FL H0945

Department of Children and Families must contract with managing entities for mobile response teams to provide immediate, onsite behavioral health crisis services to children, adolescents, and young adults ages 18-25, available 24/7 with target 60-minute in-person response times

Managing entities must develop coordinated system of care plans by January 1, 2022, with implementation by January 1, 2023, integrating services across child welfare, juvenile justice, education, and behavioral health systems

School principals must verify de-escalation strategies have been utilized and mobile response team outreach initiated before contacting law enforcement for student mental health crises, unless delay would increase likelihood of harm

DCF and Agency for Health Care Administration must identify children and adolescents who are highest utilizers of crisis stabilization services during FY 2020-2022 and submit quarterly reports on actions taken to better serve them

Agency for Health Care Administration must conduct systematic testing of Medicaid managed care plan provider network databases to confirm behavioral health providers are accepting enrollees and services are accessible