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Behavioral Health Program Performance Data

Published by California Department of Health Care Services | State of California | Catalog Last Checked: March 28, 2026 at 07:38 PM | Dataset Last Updated: February 27, 2026 at 12:04 AM
The Behavioral Health Program Performance Data provides underlying data for the Mental Health Performance Dashboard covering state fiscal years 2019-2020 to 2022-2023. The California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) oversees Mental Health Services derived from Medi-Cal claims, encounter, and eligibility systems in accordance with California Welfare and Institutions Code (WIC) § 14707.5 (added as part of Assembly Bill 470 on 10/7/17), and also Specialty Mental Health Services (SMHS) for Medi-Cal members through County Mental Health Plans (MHPs). These services support individuals with serious mental health conditions, helping them manage symptoms and progress toward recovery. DHCS also contracts with Medi-Cal Managed Care Plans (MCPs) for primary, preventive, specialty, and non-specialty mental health services (NSMHS).

Resources

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  • Adult SMHS and MHS Service Utilization Data by Written Language for FY's 2020-2023

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  • Youth SMHS and MHS Service Utilization Data by Age for FY's 2020-2023

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  • Youth SMHS and MHS Service Utilization Data by Sex for FY's 2020-2023

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  • Youth SMHS and MHS Service Utilization Data by Written Language for FY's 2020-2023

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  • Youth SMHS and MHS Service Utilization Data by Race for FY's 2020-2023

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  • OCW SMHS and MHS Service Utilization Data for FY's 2020-2023

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  • Adult SMHS and MHS Service Utilization Data by Race for FY's 2020-2023

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  • FC SMHS and MHS Service Utilization Data for FY's 2020-2023

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  • Adult SMHS and MHS Service Utilization Data by Sex for FY's 2020-2023

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  • Demographic Data for FY's 2020-2023

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  • Snapshot Data for FY's 2020-2023

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  • Time to Step-Down Data for FY's 2020-2023

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  • Adult SMHS and MHS Service Utilization Data by Age for FY's 2020-2023

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  • Data Dictionary - Time to Step-Down Data for FY's 2020-2023

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  • Data Dictionary - Demographic Data for FY's 2020-2023

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  • Data Dictionary - Snapshot Data for FY's 2020-2023

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  • All resource data

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identifier b1d309d1-8b88-47a4-97a5-ac1e5e498707
issued 2025-09-15T21:37:12.233242
keyword 
                                            [
  "AB 470",
  "Adults",
  "Children",
  "DHCS",
  "Faster Care",
  "MHPD",
  "NSMHS",
  "Open Child Welfare",
  "Performance Outcome System",
  "SMHS",
  "Youth",
  "age",
  "behavioral health",
  "california department of health care services",
  "demographics",
  "fc",
  "language",
  "ocw",
  "race",
  "sex",
  "snapshot",
  "tsd",
  "utilization"
]
license http://www.opendefinition.org/licenses/cc-by
modified 2026-02-27T00:04:44.484915
publisher 
                                            {
  "name": "California Department of Health Care Services",
  "@type": "org:Organization"
}
theme 
                                            [
  "Health and Human Services"
]
title Behavioral Health Program Performance Data

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