CMS Approves Five-Year Extension of New Hampshire’s “Substance Use Disorder, Serious Mental Illness, and Serious Emotional Disturbance, Treatment Recovery and Access” Section 1115 Demonstration

 

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Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) approved a five-year extension of New Hampshire’s section 1115 demonstration, “Substance Use Disorder, Serious Mental Illness, and Serious Emotional Disturbance, Treatment Recovery and Access”.  Through this demonstration, New Hampshire received renewed authority to (1) provide medical assistance to individuals with substance use disorder (SUD), serious mental illness (SMI), serious emotional disturbance (SED) and (2) to provide dentures to eligible individuals age 21 and older residing in nursing facilities based on medical necessity.  In addition, the state received new authority to provide certain pre-release services to eligible incarcerated individuals for up to 45 days immediately prior to the individual’s expected date of release.  The demonstration is effective from July 16, 2024 through June 30, 2029.  Today’s approval and other administrative documents can be found on the Medicaid.gov demonstration page.