House, Senate Pass Short-Term Community Behavioral Health Center Funding

The House and Senate in late June passed a short-term extension of funding for the community mental health services demonstration after the Senate failed to take up a House-passed two-year funding extension before the program expired on June 30. The House passed legislation in mid-June funding a two-year extension of the demonstration . The bill would also fund the Money Follows the Person demonstration through 2024 and preserve asset protections for the spouses of Medicaid beneficiaries who receive long term...