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House bill would allow Medicaid reimbursement to expand mobile crisis outreach teams statewide
Summary
House Bill 42 would direct the state to seek a Medicaid waiver so county health departments could use Medicaid funds to support Mobile Crisis Outreach Teams (MCOTs), expanding services beyond Salt Lake County to rural areas, sponsors said Jan. 25, 2018.
On Jan. 25, 2018 the Utah House considered House Bill 42, a measure the sponsor said would enable county health departments to use Medicaid funding to reimburse mobile crisis outreach teams that respond to people in mental‑health crisis where they live.
Representative Lisonbee described MCOTs as two‑person teams — typically a licensed clinical…
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