CBHDA takes pride in advocating for behavioral health before the legislature and state agencies to better serve each of California’s 58 counties and two cities. We fight to defend adequate state and federal funding for our member counties, so that they can provide crucial behavioral health services, while supporting workforce development investments to address a significant shortage of public behavioral health professionals in California. We lobby for important legislative change.

Legislative & Budget Priorities

Legislative & Budget Priorities

• CBHDA 2026 Priorities - Summary

  • Mobile Crisis Fact Sheet

  • CBHDA Mobile Crisis Coalition Letter

  • CBHDA Letter of Opposition: Mobile Crisis Benefit Changes

  • AB 96: Peer Support Specialist Certification Fact Sheet

• CBHDA 2025 Priorities - Summary

• CBHDA 2024 Priorities - Summary

• Opioid Settlement Funds: Recommended Uses for the State’s Allocation - Summary

• CBHDA - California’s County Behavioral Health Safety Net - Summary

• CBHDA 2023 Priorities - Summary

• County Behavioral Health Workforce Assessment (Apr 2023) - Summary

• CARE Courts Considerations - Summary

• California 9-8-8 Implementation - Summary

• County Behavioral Health Contributions to Housing for Homeless Clients - Summary

  
  

  
  

Legislative Calendars

• View CA Assembly Legislative Deadlines

• View CA Senate Legislative Deadlines