TY - JOUR
T1 - Earmarked taxes as a policy strategy to increase funding for behavioral health services
AU - Purtle, Jonathan
AU - Stadnick, Nicole A.
N1 - Funding Information:
Department of Health Management and Policy, Dornsife School of Public Health, Drexel University, Philadelphia (Purtle); Department of Psychiatry and Child and Adolescent Services Research Center, University of California, San Diego (Stadnick). Marvin S. Swartz, M.D., is editor of this column. Send correspondence to Dr. Purtle (jpp46@drexel.edu). This research was funded by grants from the National Institute of Mental Health (1P50MH11366201A1, 5K23 MH11060203, 5R21MH11180602, and 5R25MH08091610).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 American Psychiatric Association. All rights reserved.
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - Earmarking taxes for behavioral health services is a policy strategy that many jurisdictions have implemented to increase funding for behavioral health systems. However, little has been written about these taxes, and limited guidance exists for policy makers who are pursing or implementing such taxes. This column summarizes approaches to designing earmarked behavioral health taxes, evidence of their impact, strategies to enhance implementation, and future directions for research. The column focuses on two jurisdictions: California, which imposes an additional 1% tax on all household income exceeding $1 million, and Washington State, which provides counties with the option of increasing sales tax by 0.1%.
AB - Earmarking taxes for behavioral health services is a policy strategy that many jurisdictions have implemented to increase funding for behavioral health systems. However, little has been written about these taxes, and limited guidance exists for policy makers who are pursing or implementing such taxes. This column summarizes approaches to designing earmarked behavioral health taxes, evidence of their impact, strategies to enhance implementation, and future directions for research. The column focuses on two jurisdictions: California, which imposes an additional 1% tax on all household income exceeding $1 million, and Washington State, which provides counties with the option of increasing sales tax by 0.1%.
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U2 - 10.1176/appi.ps.201900332
DO - 10.1176/appi.ps.201900332
M3 - Article
C2 - 31590621
AN - SCOPUS:85077402151
SN - 1075-2730
VL - 71
SP - 100
EP - 104
JO - Hospital and Community Psychiatry
JF - Hospital and Community Psychiatry
IS - 1
ER -