News Report | October 12, 2021
Ohio Planning To Enhance Statewide Behavioral Health Crisis System
The Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (OhioMHAS) is planning to enhance the statewide behavioral health crisis system by helping local behavioral health authorities, provider organizations, and other state and local leaders design and implement the structure of crisis response systems that meet their respective community needs. The state seeks to pursue the following initiatives:
- Establish a centralized behavioral health call center
- Expand and enhance mobile crisis response services statewide
- Increase capacity and access to 23-hour intensive evaluation and observational care
- Establish a more extensive network of six to . . .