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House Healthcare reviews DMH budget lines: CCBHC funding, community outreach and copay proposals
Summary
Committee members reviewed multiple DMH and AHS budget requests including CCBHC initiative funding, provider stabilization grants, a proposal to raise Medicaid drug copays, and a contested proposal to cut community outreach in favor of mobile crisis responses. Members pressed DMH for detail on case rates, shifting costs to designated agencies, and program transitions.
The House Healthcare committee spent significant time Feb. 17 reviewing DMH and AHS budget line items that would reallocate services, adjust reimbursements and change how some programs are delivered.
Committee staff summarized the spreadsheet of governor‑recommended items and non‑governor requests and explained the process the committee will use to rank priorities. Among the DMH items members discussed were a $2,000,000 one‑time provider stabilization request, a CCBHC initiative estimated in testimony at roughly $5,000,000 for five additional CCBHCs (DMH later referenced $5,400,000 as an initiative estimate), and a set of population‑specific services DMH proposed rolling into standard CCBHC or outpatient billing.
Several members warned that rolling population‑specific services into CCBHC billing or traditional outpatient bundles could effectively shift…
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