Health and Human Services
4440 Department of State Hospitals

The California Department of State Hospitals (DSH) leads the state's mental health system, ensuring the availability and accessibility of effective, efficient, and culturally competent services. Advocacy, education, innovation, outreach, understanding, oversight, monitoring, quality improvement, and the provision of direct services accomplish this mission.

Since department programs drive the need for infrastructure investment, each department has a related capital outlay program to support this need. For the specifics on the Department of State Hospitals' Capital Outlay Program see "Infrastructure Overview."
MAJOR PROGRAM CHANGES Back to Top
  • The Governor's Budget eliminates the Department of Mental Health, establishes the Department of State Hospitals, and redirects funding and positions for the following major program areas to improve state support of community mental health services:

    Department of Health Care Services, $71.2 million ($256,000 General Fund) and 41.0 positions

    Department of Public Health, $2.3 million Mental Health Services Fund and 4.0 positions

    Department of Social Services, $1.1 million ($337,000 General Fund) and 12.0 positions

    Department of Education, $15 million General Fund

    Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development, $12.3 million Mental Health Services Fund and 1.0 position

    Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission, $1.7 million Mental Health Services Fund
PROGRAMS Back to Top
The following table presents total proposed budget year personnel years and expenditures for each budgeted program area. These expenditures include all funding sources that support the state agency's programs.
Code Program
 Proposed
2012-13*
Personnel
Years
Dollars
10 Community Services
-
$-
15 In-Patient Services Program
9,594.7
1,411,556
20 Long-Term Care Services
-
-
25 Evaluation and Forensic Services
75.1
21,402
30 Legal Services
24.7
5,640
35.01 Administration
166.8
16,691
35.02 Distributed Administration
-
-16,691
Totals, Personnel Years and Expenditures (excluding Infrastructure)
9,861.3
$1,438,598
 
 Infrastructure Expenditures
-
91,765
Totals, Personnel Years and All Expenditures
9,861.3
$1,530,363

Refer to the Program Descriptions for a description of programs operated by this state agency.

Refer to the 3-Yr Expenditures & Personnel Years for expenditures, personnel years, and funding detail.

Refer to the Infrastructure Overview for infrastructure expenditure detail.
PRINTABLE BUDGET DOCUMENTS Back to Top
The following identifies budget documents for this state agency that are available in a printable (pdf) format.

Entire Department of State Hospitals Budget (pdf * - 81K) in pdf format.
This document provides a printable format (pdf) of all budget information for this state agency. Note: Along with other information, this document includes the documents listed below.

 Fund Condition Statements ONLY (pdf * - 2K)
This document provides a printable format (pdf) of only the fund condition statements for each fund administered by this state agency.

 Detail of Appropriations and Adjustments ONLY (pdf * - 7K)
This document provides a printable format (pdf) of only the detail of appropriations and adjustments for this state agency.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Back to Top
Legal Citations and Authority
Includes the legal citations (state statutes, federal statutes, and court orders) for operation of department programs and activities.
State Hospital In-Hospital Population (pdf * - 6K)
This table displays the actual or estimated population census for each State hospital facility and psychiatric program on the last Wednesday of each fiscal year and the average population for each fiscal year from Fiscal Year 2008-09 to Fiscal Year 2012-13.

 Mental Health Services Act Housing Support Account (pdf * - 12K)
This table displays the fund condition statement for the Mental Health Services Act Housing Support Account. This information is used to track the fiscal allocations made for the Housing Initiative Program as established under the Mental Health Services Act. (Table in whole dollars)