Bill > LB860

This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to establish a program by January 1, 2027, to provide behavioral health care services to individuals under twenty-one years of age who have complex behavioral health needs. The program aims to support families in the community and prevent institutionalization or out-of-home placements by addressing multisystem needs and tailoring care management to individual and family needs. Services will include mobile response and stabilization, intensive home-based treatment, inpatient and outpatient care, psychiatric residential treatment facility care, substance use disorder treatment, psychiatric care, and developmental disability care. Care coordination will be managed through behavioral health regions, and the department may procure a statewide managed care plan to ensure a full continuum of care, including residential and home-based services. The department is also authorized to adopt necessary rules and regulations and seek federal approval, including through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), to provide reimbursement for these services.

Health and Social Services

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