The State Department of Health Care Services shall, to the extent resources are available, do all of the following:
- (a) Conduct, sponsor, coordinate, and disseminate results of research and evaluation directed to the public policy issues entailed in the selection of resource utilization and service delivery in the state.
- (b) Make available technical assistance to local mental health programs incorporating the results of research, evaluation, and quality assurance to local mental health programs.
- (c) Implement a system of required performance reporting by local mental health programs.
- (d) Perform any other activities useful to improving and maintaining the quality of community mental health programs.