On June 17th, the New York State Department of Health (DOH) issued a public notice in the State Register of its intention to transition the current Adult Behavioral Health Home and Community Based Services (BH HCBS) to a new service array called Behavioral Health Adult Rehabilitation Services. DOH’s goal was to simplify this service array by consolidating and eliminating certain services and to increase utilization by removing administrative requirements that have resulted in lower-than-expected service utilization.
On November 20th, the New York State Office of Mental Health (OMH) and Office of Addiction Services and Supports (OASAS) hosted a webinar (available here) with further information on the upcoming changes to Adult BH HCBS. A summary of currently available information on this transition is attached.