Behavioral Health Proposals Vying For Space In Next Funding Package

A source tells Inside Health Policy that lawmakers have nailed down part of the Medicaid provisions for a forthcoming health care package, and behavioral health advocates are speculating it will contain several of their major priorities, including Medicaid requirements for justice-involved beneficiaries and making permanent the SUPPORT Act’s state plan amendment option to circumvent the so-called IMD exclusion. The Senate Finance Committee has also passed several Medicare proposals that could be incorporated into a health package, including one that...