For those interested, CSAC would like to share that the materials
from the recent Department of State Hospitals (DSH) webinar on
the IST Growth Cap & Expenditure Plan are now available online.
Access content via the following links on DSH’s Growth
Cap website under Training & Technical Assistance:
Senate Bill (SB) 184 (Chapter 47, Statutes of 2022) established a
growth cap for all counties for individuals committed as
Incompetent to Stand Trial (IST) on felony charges pursuant to
Section 1370 of the Penal Code.
The growth cap program was deemed by the legislature as an
actionable solution to address the increasing number of
individuals with serious mental illness who become
justice-involved and deemed IST on felony charges by helping to
ensure that the expansion of DSH-funded community-based care does
not create unintended incentives that result in an increased
number of individuals being found IST on felony charges.
WIC section 4336 establishes a growth cap for each county for
felony IST determinations and includes a county re-direction of
funds that is aimed at supporting county activities that will
divert individuals with serious mental illnesses away from the
criminal justice system and lead to the reduction of felony IST
determinations. Counties will only be eligible for re-directive
funding if it exceeds its growth cap baseline.
