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.