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This concurrent resolution supports reforming crisis care services and Medicaid funding in Alaska by addressing several key challenges in behavioral health service delivery. The resolution highlights that current crisis continuum services (including mobile crisis teams, crisis call lines, and stabilization centers) are valuable but face significant funding and administrative barriers, with not all components of crisis care being billable through Medicaid. The resolution calls for innovative policy solutions to ensure the sustainability of crucial crisis services, including potentially establishing a small assessment on commercial health insurers and implementing a 988 crisis lifeline telecommunications surcharge similar to the 911 surcharge. Specifically, the resolution supports an all-payer crisis continuum of care that aims to ensure all insurance providers support essential crisis services, remove administrative inefficiencies, and prioritize flexible solutions that work for local communities, providers, and the people they serve. Moreover, it urges the Governor to direct the Department of Health and division of insurance to convene public and private payers, stakeholders, and legislative leaders to develop comprehensive recommendations for an all-payer model of crisis care.

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https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/34?Root=SCR2