H97 - 2015 Appropriations Act, Sec. 12F.2: Single Stream Funding for MH/DD/SAS Community Services (SL 2015-241)

Overview: Sec. 12F.2 of S.L. 2015-241, as amended by Sec. 4.8 of S.L. 2015-268, directs the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services (DMH/DD/SAS), to reduce its allocation for single stream funding in fiscal year 2015-2016 and fiscal year 2016-2017. This section directs DMH/DD/SAS to allocate this reduction among the local management entities/managed care organizations (LME/MCOs) based on the individual LME/MCO's percentage of the total cash on hand of all of the LME/MCOs in the State. This section requires each LME/MCO to provide at least the same level of services paid for by single stream funding during the 2014-2015 fiscal year during each year of the biennium.

In the event of a Medicaid budget surplus in either year of the biennium, then the amount of the surplus, not to exceed $30 million in each year, may be used to offset these reductions.

This section also contains monthly reporting requirements and a requirement that the Department establish a maintenance of effort (MOE) spending requirement for all mental health and substance abuse services which must be maintained using non-federal, State appropriations on an annual basis in order to meet MOE requirements for federal block grant awards. LME/MCOs must ensure the MOE spending requirement is met using State appropriations.

This section became effective July 1, 2015.