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Connecticut
Makes Medicaid Money Available for Community-Based Mental
Health Services - (Media dis&dat - 4/1/09)
Governor M. Jodi Rell announced that Medicaid funding will
become available to support community-based services to help
people with serious mental illness avoid long stays in Connecticut
nursing homes.
Implications
of Health Reform for Mental Health Care (Psychiatric Services
- 5/10)
Provisions in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
signed into law by President Obama on March 23 will benefit
people who have mental and substance use disorders and their
families, improve care in the public mental health system,
and address the mental health workforce crisis.
Mental
Health Parity and Health Reform (Health Reform Watch -
2/1/10)
The Interim Final Rules on mental health parity were issued
last Friday by the various agencies responsible for the administration
of the Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity
and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 (MHPAEA). The rules provide
interim permanent answers to some of the interpretive questions
raised by the MHPAEA. I’ll provide a couple of early
reactions to the rules, and briefly describe why the parity
rules in no way lessen the need for broader reform for the
benefit of people with serious mental illness.
Mental
Health Parity Rules Eased (Wolters Kluwer - 7/5/10)
Mental health parity rules implementing the Mental Health
Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAE) apply to qualified
health plans in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care
Act in same manner as they apply now group health plans, and
on July 1 the Employee Benefit Security Administration made
it a little bit easier to apply those parity rules.
New
Hope for Illinois' Mentally Ill Nursing Home Residents
(Chicago Breaking News - 3/15/10)
Thousands of psychiatric patients are likely to move out of
nursing homes and into community-based settings in the next
five years under a landmark legal agreement designed to reshape
Illinois' troubled long-term care system.
Ohio
Supreme Court Bars Death Penalty for Mentally Retarded Man
(ABA Journal - April 10, 2008)
The Ohio Supreme Court has struck down a death sentence for
a convicted double murderer because of his mental retardation,
despite evidence that he could play video games, pay bills
and drive a car.
Self-Determination
Q&A 2010 (Community Mental Health Oakland County -
7-6-10)
What makes self determination different from person-centered
planning? What are some of the concerns about self determination?
Click above for answers to these and more questions.
Supportive
Housing: The Most Effective and Integrated Housing for People
with Mental Disabilities (Bazelon Center for Mental Health
Law)
A growing body of evidence confirms that supportive housing
works for people with mental disabilities, including those
with the most severe impairments.
Take
Control of Your Discharge Planning (Michigan
Protection & Advocacy Service)
Discharge planning should begin as soon as you are admitted
to a facility. If you are being hospitalized for psychiatric
reasons, your Community Mental Health (CMH) agency should
be involved. Ideally, the CMH worker should attend planning
meetings at the facility and should be communicating with
you and others to find out what you want and need upon leaving
the facility.
Two
Moms Uncover Plot to Deny Mental Health Services to Children
(Examiner - 1/31/10)
The California Department of Education investigated and found
multiple violations where children who needed mental health
help were systematically denied the services they were entitled
to.
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