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Health Policy Commission presents behavioral health workforce studies and preliminary findings to disability commission subcommittee
Summary
Amy Doyle of the Health Policy Commission told the Commission on the Status of Persons with Disabilities’ workforce subcommittee that the Behavioral Health Workforce Center—launched September 2024—was mandated in the FY 2024 budget to produce three studies (rates, needs assessment, licensure). Doyle outlined preliminary data on access gaps, ED boarding, nurse attrition and the start of licensure‑renewal surveys.
Amy Doyle, director of the Behavioral Health Workforce Center at the Health Policy Commission, told members of the Massachusetts Commission on the Status of Persons with Disabilities’ workforce supports subcommittee that the center was created to coordinate statewide policy on behavioral health workforce shortages and was mandated in the fiscal year 2024 budget to complete three research studies.
The center, launched in September 2024, is preparing a rates analysis that Doyle said is nearly complete and aimed for release around January. “We officially launched in September 2024 in partnership with EOHHS with the mission to strengthen the state's capacity to identify and respond to the current and ongoing behavioral health workforce needs,” Doyle said.
Why it matters: Doyle cited data showing unmet need and capacity problems that affect access to services, including people who rely on…
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