Volume 43 - Issue 51 - December 19, 2024

State of Kansas

Department for Aging and Disability Services

Department of Health and Environment
Division of Health Care Finance

Public Notice

The Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services (KDADS), Behavioral Health Commission and the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, Division of Health Care Finance (KDHE-DHCF) is amending the Kansas Medicaid State Plan to allow behavioral health integration with primary care via the Collaborative Care Model (CoCM). CoCM will be a benefit of Kansas Medicaid for persons of all ages who have a mental health, behavioral health, substance use disorder or psychiatric condition to include a suspected or pre-existing condition, if medically necessary, as determined by the primary care provider (i.e., physician, physician assistant, nurse practitioner or nurse midwife.)

The proposed effective date for the state plan amendment (SPA) is January 1, 2025.

Fee-For- Service Only	Estimated Federal Financial Participation
FFY 2025	$0
FFY 2026	$0

To request a copy of the proposed SPA, to submit a comment, or to review comments, please contact Patricia Satterlee by email at Patricia.Satterlee2@ks.gov or by mail at:

Patricia Satterlee
Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services
Behavioral Health Commission
503 S. Kansas Ave.
Topeka, KS 66603

The last day for public comment is January 20, 2025.

Draft copies of the proposed SPA may also be found at a Local Health Department (LHD).

Laura Howard
Secretary
Department for Aging and Disability Services

Christine Osterlund
Medicaid Director
Deputy Secretary of Agency Integration and Medicaid
Division of Health Care Finance
Department of Health and Environment

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