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Utilizing the Section 1115 HIFA Waiver Option to Improve Services for Persons with Mental Illness
03/21/2005 | Requests *Summary
The information in this paper supports the President's New Freedom Initiative
initiative by describing how a state might use the Health Insurance Flexibility and Accountability (HIFA) waiver option under Section 1115 authority to improve access to community-based services for persons with mental illness. These services can include basic health care coverage, enhanced community-based supports, and provisions to encourage the use of employer-sponsored insurance (ESI).
Author
Available Files
- HIFA Waiver Report PDF (69K, 7 pages)
Keywords
Section 1115; HIFA; Health Insurance Flexibility and Accountability; Disproportionate Share Hospital; DSH; State Children’s Health Insurance Program; SCHIP
Topic
Psychiatric Disabilities/Mental Illness, Waiver
Type/Tool
Reports
Source
CMS
State
Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Illinois, Maine, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon, All States/Territories
Date Created
03/31/2005
Contact
President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health
info@mentalhealth.org
800-789-2647
info@mentalhealth.org
800-789-2647
Short URL
Permission to use any element of this document should be obtained by the above named contact person. Always name the originator as the source of this material.
* Reflects requests since January 1, 2007
Options
HCBS / Clearinghouse for the Community Living Exchange Collaborative / (http://www.hcbs.org)