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DPHHS outlines behavioral‑health investments, Medicaid unwinding figures and Montana State Hospital reform
Summary
DPHHS Director Charlie Brereton told the House Health and Human Services Committee that the department is prioritizing behavioral‑health reform backed by the 2023 Legislature's $300 million (HB 872), continuing Medicaid redetermination work (about 330,000 reviews, roughly 129,000 enrollments ended), provider rate increases and steps to recertify the Montana State Hospital.
Charlie Brereton, director of the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services, told the House Health and Human Services Committee that the department will focus this biennium on behavioral‑health and developmental‑disability system reforms, Medicaid eligibility redetermination and stabilizing state‑run health facilities.
Brereton said the 2023 Legislature cleared what he described as a historic $300,000,000 appropriation under House Bill 872 to support behavioral‑health reforms and that a statewide Behavioral Health System for Future Generations (BISFIC) commission produced more than 20 recommendations. "That effort was largely driven by the historic $300,000,000 that the legislature cleared in 2023," Brereton…
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