CA AB348

Establishes presumptive eligibility for full-service partnership programs for individuals with serious mental illness who are experiencing unsheltered homelessness, transitioning from 6+ months in prison/jail or secured treatment facilities, or have been detained 5+ times under Section 5150 in the past five years

Requires a licensed behavioral health clinician to assess and recommend enrollment before a presumptively eligible individual can be enrolled in a full-service partnership

Prohibits counties from deeming individuals with serious mental illness ineligible for full-service partnerships solely because their primary diagnosis is a substance use disorder

Allows counties to decline enrollment of presumptively eligible individuals if it would conflict with Medi-Cal contractual obligations, court orders, or exceed program capacity or funding

New presumptive eligibility provisions become operative January 1, 2027