News Report | April 13, 2020
Federal 2021 Budget Proposal Includes Provisions To Expand Behavioral Health Services
The President’s 2021 budget proposal for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) includes five provisions intended to expand behavioral health services. However, overall, the HHS budget request of $94.5 billion is about 10% lower than the 2020 enacted level of funding. The HHS budget proposes $1.6 trillion in net mandatory health savings and reducing longer-term deficits by eliminating wasteful spending.
The federal budget proposal was released on February 10, 2020, as “A Budget For America's Future, Fiscal Year 2021.” A fact sheet about the budget highlighted the following provisions affecting behavioral health:
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