Mental Health Services Act: early intervention and prevention programs.
Existing law, the Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) , an initiative measure enacted by the voters as Proposition 63 at the November 2, 2004, statewide general election, establishes the continuously appropriated Mental Health Services Fund to fund various county mental health programs and requires counties to spend those funds on mental health services, as specified. The MHSA requires counties to establish a program designed to prevent mental illnesses from becoming severe and disabling and authorizes counties to use funds designated for prevention and early intervention to broaden the provision of those community-based mental health services by adding prevention and early intervention services or activities.
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AB 638
California AB 638 (20212022)
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Mental Health Services Act: early intervention and prevention programs.
California AB 638 (20212022) — Mental Health Services Act: early intervention and prevention programs.
Existing law, the Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) , an initiative measure enacted by the voters as Proposition 63 at the November 2, 2004, statewide general election, establishes the continuously appropriated Mental Health Services Fund to fund various county mental health programs and requires counties to spend those funds on mental health services, as specified. The MHSA requires counties to establish a program designed to prevent mental illnesses from becoming severe and disabling and authorizes counties to use funds designated for prevention and early intervention to broaden the provision of those community-based mental health services by adding prevention and early intervention services or activities.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
AB 638 Quirk-Silva Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 71–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 10–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 15–0 (pass) · lower
AB 638 Quirk-Silva Consent Calendar Second Day — 77–0 (pass) · lower
3rd Reading AB638 Quirk-Silva et al. By Rubio — 39–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Quirk-Silva — primary (person)
Gabriel — coauthor (person)
Rubio — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2021-02-12 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2021-02-13 From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.
2021-03-11 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2021-03-11 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2021-03-15 Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2021-03-26 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2021-03-29 Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2021-04-07 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2021-04-14 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 14). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2021-04-15 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2021-04-22 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1153.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2021-04-26 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2021-05-12 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2021-06-10 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2021-06-21 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
2021-06-22 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2021-07-06 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2021-07-07 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2021-07-12 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1908.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2021-07-12 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 14 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2021-08-23 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 2461.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2021-08-30 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2021-10-06 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2021-10-06 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 584, Statutes of 2021. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ec87e643-7561-4558-b24c-f3e61013c245. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).