The Bipartisan Safer Communities Act: where things stand on the Medicaid and CHIP provisions
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Author(s):
- Dwyer, Anne, (Of Georgetown University. Center for Children and Families), author
- Contributor(s):
- Georgetown University. Center for Children and Families, issuing body.
- Publication:
- [Washington, DC] : Georgetown University Health Policy Institute, Center for Children and Families, August 2023
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Behavioral Medicine Health Policy Health Services Accessibility Medicaid Mental Health Services Social Determinants of Health United States United States. Children's Health Insurance Program (U.S.)
- Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- On June 25, 2022, President Biden signed into law the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (P.L. 117-159). The Bipartisan Safer Communities Act included a number of provisions related to Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) including expanding the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic Medicaid demonstration program as well as mandated guidance, technical assistance, and other resources and requirements related to telehealth, school-based Medicaid services, and Medicaid’s Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic and Treatment benefit. With Medicaid (alongside CHIP) covering more than half of all children and serving as the single largest payer of behavioral health services in the US, timely and meaningful implementation of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act provisions remains important to advancing access to mental health care for children and individuals covered by Medicaid and CHIP. This is especially important given the ongoing youth mental health crisis and increasing rates of depression and anxiety among children. Now over a year into implementation, this issue brief provides background on the Medicaid and CHIP provisions of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act and an update of where things stand including where more action is still forthcoming.
- Copyright:
- Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY license. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 PDF file (9 pages))
- Illustrations:
- Illustrations
- NLM Unique ID:
- 9918733186206676 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/9918733186206676