CMS Approval Of New Jersey Medicaid State Plan Amendment To Implement Behavioral Health Homes In Bergen County For Adults With SMI Plus High Utilization

On March 12, 2015, the federal Medicaid program approved two Medicaid behavioral health home (BHH) state plan amendments (SPAs) for Bergen County, New Jersey. The approval is retroactive to July 2014. One SPA is for BHHs for adults with serious mental illness; the other is for BHHs for youth with serious emotional disturbance, developmental disability, and/or substance use disorder. The BHHs for adults are state-certified by the Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS); the BHHs for children are state-certified by the New Jersey Department of Children and Families (DCF)/Children’s System of Care (CSOC . . .