behavioral health

Montana’s frayed behavioral health care system will get a shot in the arm after state lawmakers approved sweeping changes.

As the Mobile Support and Crisis Intervention teams in Missoula enter another year, they continue tracking data to help right-size their response to calls involving a behavioral-health crisis, while working to better ingrate both 911 and 988.

The first set of funds allocated from $300 million approved this year to support behavioral health and developmental disabilities will include money to catch up on a longstanding backlog in forensic fitness evaluations at the Montana State Hospital.

For clients on Medicaid, the reimbursement rate determines how much the state will pay providers for giving them services like behavioral health, senior and long-term care and care for people with disabilities.

Intermountain Residential is one of the only facilities in the U.S. that serves young children with emotional dysregulation.

The bill would create a special state fund devoted to supporting behavioral health services, including community-based facilities and providers that serve people with developmental disabilities or behavioral health issues.