: Fiscal Year (FY) 2025-26 CAO Recommended Operational Plan
- Presentation: Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) Annual Update Fiscal Year 2025-26
- Action Item: Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) Annual Update Fiscal Year 2025-26
- Board Letter: Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) Annual Update Fiscal Year 25-26 Draft
- Discussion Item: BHAB's Role in the BHS Director Selection Process
- Director's Report
- Informational Items:
- Executive Committee:
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April 2025
- Agenda
- Draft Meeting Minutes - 03/06/2025
- Presentation: Consulting Support for BHS on Behavioral Health Transformation
- Director's Report
- Informational Items:
- Executive Committee:
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March 2025
- Agenda
- Draft Regular Meeting Minutes - 02/06/25
- Presentation: BHS Community Engagement Update
- Director's Report
- Informational Items:
- Executive Committee:
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February 2025
- Agenda
- Draft Regular Meeting Minutes - 12/05/24
- Presentation: Introduction to BH-CONNECT
- Presentation: Workforce Innovation Program
- Action Item: Establishing the 2025 Subcommittees
- Director's Report
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Informational Items:
- Board Letter: Authorize a Single Source Contract with Sharp Healthcare for Hospital Based Crisis Stabilization Services Within Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center
- Board Letter: Authorize Acceptance of Incompetent to Stand Trial Diversion and Community-Based Restoration Infrastructure Project Grant Funds Board Letter
- Board Letter: D4 Enhancing Behavioral Health Accessibility Establishing New Partnerships Across the Continuum of Care and A-72 Waiver
- Report Back on Senate Bill (SB) 43
- BHAB BH-CONNECT Handout
- MCRT Data Reports (November 2024 & December 2024), AB109, CBHDA Reports
- Executive Committee
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January 2025 - CANCELLED
Notice: Januaury 2025 BHAB General Meeting is DARK and planned to resume in February 2025. The Executive Committee meeting will proceed as scheduled on Januaury 16, 2025 1:00 pm -3:30 pm.
- Executive Committee
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December 2024
- Agenda
- Draft Regular Meeting Minutes - 11/07/24
- Roundtable: BHAB Clubhouse Services RoundTable Handout
- Action Item: BHAB 2025 Priorities
- Presentation Item: Authorize A Single Source Contract with Sharp Healthcare for Hospital-Based Crisis Stabilization Services Within Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center
- Board Letter Draft: Authorize A Single Source Contract with Sharp Healthcare for Hospital-Based Crisis Stabilization Services Within Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center
- Action Item: Authorize A Single Source Contract with Sharp Healthcare for Hospital-Based Crisis Stabilization Services Within Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center
- Director's Report
- Informational Items:
- Executive Committee:
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November 2024
- Agenda
- Draft Regular Meeting Minutes - 10/03/24
- Presentation: Update on Youth Insight on Advisory Board Participation
- Action Item: Vote on the Slate of 2025 BHAB Officers
- Action Item: 2024 Data Notebook
- Action Item: BHAB Best Practices | Distribution of Content Material
- Director's Report
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Informational Items:
- Acceptance Of Proposition 47 And Incompetence to Stand Trial (IST) Grant Funds Draft Board Letter
- Update on Enhancing Safety and Services at No Place Like Home Affordable Housing Developments
- Update on Readiness for Changes to Involuntary Behavioral Health Treatment in San Diego County
- CBHDA 2023-2024 Legislative Bill Matrix - Watch and Under Review
- County of San Diego Live Well Advance – Behavioral Health Sessions Flyer
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October 2024
- Agenda
- Draft Regular Meeting Minutes - 08/01/24
- Presentation: 1st Trimester Behavioral Health Services Budget Cycle and Procurement and Extensions Board Letter Slides
- Action Item: Procurement and Extensions Board Letter
- Discussion Item: 2024 BHAB Retreat Agenda
- Director's Report
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Informational Items:
- Board Letter: BHS Establishing Innovative Partnership with University of California, San Diego (UCSD) Board Letter
- Board Letter: BHS Receive an Update on Homekey Programs
- Slate of 2025 Executive Officers
- 2024 BHAB Fall Retreat Pre-Assessment Survey
- MCRT Data Reports, BHS Dashboard Indicators, AB109, CBHDA Reports
- Executive Committee
- 2024 BHAB Retreat
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September 2024 - CANCELLED
Notice: September 2024 BHAB General Meeting is cancelled and planned to resume in October 2024. The Executive Committee meeting will proceed as scheduled on September 19, 2024 1:00 pm -2:15 pm.
- Agenda
- Draft Regular Meeting Minutes - 08/01/24
- Discussion Item: BHAB 2024 Annual Retreat Draft Agenda
- Action Item: Chair Appointments to the Nominating Committee
- Action Item: Creating a Child and Youth Behavioral health Continuum Framework for San Diego County
- Director's Report
- Informational Items:
- August 2024
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July 2024 - CANCELLED
- Notice: July 2024 BHAB General Meeting is cancelled and planned to resume in August 2024.
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June 2024
- Agenda
- Draft Regular Meeting Minutes - 05/02/24
- Action Item: BHS Procurements and Contract Extensions
- Director's Report
- Informational
Items:
- MCRT Data Reports, BHS Dashboard Indicators, AB109, CBHDA Reports
- Draft Board Letter: BHS Authorize a Single Source Contract with Exodus Recovery, Inc. to Provide BHS within the Tri-City Psychiatric Health Facility
- Board Letter: BHS Establishing an Innovative Partnership with University of California, San Diego Health for Essential Behavioral Healthcare at East Medical Campus Board Letter
- Subcommittee Report: Justice System Nexus with Current Behavioral Health Issues Through a Racial Equity Lens
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May 2024
- Agenda
- Draft Regular Meeting Minutes - 04/04/24
- Presentation: Fiscal Year (FY) 2024-25 CAO Recommended Operational Plan
- Action Item: Receive and Approve the Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) Annual Update for Fiscal Year 2024-25
- Presentation: Medical Care Service (MCS) Board Letter - Supporting Pre-Release Medi-Cal Enrollment, Behavioral Health Links, and 90-day Pre-Release Services for Justice-Involved Individuals
- Director's Report
- Informational Items:
- April 2024
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March 2024
- Agenda
- Draft Regular Meeting Minutes - 1/7/24
- Presentation: Community Engagement Update
- Discussion Item: Draft BHAB 2024 Priorities
- Presentation: Update on Implementation of Involuntary Behavioral Health Treatment in San Diego County
- Action Item: Approve Draft BHAB Public Comment Language on Senate Bill (SB) 43
- Director's Report
- Informational Items:
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February 2024
- Agenda
- Draft Regular Meeting Minutes - 12/7/23
- Action Item: Report Back on Regional Board and Care Subacute Bed Capacity
- Action Item: Establishing an Ad-hoc Committee for Public Comment regarding Senate Bill (SB) 43
- Discussion Item: BHAB 2024 Priorities
- Director's Report
- Informational Items
- Additional Items
- January 2024- CANCELLED
- December 2023
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November 2023
- Agenda
- Draft Regular Meeting Minutes 10/5/23
- Action Item: Election of 2024 BHAB Executive Officers
- Action Items: 2023 Data Notebook
- Informational Item: Authorization to Accept Fentanyl Overdose Prevention Grant Funding
- Director's Report
- Additional Items
- BHAB Committee Executive Agenda
- Draft Executive Committee Meeting Minutes from 10/5/23
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October 2023
- Agenda
- Draft Regular Meeting Minutes 9/7/23
- Action Item: BHS Procurements and Contract Extensions
- Action Item: BHS Community Engagement Strategies
- Informational Item:Presenting the 2024 Slate of Officers
- Director's Report
- Chair's Report - BHAB Retreat Agenda
- Informational Items
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September 2023
- Agenda
- Draft Regular Meeting Minutes 8/3/23
- Discussion Item: BHAB Annual Retreat Draft Agenda
- Presentation: East Region Crisis Stabilization Unit and Recovery Bridge Center
- Presentation: BHS Community Engagement Updates
- Action Item: Chair Appoints Nominating Committee
- Director's Report
- Informational Items
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August 2023
- Agenda
- Draft Regular Meeting Minutes 7/6/23
- Informational Item: Reauthorize the Application of California Welfare and Institutions Code
- Presentation: Cannabis Social Equity Program
- Informational Item: Acceptance of SAMHSA Earmark Fund to Enhance the Mobile Crisis Response Team Program
- Action Item: Update on Opioid Settlement Framework
- Director's Report
- Additional Items:
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July 2023
- Agenda
- Draft Regular Meeting Minutes 6/1/23
- Action Item: Behavioral Health Bridge Housing Grant
- Action Item: BHS Procurement and Contract Extensions
- Discussion Item: BHAB Subcommittee Mid-Year Updates
- Director's Report
- Additional Items:
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June 2023
- Agenda
- Draft Regular Meeting Minutes 5/4/23
- Presentation: Fiscal Year (FY) 2023-24 CAO Recommended Operational Plan
- Action Item: California Department of Public Health Youth Suicide Prevention Pilot
- Discussion Item: Update on Addressing the Behavioral Health Worker Shortage in San Diego County
- Director's Report
- Additional Items:
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May 2023
- Agenda
- Draft Regular Meeting Minutes 4/6/23
- Acceptance of The Report Back to the Board of Supervisors Regarding Establishment of the Behavioral Health Impact Fund 2.0 (DRAFT)
- Presentation and Action Item: MHSA Three-Year Plan
- Action Item: Public Behavioral Health Workforce Development and Retention Innovation Program
- Director's Report
- Presentation: Data Governance and Integration for Justice Involved Care Coordianation
- MCRT Board Memo Final
- Additional Items:
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April 2023
- Agenda
- Draft Regular Meeting Minutes 3/2/23
- Action Item: Crimical Justice (CJ) Subcommittee 2023 Annual Report Recommendations
- Action Item: Report Back on Opioid Settlement Framework & Update on Illicit Fentanyl Media Campaign
- Presentation: County of San Diego Housing Blueprint
- Director's Report
- Additional Items:
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March 2023
- Agenda
- Draft BHAB Retreat Meeting Minutes 10/22/22
- Draft Regular Meeting Minutes 2/2/23
- Presentation- Breaking Down Barriers: Overcoming Challenges to Mental Health Treatment in the Black Community
- Presentation: Community Engagement Update
- Director's Report
- Additional Items:
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February 2023
- Agenda
- Draft Regular Meeting Minutes 12/01/22
- Presentation: Supporting Care Coordination for Justice Involved Individuals
- Action Item: Authorize Competitive Solicitations for Behavioral Health Services
- Informational Items
- Discussion: Fentanyl Campaign Updates & Input Gathering
- Director's Report
- MCRT Dashboard - 2022
- January 2023 - CANCELLED
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December 2022
- Agenda
- Draft Regular Meeting Minutes 11/3/22
- Action Item: Continuance of Teleconferencing
- Presentation: Addressing Behavioral Health Care for Children and Youth
- Presentation: Psychotropic Medication for Chrildren and Youth
- Action Item: BHAB 2023 Priorities
- Action Item: BHAB 2023 Subcommittees
- Director's Report
- November 2022
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October 2022
- Agenda
- Draft Regular Meeting Minutes 9/1/22
- Action Item: Continuance of Teleconferencing
- Presentation & Action Item: MHSA Annual Update
- Director's Report
- BHAB Retreat Agenda
- BHAB Retreat Slides
- Action Item: BHAB Annual Report 2021
- Action Item: 2022 Data Notebook
- 2022 Data Notebook
- Special Presentation: Community Experience Partnership Dashboard Demo
- September 2022
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August 2022
- Agenda
- Draft Meeting Minutes from 7/7/22
- Action Item: Continuance of Teleconferencing
- Action Item: Alvarado Hospital Agreement and Establish Appropriations
- Action Item: Behavioral Health Continuum Infrastructure Program (BHCIP) and Mental health Student Services Act (MHSSA) Grant Funding Acceptance
- Director's Report
- July 2022
- June 2022
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May 2022
- Agenda
- Draft Meeting Minutes from 4/7/22
- Action Item: Continuance of Teleconferencing
- Presentation: FY 2022-23 CAO Recommended Operational Plan
- Action Item: BHAB 2022 Subcommittees
- Director's Report
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April 2022
- Agenda
- Draft Meeting Minutes from 3/3/22
- Presentation: Department of Purchasing and Contracting (DPC)
- Presentation: Clubhouses Updates
- Action Item: BHAB 2022 Subcommittees
- Director's Report
- Board Memo- Update on Mobile Crisis Response Team Program
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March 2022
- Agenda
- Draft Meeting Minutes from 2/3/22
- Action Item: BHAB 2022 Priorities
- Action Item: Mental Health Screening to Care Initiative
- 2021 BHAB Workgroup Final Reports
- Director's Report
- February 2022
- January 2022


