New Jersey DHS Responses To Legislature Questions About The Status Of The 1115 Comprehensive Waiver, With Details About Behavioral Health Plans

On July 1, 2015, Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care (UBHC) will begin managing publicly funded addiction treatment services for the New Jersey Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS) as the state’s interim managing entity (IME) for Medicaid addiction treatment services. Mental health services are slated to be added to the IME responsibilities in the future. This document, released April 2, 2015, is the New Jersey Department of Human Services (DHS) responses to questions from the legislature about various aspects of the DHS budget. On pages 6 to 20, DHS discusses the IME and its functions . . .