(a) All unspent funds subject to reversion pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 5892 as of July 1, 2017, are deemed to have been reverted to the fund and reallocated to the county of origin for the purposes for which they were originally allocated.

(b) (1) The department shall, on or before July 1, 2018, in consultation with counties and other stakeholders, prepare a report to the Legislature identifying the amounts that were subject to reversion prior to July 1, 2017, including to which purposes the unspent funds were allocated pursuant to Section 5892.

(2) Prior to the preparation of the report referenced in paragraph (1), the department shall provide to counties the amounts it has determined are subject to reversion, and provide a process for counties to appeal this determination.

(c) (1) By July 1, 2018, each county with unspent funds subject to reversion that are deemed reverted and reallocated pursuant to subdivision (a) shall prepare a plan to expend these funds on or before July 1, 2020. The plan shall be submitted to the commission for review.

(2) A county with unspent funds that are deemed reverted and reallocated pursuant to subdivision (a) that has not prepared and submitted a plan to the commission pursuant to paragraph (1) as of January 1, 2019, shall remit the unspent funds to the state pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (h) of Section 5892 no later than July 1, 2019.

(d) Funds included in the plan required pursuant to subdivision (c) that are not spent as of July 1, 2020, shall revert to the state pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (h) of Section 5892.

(e) Notwithstanding subdivision (d), innovation funds included in the plan required pursuant to subdivision (c) that are not spent by July 1, 2020, or the end of the project plan approved by the Mental Health Service Oversight and Accountability Commission pursuant to subdivision (e) of Section 5830, whichever is later, shall revert to the state pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 5892.

(f) (1) The requirement for submitting a report imposed under subdivision (b) is inoperative on July 1, 2022, pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code.

(2) A report to be submitted pursuant to subdivision (b) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.

(g) Notwithstanding Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, the department, without taking any further regulatory action, may implement, interpret, or make specific this section, Section 5899.1, and subdivision (h) of Section 5892, by means of all-county letters or other similar instructions, until applicable regulations are adopted in accordance with Section 5898, or until July 1, 2019, whichever occurs first. The all-county letters or other similar instructions shall be issued only after the department provides the opportunity for public participation and comments.

(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 26, Sec. 4. (SB 79) Effective June 27, 2019.)