Florida Medicaid To Launch Behavioral Health Housing Pilot

On April 4, 2019, the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) announced plans to launch a Medicaid Behavioral Health and Supportive Housing Assistance Pilot during the summer of 2019. The pilot will take place in Region 5 (Pasco and Pinellas counties) and Region 7 (Brevard, Orange, Osceola, and Seminole counties). Enrollment would be limited to homeless beneficiaries age 21 and older with addiction disorder, serious mental illness (SMI), or co-occurring addiction disorder and SMI. The pilot will provide participants with access to pre-tenancy and tenancy maintenance services, plus mobile crisis centers and peer support. The pilot will . . .