Farmersville Unified to use Healthy Campus EHR for school-based behavioral-health claims; district says families will not be billed

Chris Juarez, the district’s MTSS coordinator, presented Farmersville Unified’s plan to operationalize the California Youth Behavioral Health Initiative (CYBHI) capacity grant and to use an electronic health record (EHR) system from Healthy Campus to document and submit claims for school-based behavioral-health services.

Juarez told the board the district received a CYBHI capacity grant of $140,000 (allocation based on average daily attendance) and that those funds are intended to support set-up of the electronic health record, Medi-Cal enrollment support and billing infrastructure. He said the district will document services provided by credentialed staff (counselors, social workers, psychologists and the district nurse) and submit claims to Medi-Cal and, where applicable, private insurers. Juarez emphasized the district’s statement that families would not be billed for services: "Families shall not be subject to co-payment, coinsurance, deductible, or any other form of cost sharing,"…