Public Policy Priorities

MHA-SF Public Policy Committee
Priority Policy Issues

(Not in order of importance)

• MHSA implementation (Mental Health system transformation), specifically:
  • Prevention
  promotion of services and systems changes that support prevention - examples: behavioral health courts, advance directives, etc.
  • Consumer leadership and family involvement
    
• Funding (ensure adequate resources for mental health)
  • monitor SF mental health budget
• Housing and homelessness prevention
• Access (mental health policy issues that support the removal of barriers to access to mental health services)
• Criminal Justice system (from prevention to incarceration)
• Stigma and discrimination (policies that reduce stigma and discrimination and promote mental health parity)