Health and Human Services
4440 Department of State Hospitals

The mission of the California Department of State Hospitals (DSH) is to provide evaluation and treatment to patients in a safe and responsible manner, while seeking innovation and excellence in hospital operations across a continuum of care and settings.

DSH is comprised of five state hospital facilities and three psychiatric programs. DSH is responsible for the daily care and provision of mental health treatment of approximately 6,800 patients. DSH population is comprised of forensic and civilly committed patients.

The department has a related capital outlay program to support this need. More.....

MAJOR PROGRAM CHANGES Back to Top
  • The Budget includes an increase of $17.3 million General Fund in 2015-16 to activate an additional 105 beds to increase capacity for treatment of Incompetent to Stand Trial commitments.
PROGRAMS Back to Top
The following table presents total proposed budget year positions and expenditures for each budgeted program area. These expenditures include all funding sources that support the state agency's programs.
Code Program
 Proposed
2015-16*
Positions
Dollars
4380 In-Patient Services
11,289.1
$1,652,918
4385 Evaluation and Forensic Services
72.0
22,029
4390 Legal Services
37.0
6,672
Totals, Positions and Expenditures (excluding Infrastructure)
11,398.1
$1,681,619
 
 Infrastructure Expenditures
-
57,202
Totals, Positions and All Expenditures
11,398.1
$1,738,821

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

Refer to the 3-Yr Expenditures & Positions for expenditures, positions, 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 * - 150K) 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.

 Detail of Appropriations and Adjustments ONLY (pdf * - 2K)
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 * - 127K)
This table displays the actual or estimated population census for state hospitals and psychiatric programs on the last Wednesday of each fiscal year and the average population for each fiscal year from Fiscal Year 2011-12 to Fiscal Year 2015-16