California Medicaid Releases Mobile Crisis Services RFI Prior To Developing State Plan Amendment

On August 8, 2022, the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) released a request for information (RFI #22-002) for a new mobile crisis services benefit in the state Medicaid plan. The RFI invites potentially interested vendors to provide DHCS with information about training for, and implementation of, mobile crisis services. Responses are due by September 2, 2022. DHCS intends to submit a Medicaid state plan amendment (SPA) to add qualifying community-based mobile crisis intervention services as a new benefit for Medi-Cal (California’s Medicaid program), effective no sooner than January 2023.

The upcoming mobile crisis services . . .