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Behavioral‑health providers seek restored block‑grant funding, higher Medicaid residential rates and dedicated clubhouse support
Summary
Treatment providers and associations asked KDADS to restore and expand block‑grant funds for uninsured residents, raise Medicaid residential rates (to parity with block‑grant rates), unbundle peer mentor payments from per‑diem rates, and raise the statutory cap on lottery vending machine funding used by clubhouses and crisis centers.
Behavioral‑health and substance‑use treatment providers urged KDADS to include increases to block‑grant and Medicaid funding in the FY27 budget and to change billing practices to expand services.
Des Martin, president and CEO of Mirror, which provides addiction treatment services, asked KDADS to include $5,000,000 in the KDADS budget for continued block‑grant enhancement serving uninsured and non‑Medicaid eligible people and to increase Medicaid residential rates, which he said are “about 38% below the average cost for service providers.” He also asked KDADS…
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