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Privatizing state’s mental health services is meant to aid care. Critics fear the opposite
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Community mental health agencies offer services for those with mental health issues, developmental disabilities, and substance use disorders.
Department of Health and Human Services spokesperson Lynn Sutfin said the department is committed to “ensuring that Medicaid beneficiaries in Michigan have timely access to high-quality behavioral health care services.
The Department of Health and Human Services is committed to “ensuring that Medicaid beneficiaries in Michigan have timely access to high-quality behavioral health care services,” Sutfin said.
The plans manage provider networks, including Community Mental Health programs, and behavioral health providers.
No.”Rep. Carrie Rheingans, D-Ann Arbor, said she worries that if private companies manage the money for behavioral health care the way they do for physical health care, people would lose access to the care they need.