News Report | June 9, 2023
Illinois Requests Section 1115 Waiver Extension Adding Housing Supports & Community Reintegration Services
The Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services (HFS) is seeking a five-year extension of the 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. The extension will continue current BCI pilot programs and will request coverage of two new benefits: housing supports for people who are experiencing or . . .