Maryland SB39 establishes a workgroup to modernize behavioral health rate methodologies and study outpatient mental health centers.

Maryland SB39 creates a Workgroup on Certified Behavioral Health Clinic Implementation and Rate Methodology within the Behavioral Health Administration. The workgroup will evaluate the financial and clinical outcomes of certified community behavioral health clinics and recommend strategies for integrating them into the state's behavioral health system. The Maryland Department of Health must conduct a cost-driven rate study of outpatient mental health centers, assess the adequacy of current reimbursement rates, and recommend a cost-based reimbursement methodology.

Maryland SB39 establishes a workgroup to modernize behavioral health rate methodologies and study outpatient mental health centers.

Maryland SB39 creates a Workgroup on Certified Behavioral Health Clinic Implementation and Rate Methodology within the Behavioral Health Administration. The workgroup will evaluate the financial and clinical outcomes of certified community behavioral health clinics and recommend strategies for integrating them into the state's behavioral health system. The Maryland Department of Health must conduct a cost-driven rate study of outpatient mental health centers, assess the adequacy of current reimbursement rates, and recommend a cost-based reimbursement methodology.