Governor Holcomb Signs HEA 1468 Dealing with Various Health Matters
This week, the IHA team attended the bill signing ceremony for HEA 1468, authored by Representative Steve Davisson (R-Salem). IHA supported the legislation during session this year, in particular, due to the provisions the bill contains related to mental health and addiction treatment. The bill requires FSSA to apply for a Medicaid state plan amendment for reimbursement of Medicaid rehabilitation option (MRO) services for eligible recipients of certain services in a community mental health center and for reimbursement of MRO services concurrent with residential addiction treatment reimbursement. The legislation also specifies that telehealth services satisfy any face-to-face meeting requirement between a clinician and a consumer for purposes of a community mental health center. The bill went into effect on July 1, 2021