State seeks amendment to expand treatment for adults with serious mental illness

CONCORD — As part of New Hampshire’s comprehensive effort to ensure timely and appropriate medical care for people experiencing a mental health crisis, the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services announces its intent to request from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services an amendment to the Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Recovery Access Section 1115(a) Research and Demonstration Waiver.

The proposed amendment will expand the scope of the waiver to include coverage for short-term inpatient and residential treatment services for beneficiaries with serious mental illness, and would allow Medicaid to pay for short-term stays in institutions for mental disease for beneficiaries ages 21-64 with serious mental illness who are approved for full Medicaid benefits under the State Plan.