Kentucky and California are the latest states to join the federal government’s Medicaid mobile crisis intervention initiative.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the addition of Kentucky and California to the federal program on Thursday. The participants bring the number of states partnering with the federal government to provide community-based mobile crisis intervention units to six.
The American Rescue Plan Act, signed into law in 2021, appropriated $15 million in grants to help 20 states launch mobile crisis intervention units. Oregon landed the first CMS clearance to participate in September 2022, Behavioral Health Business reports. Read more.
