New Mexico Human Services Department Cost & Outcomes Of Selected Behavioral Health Grants & Spending Report To the Legislative Finance Committee

May 16, 2013
The New Mexico Human Services Department’s Legislative Finance Committee’s report “Evaluation of the Cost and Outcomes of Selected Behavioral Health Grants and Spending” examines the state and federally funded adult behavioral health services under the Behavioral Health Services Division (BHSD) and the current health and consumer outcomes being achieved through the behavioral health system. The report found that fewer people have received services through BHSD funding since fiscal year 2010, and outcomes still fall short of performance targets. It also found that with the expansion of New Mexico’s Medicaid program the need for state . . .