Strengthening Medicaid for Serious Mental Illness Act
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Overview
This bill, the Strengthening Medicaid for Serious Mental Illness Act, aims to increase federal funding for states that provide intensive community-based services to adults with serious mental illness. It allows states to offer services like assertive community treatment, employment support, peer support, and mobile crisis intervention, with an enhanced federal matching rate (FMAP) for these services. The bill also seeks to prevent unnecessary hospitalizations and improve continuity of care for young adults exiting early intervention programs.
Key provisions
- Increases the Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP) for states providing intensive community-based services.
- Allows states to offer services including assertive community treatment, supported employment, peer support, mobile crisis intervention, intensive case management, and housing support.
- Establishes quality criteria for intensive community-based services to ensure effective care and prevent unnecessary institutionalization.
- Provides funding for state planning grants to assist states in developing and implementing plan amendments.
- Expands eligibility to include young adults aging out of early intervention services.
- Requires states to collect and report data on access and utilization of these services to identify and address disparities.
- Modifies HCBS state plan amendment requirements to streamline the process for states offering these services.
- Defines key terms related to intensive community-based services, such as assertive community treatment and intensive case management.
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