Announcement for Public Comment on the Office of Mental Health (OMH) Serious Emotional Disturbance (SED) Waiver Amendment.

Pursuant to 42 CFR 441.304(f), NYS Office of Mental Health hereby gives notice in order to obtain public comment on an amendment to the OMH Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) Wavier. The renewal of the waiver was approved by CMS on August 25, 2017 and became effective September 1, 2017. The OMH HCBS Waiver has been in operation since 1996, serving children with serious emotional disturbance (SED) and their families.

The proposed amendment to the OMH SED Waiver is to add a rate code for the Enrollment Month as a function of the Individualized Care Coordinator (ICC) to account for the work performed by the ICC during a child’s enrollment process.

Activities of the Enrollment Month include:

• meet with the child and their family who have been determined eligible for the HCBS Wavier to orient them to the Waiver program

• work with the family to concurrently enroll a child in Medicaid, if not otherwise enrolled

• collect necessary clinical documentation and input on the child’s service needs

• complete intake assessments and develop an Initial Service Plan and Budget

• make referrals to Waiver Service Providers and other collateral providers based on the assessment

Once the child is enrolled in the OMH HCBS SED Waiver, the Enrollment Month rate code can be billed one time only per enrollment.

We want to advise you of the opportunity to provide comment on the information above. Public input is requested in writing no later than February 9, 2018 to Joyce Billetts, OMH HCBS Waiver Statewide Coordinator, at the following email and/or mailing address: [email protected]; OR, OMH HCBS Wavier Program, Office of Mental Health, Children and Families, 44 Holland Ave., 6th Fl., Albany, NY 12229

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