2022 Behavioral Health Information Notices

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No. Issued	Subject	Date
22-071	Regional Average Rates For Non-Contract Psychiatric Inpatient Hospitals For Fiscal Year (FY) 2022-23 Enclosure 22/23 Regional Rates	12/30/2022
22-070	Parity Requirements for Drug-Medi-Cal State Plan Counties Enclosure-1-Notice-of-Grievance-Resolution-NGR-Final.docx Enclosure-2-Denial-Notice-NOABD-Final.docx Enclosure-3-Payment-Denial-Notice-NOABD-Final.docx Enclosure-4-Modification-Notice-NOABD-Final.docx Enclosure-5-Termination-Notice-NOABD-Final.docx Enclosure-6-Timely-Access-Notice-NOABD-Final.docx Enclosure-7-NOABD-Financial-Liability-Final.docx Enclosure-8-Your Rights-Attachment-NOABD-Final.docx Enclosure-9-Adverse-Benefit-Determinat-Upheld-Final.docx Enclosure-10-NAR-Your-Rights-Attachment-Final.docx Enclosure-11-Adverse-Benefit-Determinat-Overturned-Final.docx Enclosure-12-Nondiscrimination-Final.docx Enclosure-13-Language-Taglines-Final.doc Enclosure-14-Authorization-Delay-Notice-Final.docx Enclosure-15-NOABD-Grievance-and-Appeal-Final.docx Enclosure-16-Timely-Access-Data-Tool-Final.xlsx	12/30/2022
22-069	Guidance to Counties and Providers on Short- Term Residential Therapeutic Program Placement and Institution for Mental Disease Transitions	12/30/2022
22-068	Interoperability and Patient Access Final Rule Enclosure: Proposition 30 Interoperability Funds FAQ	12/27/2022
22-067	Annual Reporting Requirements for Medi-Cal Peer Support Specialist Certification Programs	12/23/2022
22-066	Superseded by BHIN 23-003. Extended Deadlines for Medi-Cal Peer Support Specialist Grandparenting and Implementation of Medi-Cal Peer Support Specialist Certification Program Curriculum	12/21/2022
22-065	Adult and Youth Screening and Transition of Care Tools for Medi-Cal Mental Health Services	12/22/2022
22-064	Superseded by BHIN 23-025. Medi-Cal Mobile Crisis Services Benefit Implementation Enclosure 1: Attestation Letter	12/19/2022
22-063	Annual Review Protocol for Specialty Mental Health Services (SMHS) and Other Funded Services for Fiscal Year 2022-2023. Enclosure 1- SMHS Protocol FY 22-23 Enclosure 2 – FY 22-23 SMHS Triennial Schedule Enclosure 3 – SMHS Reasons for Recoupment FY 22-23 Enclosure 4 – SMHS TA Schedule FY 22-23	12/19/2022
22-062	Complaints and Investigations of Medi-Cal Peer Support Specialist Certification Programs	12/16/2022
22-061	Medi-Cal Peer Support Specialist Areas of Specialization	12/16/2022
22-060	Mental Health Plan and Drug Medi-Cal Organized Delivery System Beneficiary Handbook Requirements and Templates Enclosure 1: MHP Beneficiary Handbook Enclosure 2: DMC-ODS Beneficiary Handbook Enclosure 3: Language Taglines Enclosure 4: Nondiscrimination Notice	12/12/2022
22-059	General Uses of the Community Assistance, Recovery, and Empowerment (CARE) Act Startup Funding Enclosure 1 - CARE Act Planning Resources - Cohort 1 $26 Million Allocation Enclosure 2 - CARE Act Planning Resources - All Counties $31 Million Allocation	11/10/2022
22-057	Allocation of Funding for Substance Use Disorder Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery Services, State Fiscal Year 2022-23 and 2023-24 Governor's Approved Budget Exhibit A Exhibit B - Statewide Allocation Summary Exhibit C Part 1 Exhibit C Part 2	10/27/2022
22-056	The Recovery Incentives Program: California's Contingency Management Benefit	10/17/2022
22-055	Peer Services Funding Sources	10/17/2022
22-054	Updated Claiming Logic for MCHIP and Emergency Services Claims in the SDMC System	09/29/2022
22-053	Obligations Related to Indian Health Care Providers in Drug Medi-Cal Organized Delivery System (DMC-ODS) Counties	09/26/2022
22-052	Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) Allocation and Methodology for Fiscal Year (FY) 2022-23 Enclosure 1: Need for Services Enclosure 2: Population Most Likely to Apply for Services Enclosure 3: Population Most Likely to Access Services Enclosure 4: Self Sufficiency Standard Enclosure 5: Adjustments Self Sufficiency Enclosure 6: Resources Enclosure 7: Resources Adjustment Option 1 Enclosure 8: Resources Adjustment Option 2 Enclosure 9: Resources Adjustment Option 3 Enclosure 10: Resource Adjustment Summary Enclosure 11: Component Allocation Percentages Enclosure 12: Allocation Schedule	09/22/2022
22-051	UPDATED: Order of the State Public Health Officer Health Care Worker Vaccine Requirement	9/21/2022
22-050	Updated Guidance for CalAIM Behavioral Health Quality Improvement Program (BHQIP). DHCS-8762: September 2022 Reporting Template DHCS-8763: Participating Entity Policies and Procedures Template DHCS-8764- Performance Improvement Project Templates	09/21/2022
22-049	Updated Requirements and Forms for SMHS QA-UR and County Administrative Claims Enclosure MC_1982b Enclosure MC_1982c	9/12/2022
22-048	Mental Health Block Grant (MHBG) Annual Program Review	9/7/2022
22-047	Statewide Excessive Heat Warning	9/1/2022
22-046	Technical Documents to Implement CalAIM	8/31/2022
22-045	Enforcement Actions: Administrative and Monetary Sanctions and Contract Termination	8/19/2022
22-044	Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) Annual Program Review	8/12/2022
22-043	Annual County Monitoring Activities (ACMA) for Mental Health Plans (MHP), Drug Medi-Cal Organized Delivery System (DMC-ODS), and Drug Medi-Cal (DMC) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2022/23. Enclosure 1: DHCS 1738- MHP Attestation Enclosure 2: DHCS 1730- DMC-ODS Attestation	8/12/2022
22-042	Temporary COVID-19 Emergency Increased Administrative Day Rate for Fee-For-Service/Medi-Cal Hospitals for Fiscal Year 2021-22	8/4/2022
22-041	Instructions for Reporting Rates Negotiated for Psychiatric Inpatient Hospitals Services Contracts for Fiscal Year 2022-23 Enclosure 1 Enclosure 2 Enclosure 3	7/27/2022
22-040	Peer Support Service Function Code	7/27/2022
22-039	Electronic Signatures after the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE)	8/4/2022
22-038	Establishing a County Contract Rate in the Short Doyle/Medi-Cal Claiming and Payment System for Fiscal Year (FY) 2022-23 Enclosure 1	7/27/2022
22-037	Drug Medi-Cal (DMC) Reimbursement Rates & Medication Addiction Treatment (MAT) Rates for Fiscal Year (FY) 2022-23 Exhibit A: DMC SPA RATES FY 2022-23 Exhibit B: DMC MAT RATES FY 2022-23	7/12/2022
22-036	Managed Care Program Annual Report (MCPAR) for Mental Health Plans (MHP) and Drug Medi-Cal Organized Delivery System (DMC-ODS) Counties.	7/8/2022
22-035	Supercedes BHIN 20-075. Implementation and Reporting Requirements of the Assisted Outpatient Treatment (AOT) Program Enclosure I. AOT Data Dictionary	7/8/2022
22-034	County Submission Deadlines for CalAIM Behavioral Health Policies and Procedures	7/1/2022
22-033	Supersedes BHIN 21-023. 2022 Federal Network Certification Requirements for County Mental Health Plans (MHPs) and Drug Medi-Cal Organized Delivery Systems (DMC-ODS) Attachment A.1 – MHP NACT Attachment A.2 – DMC-ODS NACT Attachment B – Time and Distance Standards Attachment C – Alternative Access Standards Request Template Attachment D.1 – Timely Access Data Tool (MHP) Attachment D.2 – Timely Access Data Tool (DMC-ODS) Attachment E – Certification of Network Adequacy Data Attachment F – Continuity of Care Report Template Attachment G – Network Adequacy Annual Certification Inventory Attachment H – DMC-ODS Supplemental Data Tool Attachment I – Provider Contract Cover Sheet Attachment J – DMC-ODS CAP Resolution Proposal Instructions and Template For a copy of the attachments listed above, please contact NAOS@dhcs.ca.gov.	6/24/2022
22-032	County Mental Health Plan 274 Provider Network Data Reporting	6/9/2022
22-031	Transportation for beneficiaries receiving behavioral health residential, inpatient, or emergency department services	5/23/2022
22-030	Plastic Bag Use in Mental Health Rehabilitation Centers (MHRCs) and Psychiatric Health Facilities (PHFs)	5/17/2022
22-029	Supersedes DMH Information Notice No.: 99-14. Updates to forms relevant to quarterly reporting of involuntary and voluntary treatment, conservatorships, and convulsive treatment and psychosurgery data: DHCS 1008, 1009, 1010 and 1011	5/12/2022
22-028	Mental Health Services Act County Population Enclosure 1 FY 22-23	5/10/2022
22-027	Allocation of Funding for Substance Use Disorder Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery Services, State Fiscal Year 2022-23 and 2023-24 Preliminary Allocations Exhibit A Exhibit B - Statewide Allocation Summary Exhibit C Part 1 Exhibit C Part 2	5/3/2022
22-026	Drug Medi-Cal (DMC), Drug Medi-Cal Organized Delivery System (DMC-ODS) and Specialty Mental Health Services (SMHS) Peer Support Services	5/6/2022
22-025	Requirement for Naloxone or Any Other Opioid Antagonist Used for the Reversal of an Opioid Overdose in Licensed Residential Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Recovery or Treatment Facilities: Implementation of Assembly Bill 381 (AB 381)	5/11/2022
22-024	Assessment of Tobacco Use Disorder in Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Recovery or Treatment Facilities: Passage of Assembly Bill (AB) 541	5/11/2022
22-023	Liability Insurance Requirement for Licensed Residential Substance Use Disorder Recovery or Treatment Facilities: Implementation of Assembly Bill (AB) 1158	5/11/2022
22-022	Advertising Requirements for Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Recovery or Treatment, and Mental Health Facilities: Passage of Senate Bill 434 and 541 (SB 434 and SB 541)	5/11/2022
22-021	Driving-Under-the-Influence (DUI) Program State Licensing Fee Increase Beginning Fiscal Year (FY) 2022-2023	4/27/2022
22-020	County Mental Plan Obligations Related to Indian Health Care Providers.	4/27/2022
22-019	Superseded by 23-068, effective January 1, 2024. Documentation Requirements for all Specialty Mental Health Services (SMHS), Drug Medi-Cal (DMC), and Drug Medi-Cal Organized Delivery System (DMC-ODS) services.	4/22/2022
22-018	Medi-Cal Peer Support Specialist Supervisor training requirements for counties	4/21/2022
22-017	Concurrent Review Standards for Psychiatric Inpatient Hospital and Psychiatric Health Facility Services	4/15/2022
22-016	Authorization of Outpatient Specialty Mental Health Services (SMHS)	4/15/2022
22-015	Mental Health Medi-Cal Administrative Activities Claiming Policy Related to State-Funded Only Beneficiaries	4/13/2022
22-014	Drug Medi-Cal Organized Delivery System (DMC-ODS) Treatment Perceptions Survey (TPS)	4/12/2022
22-013	Code Selection During Assessment Period for Outpatient Behavioral Health (BH) Services	4/6/2022
22-012	Change in Date of Birth Validation in the Short-Doyle Medi-Cal (SDMC) adjudication system	4/1/2022
22-011	No Wrong Door for Mental Health Services Policy	3/31/2022
22-010	Mental Health Consumer Perception Survey Data Collection May 16-20, 2022	03/30/2022
22-009	Mental Health Plan and Managed Care Plan Responsibility to Provide Services to Beneficiaries with Eating Disorders	3/16/2022
22-008	Treatment of Psychiatric Emergency Medical Conditions: Summary of Assembly Bill (AB) 451	03/16/2022
22-007	Training in the procedures for designation of professionals; professionals and mobile crisis teams’ immunity from liability for actions of an individual released from a 72-hour hold; Summary of Assembly Bill (AB) 1443	03/16/2022
22-006	Medi-Cal Peer Support Specialist county requirements for new and updated certification entities	3/9/2022
22-005	Recovery Services components that are reimbursable under the Drug Medi-Cal Organized Delivery System (DMC-ODS)	3/3/2022
22-004	State Funded Only - Full Scope Aid Codes for Immigrants	3/3/2022
22-003	Medi-Cal Substance Use Disorder Treatment Services for Beneficiaries under age 21.	2/3/2022
22-002	UPDATED: Requirements for COVID-19 vaccination, boosters, vaccination verification, masking and testing for behavioral health facility workers	1/14/2022
22-001	Use of Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) Funds for Prevention and Early Intervention Programs.	1/5/2022

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