Behavioral Health Service Provider

Important Information for Medicaid Providers: Please read carefully

Behavioral Health Service (BHS) Provider: A facility, agency, institution, person, society, corporation, partnership, unincorporated association, group, or other legal entity that provides behavioral health services, such as mental health services, substance abuse/addiction treatment services, or a combination of such services, for adults, adolescents, and children, and presents itself to the public as a provider of behavioral health services.  

• Effective August 1, 2024 | Act No. 692- 2024 Legislative Session: Facility Need Review - Residential Substance Abuse Treatment
• September 25, 2024 | Act No. 692 Updated Memo: Facility Need Review for Residential Substance Abuse Treatment Providers

FNR applies to all BHS providers adding CPST (Community Psychiatric Support and Treatment) and/or PSR (Psychosocial Rehabilitation).

FNR applies to BHS providers who currently provide CPST and/or PSR services and would like to make the following change(s):

• Adding an off-site of CPST and/or PSR:
  • If you want to add an off-site location within your service area and you currently provide CPST and/or PSR, you do not need to complete the FNR.
  • If you want to add an off-site location within your service area and do not currently provide CPST and/or PSR, you must complete the FNR.
  • If you want to add an off-site outside your service area and you do want to provide CPST and/or PSR, you do need to complete FNR. (This would require a new BHS application for a new license.)
  • If you want to add an off-site outside your service area and you do not want to provide CPST and/or PSR, you do not need to complete FNR. (This would require a new BHS application for a new license.) 

A BHS provider may NOT relocate without prior department approval. Such regulatory non-compliance WILL result in action(s) taken against your BHS license by our Department.

Substance use/addiction programs must maintain, by hire or written agreement, the oversight of those services by a Board Certified Addictionologist.

Attention residential substance use disorder facilities: Effective January 1, 2021, all BHS facilities that provide residential substance abuse/addiction treatment services and that provide treatment for opioid use disorders shall provide the following:

1. On-site access to at least one form of FDA-approved opioid antagonist treatment
2. On-site access to at least one form of FDA-approved opioid agonist treatment