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Closure of Mental Health Crisis Programs in Los Angeles County Highlights Ongoing Challenges in California
Los Angeles County has decided to close mental health crisis linkage programs due to their underwhelming performance despite receiving approximately $30 million in state grants from the Mental Health Services Act. These programs, intended to provide urgent mental health support and prevent individuals in distress from ending up in hospitals or jails, will not be extended, resulting in the return of approximately $15 million in unspent state funds.
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SAMHSA 2023-2026 Strategic Plan Summary
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has released a draft of its 2023-2026 strategic plan. The plan follows the four guiding principles that lead all of the agency’s work: equity, recovery, trauma-informed approaches and commitment to data and evidence. In the plan, SAMHSA identifies five priority areas to better meet the needs of individuals, communities and service providers. |
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NACBH Proposals to Senate Finance Committee on Improving Access to Residential Behavioral Health Treatment
NACBH has submitted policy recommendations to the Senate Finance Committee in response to five mental health bills drafted by the committee last fall. The five Senate Finance Committee draft bills covered a variety of issues related to mental health coverage under Medicare, Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplace plans.
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NACBH Memo to Member Organizations on Results of December Omnibus
NACBH has created a memo summarizing the most impactful provisions to children’s behavioral health passed in the December Omnibus. This legislative package was significant in size and effect: extending telehealth flexibilities, covering LMFTs and intensive outpatient programs under Medicare, and providing funds and technical assistance to school-based mental health services.
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NACBH Proposals to Senate HELP Committee on Health Care Workforce Shortages
NACBH has also submitted policy recommendations to the Senate HELP Committee in response to Chairman Bernie Sanders and Ranking Member Bill Cassidy’s Request for Input issued in February. We’re thankful to those who submitted feedback which helped inform these recommendations!
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