Counties are receiving their portion of $117 million in 2014-15
Behavioral Health growth funding this week.
The one-year growth allocation formula for 2014-15 revenues is
based on actual claims from the Early and Periodic Screening,
Diagnosis, and Treatment (EPSDT) and Drug Medi-Cal programs
through June 2016. The first call on the growth money is directed
to counties that spent more than their 2011 Realignment base
allocation on these entitlement services. The remaining funding
is distributed to all counties based on their average monthly
Medi-Cal enrollment.
The State Controller’s Office began disbursing the 2014-15 growth
funding on October 20; to see the allocation schedule,
click here.
Please note that the above methodology is intended for only the
2014-15 growth allocations; CSAC is continuing discussions with
the Department of Finance and the Department of Health Care
Services on determining a methodology for 2015-16 growth and
possibly through 2017-18. It is also important to understand that
sales tax revenues are performing below estimates, especially in
the last quarter of 2-15-16, and thus the amount of growth
funding available will likely decrease in the coming years.
