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<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="15-1102" title_number="15" title_name="Assistance Programs" subtitle_number="11" subtitle_name="Home-Based and Community-Based Services for Children and Youth">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Department shall ensure that care coordinators delivering services under the 1915(i) model or a mental health case management program receive training in the delivery of services under a high–fidelity wraparound model.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Department shall provide reimbursement for:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Wraparound services delivered by care coordinators under a high–fidelity wraparound model under the 1915(i) model or a mental health case management program that is commensurate with industry standards for the reimbursement of the delivery of wraparound services;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Intensive in–home services delivered by providers using family–centered treatment, functional family therapy, and other  evidence–based practices under the 1915(i) model that is commensurate with the industry standards for the reimbursement of the delivery of family–centered treatment, functional family therapy, and other evidence–based practices; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>At least one pilot program utilizing value–based purchasing for case management services.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Beginning in fiscal year 2024, the Behavioral Health Administration shall fund 100 slots in the mental health case management program for children or youth who are not eligible for program services and who are at risk of out–of–home placement.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The Governor shall include in the annual operating budget bill the following amounts to fund customized goods and services for youth receiving services under the 1915(i) model or mental health case management program:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>$150,000 for fiscal year 2025;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>$250,000 for fiscal year 2026; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>$350,000 for fiscal year 2027 and each fiscal year thereafter.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
