HF2553 Summary

• Establishes a medical assistance mental health service provider certification process for assertive community treatment, adult rehabilitative mental health services, mobile crisis team services, children's therapeutic services, children's intensive behavioral health services, and intensive nonresidential rehabilitative mental health services, with recertification every three years.

• Modifies documentation approval timelines for diagnostic assessments, functional assessments, level of care assessments, and treatment plans from five to 30 business days, and allows clients to request new diagnostic assessments upon their request.

• Expands staff training requirements for mental health providers, including 30 hours of training on mental illnesses, recovery, de-escalation techniques, co-occurring disorders, and psychotropic medications for rehabilitation workers, behavioral aides, and practitioners before providing direct client services.

• Clarifies assertive community treatment team staffing requirements including team leader, psychiatric care provider, nursing staff, co-occurring disorder specialist, vocational specialist, and mental health certified peer specialist roles with specific qualifications and minimum full-time equivalencies.

• Requires managed care plans to use 12-month claim filing timelines and fee-for-service timelines for mental health and substance use disorder treatment services, with restrictions on taking back paid funds after six months; modifies family peer support services eligibility to mandate provision upon medical necessity determination by licensed mental health professionals.