Document Type
Article
Source Publication Title
Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research
Abstract
Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Medicaid waivers for children increase the availability of public funding for HCBS by waiving or expanding the means tests for parents’ income, basing child eligibility for Medicaid coverage primarily on clinical need. But many states provide mechanisms apart from HCBS waivers to increase coverage for youth significant mental health needs. Through interviews with public mental health officials from 37 states, this study identifies and explains non-waiver funding strategies for HCBS services for otherwise ineligible youth. Results demonstrate that states expand Medicaid-eligibility through CHIP or use state general revenue funds to pay for medically necessary HCBS for non-Medicaid youth.
Disciplines
Social and Behavioral Sciences | Social Work
Publication Date
7-1-2019
Language
English
License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International License.
Recommended Citation
Graaf, G., & Snowden, L. (2019). State approaches to funding home and community-based mental health care for non-Medicaid youth: Alternatives to Medicaid waivers. Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10488-019-00933-2