Issues/Leg - CCBH

State Advocacy | 2026

Legislative Advocacy
AB 2011 (Hart) | Behavioral Health Parity - Support!

AB 2093 (Bauer-Kahan)| 988

AB 2324 (Gonzalez) | Vocational education: youth caregivers

AB 2352 (Valencia) | Medi-Cal providers: nonprofit public benefit corporations

SB 903 (Padilla) | Artificial Intelligence and Mental Health Treatment

Policy & Budget Letters

Coalition Letter Opposing BHSA General Fund Offset Proposal, June, 2026
Warm Line Community Support Letter, May, 2026
BHSA WET Plan Letter to HCAI | HCAI Response
CA Reducing Disparities Project Budget Ask
- Sample Letter
- Fact Sheet
County HR-1 Multi-Year Budget Request
Coalition Letter Opposing the 2026-27 Governor's Proposal to Eliminate the Statewide Medi-Cal Mobile Crisis Benefit, April 27, 2026
CalAIM Justice-Involved Reentry Initiative | Required Access to Medication Letter, February 18, 2026
AFL 25-37 | Acute Psychiatric Emergency Regulations Sample Letter [Response: CDPH released an All Facility Letter (AFL) 26-03 announcing it expects to adopt emergency regulations for acute psychiatric hospital staffing on June 1, 2026 – rather than on January 31, 2026, as originally proposed.]

2025 Documents

State Advocacy | 2025

SCR 69 and HR 42 Behavioral Health Awareness Month

Letter of Support
Status: Adopted 05/27/2025

SB 531 (Rubio) Student Mental Health Education

Sample Letter | Fact Sheet
Organizational Sign-On Letter of Support
Status: Died

AB 384 (Connolly) Mental Health Protection Act

Sample Letter | Fact Sheet
Status: Died

AB 804 (Wicks) Homelessness: Medi-Cal: housing support

Sample Letter | Fact Sheet
Status: Died

SB 531 (Rubio) Student Mental Health Education

Sample Letter | Fact Sheet
Organizational Sign-On Letter of Support
Status: Died

Budget & Policy Letters

FEDERAL Advocacy | 2025

Budget Advocacy - Federal Threat to Medi-Cal (2025)
FACT SHEET: Cuts To Behavioral Health Increase Costs to Californians, April 14, 2025
FACT SHEET: Impact of Proposed Medicaid Cuts, March 7, 2025
PRESS RELEASE: CCBH Urges Congress to Maintain Critical Behavioral Health Services, March 7, 2025
Letter to Senator Alex Padilla | Letter to Senator Adam B. Schiff, March 12, 2025
Letter to Congressman David Valadao (CA District 22), February 26, 2025
Letter to Congresswoman Young Kim (CA District 40), February 26, 2025
Letter to Congressman Ken Calvert (CA District 41), February 26, 2025

2023/2024 Documents

Behavioral Health Continuum

Local 9-8-8 Response Act (H.R. 4974/S.3444)
Behavioral Health Beds/Housing Categories Draft August 2024
CA Behavioral Health - Addressing Long-Standing Barriers and Concerns
Crisis Care Continuum, California Association of Local Behavioral Health Boards/Commissions, CALBHB/C

BHSA, BHIBA and Proposition 1

Proposition 1 Children's Implementation Concerns (CA Alliance)
CCMH Joint Statement on the BHSA Proposal, July 27, 2023
Proposition 1 BHIBA and BHSA Summary

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Letter Supporting Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander communities in CDPH projects, May 2024

Housing

Advocacy Letter - Definition of Homelessness, August 2024

Workforce

Advocacy Letter - Train New Trainers Fellowship, Letter to HCAI October, 2024
Behavioral Health Workforce Issue Brief, CALBHB/C, August 2024
Occupational Therapists as Mental Health Providers, June 2024
Vocational Rehabilitation Services in BHSA Full Service Partnerships Presentation, June 2024
Behavioral Health Workforce Presentation, June 2024
Letter Opposing Workforce Cuts, May 2024
“Minding the Future: A report on Workforce Challenges in Youth Behavioral Health”, CA Alliance of Child & Family Services, 2023
“Workforce Needs Assessment Report”, County Behavioral Health Directors Association of California (CBHDA), 2023
Disparities in Clinical Exam Rates, California Alliance of Child & Family Services, 2023

CAlifornia coalition for mental Health - CCMH - Archive

The California Coalition for Mental Health (CCMH) changed its name to the
California Coalition for Behavioral Health (CCBH) at its January 2024 Annual Meeting.

CCMH Recommendations on No Place Like Home (NPLH) Draft Program Guidelines - May 2017

Coalition Calls on Lawmakers to Protect, Improve Mental Health Services - Op-Ed - February 2017:

CCMH White Paper - January 2017
Recommendations to the CA State Legislature to Improve Mental Health for Impacted Californians

Attachment A - CCMH White Paper: Streamlining Affordable Housing Approvals Trailer Bill Technical Modifications - June 2016
Attachment B - CCMH White Paper: Recommendations on Ensuring "No Place Like Home" (NPLH) Eligibility
Cover Letter - February 2017
Press Release - February 2017

CALIFORNIA COALITION FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH

The California Coalition for Behavioral Health (CCBH) is a diverse, broad-based coalition of statewide associations and organizations who seek to improve the delivery of behavioral health care in California. CCBH is formerly known as CCMH (the CA Coalition for Mental Health).