Public Meeting Notice  Department of Mental Health Medical Necessity Commission - 5/17/2024

Previous Meeting Minutes

• Medical Necessity Commission Minutes 1/20/2023
• Medical Necessity Commission Minutes 12/16/2022
• Medical Necessity Commission Minutes 11/18/2023

• Consideration of Sarah Chiaramida’s further motion:
  • Like physical health care, it should be the goal of the behavioral health care delivery system to provide evidence-based, equitable, consistent, and high-quality care consistent with mental health parity.
  • To achieve the goal of equitable, and evidence-based delivery of behavioral health care, health plans and providers shall utilize nationally based criteria for medical necessity for behavioral health care services.
  • There shall be a process, led by the state to enable local health care providers and payers to annually review the criteria to enable providers to offer feedback on the national criteria utilized by health plans, to propose modifications to more closely align with local practice, and to educate providers on the criteria, including how to view the criteria and how to use it.
• Background/Context Language for Inclusion
• Report Development (who will write, review, edit, minority reports)
• New Business not Anticipated at Time of Posting