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Budget Amendments - SB30 (Member Request)

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Chief Patron: Dunnavant
Connect Individuals to BRAVO and ARTS through Medicaid (language only)

Item 39 #1s

Item 39 #1s

Judicial Department
Supreme Court

Language

Page 27, after line 37, insert:

"E. The Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court shall encourage judges presiding over cases in which a defendant is enrolled in Medicaid, or eligible to be enrolled in Medicaid, and for whom it can be ascertained that mental or behavioral health, or addiction and recovery treatment services would benefit such defendant, to facilitate connecting such individuals to the Behavioral Health Redesign for Access, Value and Outcomes (BRAVO) and the Addiction and Recovery Treatment Services (ARTS) programs. The Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court shall collaborate with the Department of Medicaid Assistance Services and the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services on methods for the courts to properly connect such individuals to the BRAVO and ARTS programs."



Explanation

(This amendment adds language directing the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court to encourage judges to direct eligible defendants to certain Medicaid affiliated programs, and to collaborate with the Department of Medicaid Assistance Services and the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services on methods for the courts to best facilitate connections between eligible defendants and these programs.)