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Introduced Session

This bill, which is designated as the Mental Health Access Act, increases Medicaid reimbursement rates for certain evidence-based behavioral health services under the State Medicaid program. Specifically, the bill requires that reimbursement rates for evidence-based behavioral health services are to be no less than the Medicare reimbursement rate for the service, provided that the service is limited to individual or group counseling provided in an outpatient setting and the billing provider is a licensed behavioral health treatment facility or licensed health care professional. The bill defines "evidence based" to mean a treatment provided by licensed mental health professionals that meets criteria established by the Commissioner of Human Services, in consultation with the Commissioner of Children and Families, for evidence-based treatment.

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Carol Murphy (D)*,  Valerie Vainieri Huttle (D)*,  Anthony Verrelli (D), 

Introduced, Referred to Assembly Human Services Committee (on 02/08/2018)