California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 5890

(a) The Mental Health Services Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury. The fund shall be administered by the State Department of Mental Health. Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, all moneys in the fund are continuously appropriated to the department, without regard to fiscal years, for the purpose of funding the following programs and other related activities as designated by other provisions of this division: (1) Part 3 (commencing with Section 5800), the Adult and Older Adult System of Care Act. (2) Part 3.6 (commencing with Section 5840), Prevention and Early Intervention Programs. (3) Part 4 (commencing with Section 5850), the Children`s Mental Health Services Act. (b) Nothing in the establishment of this fund, nor any other provisions of the act establishing it or the programs funded shall be construed to modify the obligation of health care service plans and disability insurance policies to provide coverage for mental health services, including those services required under Section 1374.72 of the Health and Safety Code and Section 10144.5 of the Insurance Code, related to mental health parity. Nothing in this act shall be construed to modify the oversight duties of the Department of Managed Health Care or the duties of the Department of Insurance with respect to enforcing such obligations of plans and insurance policies. (c) Nothing in this act shall be construed to modify or reduce the existing authority or responsibility of the State Department of Mental Health. (d) The State Department of Health Services, in consultation with the State Department of Mental Health, shall seek approval of all applicable federal Medicaid approvals to maximize the availability of federal funds and eligibility of participating children, adults and seniors for medically necessary care. (e) Share of costs for services pursuant to Part 3 (commencing with Section 5800), and Part 4 (commencing with Section 5850) of this division, shall be determined in accordance with the Uniform Method for Determining Ability to Pay applicable to other publicly funded mental health services, unless such Uniform Method is replaced by another method of determining co-payments, in which case the new method applicable to other mental health services shall be applicable to services pursuant to Part 3 (commencing with Section 5800), and Part 4 (commencing with Section 5850) of this division.