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IN HB1251
Bill
Status
1/10/2019
Primary Sponsor
Steven Davisson
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AI Summary
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Requires the Office of the Secretary of Family and Social Services to apply for a Medicaid state plan amendment by December 1, 2019, to enable reimbursement for mental health rehabilitation services provided in school settings to Medicaid recipients.
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Mandates all school corporations to contract with community mental health centers within one year of state plan approval to provide Medicaid rehabilitation option services to eligible students and their families.
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Establishes a new evidence-based school social services program through the Division of Mental Health and Addiction, partnering with elementary and high schools to provide substance abuse prevention, suicide prevention, grief counseling, social skills education, and trauma-informed care.
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Requires the Office of Medicaid Policy and Planning to study and report by October 1, 2019, on the impact of increasing income eligibility limits for the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), focusing on expanded access to mental health and addiction services.
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Adds annual reporting requirements for the mental health first aid training program, including data on individuals trained, certifications issued, and school-aged youth reached through the program.
Legislative Description
Mental health matters. Requires the office of the secretary of family and social services (office) to apply for a state plan amendment that would require Medicaid reimbursement for eligible Medicaid rehabilitation option services provided in a school setting to a Medicaid recipient. Requires the office to review the Medicaid rehabilitation option services provided under Medicaid, determine whether additional services are appropriate, and submit the office's findings to the legislative services agency. Requires a school corporation to contract with a community mental health center to provide Medicaid rehabilitation option services to the school corporation's students and families. Requires the division of mental health and addiction to establish and administer an evidence based program that partners with schools to provide social services to children, parents, caregivers, teachers, and the community. Sets forth requirements of the program and a contracting entity. Requires the office of Medicaid policy and planning to study and report to the legislative services agency the impact of increasing the eligibility income limitations for the children's health insurance program and specifies requirements of the study. Sets forth requirements of the mental health first aid training program report.
Last Action
Representative Sullivan added as coauthor
1/15/2019