217.021. Community behavioral health program, purpose — department duties.

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217.021. Community behavioral health program, purpose — department duties. — 1. The department shall establish and implement a community behavioral health program to provide comprehensive community-based services for individuals under the supervision of the department who have serious behavioral health conditions.

2. The department shall, in collaboration with the department of mental health:

(1)Establish a referral and evaluation process for access to the program;

(2)Establish eligibility criteria that include consideration of recidivism risk and behavioral health condition severity;

(3)Establish discharge criteria and processes, with a goal of establishing a seamless transition to post-program services to decrease recidivism; and

(4)Develop multidisciplinary program oversight, auditing, and evaluation processes that shall include:

(a)Oversight authority of program case management services through the department of mental health;

(b)Provider performance and outcome metrics; and

(c)Reports to the legislature and the governor on the status of the program as requested.

3. The department of mental health shall, in collaboration with the department of corrections:

(1)Contract for and pay behavioral health service providers under the program;

(2)Supervise, support, and monitor referral caseloads and the provision of services by contract behavioral health service providers;

(3)Require that contract behavioral health service providers:

(a)Accept all eligible referrals, provide individualized care delivered through integrated multidisciplinary care teams, and continue services on an ongoing basis until established discharge criteria are met;

(b)Accept reimbursement on a per-month, per-referral basis, and ensure that the payment schedule is based on a pay-for-performance model that includes consideration of identified outcomes and the level of services required; and

(c)Bill third parties for services.

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(L. 2018 H.B. 1355)