The Pennsylvania Behavioral Health Council is established to:

1. (1) Bring together this Commonwealth’s leaders, local governments and community providers to develop and recommend to the Governor the implementation of a Statewide action plan that addresses how to deliver timely and quality mental health and addiction care services, in a culturally relevant, trauma-informed and recovery-oriented manner, through an evidence-based behavioral delivery system.
2. (2) Provide recommendations and guidance on how to positively impact the lives of residents of this Commonwealth with mental health or substance use disorder needs, including what would be required for a resilient behavioral health delivery system.
3. (3) Identify strategic long-term sustainable investments and policymaking initiatives and recommend concrete actions that could be taken to accomplish those initiatives.