Illinois Behavioral Health Transformation 1115 Demonstration Waiver, Draft Application For Extension

The document was released on May 12, 2023, by the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services (HFS). The state seeks a five-year extension of its 1115 Medicaid waiver for behavioral health transformation, also known as the Better Care Illinois Behavioral Health Initiative (BCI). Through the extension, HFS will seek to address health-related social needs (HRSN) and eliminate inequities through initiatives that target beneficiaries who are pregnant, homeless/housing-insecure, justice-involved, unemployed, food-insecure, and those in need of violence and crisis intervention . . .