Notwithstanding Section 5701, the State Department of Health Care Services, in consultation with the County Behavioral Health Directors Association of California and the California Behavioral Health Planning Council, may utilize funding from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Block Grant, awarded to the State Department of Health Care Services, above the funding level provided in federal fiscal year 1998, for the development of innovative programs for identified target populations, upon appropriation by the Legislature.
(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 511, Sec. 9. (AB 1688) Effective January 1, 2018.)