ADVOCACY ALERT! Takes less than 3 minutes!

For the first time in many, many years, perhaps ever, Ohio is considering a 10% rate increase for community behavioral health services. This is huge!  This investment would help to continue to provide needed services to children and families, and it could also help to stabilize the behavioral health workforce as the industry continues to face workforce challenges. Let the Ohio House of Representatives know you want them o support this rate increase and ensure our Ohio House of Representatives understand the difference a rate increase would make.

TAKE ACTION!  

• Reach out to your members of the Ohio House of Representatives.
• You can find your House Representative HERE by using the “Who represents me?” function.
• When you put in your address, your House Representative will appear.  Just click on the representative.
• This will take you to the Ohio House page.
• Select Contact (upper right-hand corner)
• Complete the contact form.
• Subject Line: Support 10% Rate Increase for Community Behavioral Health Services
• Use this message:

Today, more Ohioans of all ages need mental health and substance use services – yet most have difficulty accessing care due to the lack of available providers.  Waiting times have become weeks

and months rather than days and weeks.  HB 33 includes historic investments in community behavioral health and this is an encouraging step in the right direction – however, more in investment

is needed for community behavioral health providers to remain competitive and keep pace with the demand for care.

I am asking for your support of amendment HC0294 to increase funding for Medicaid payment rates for community behavioral health services by an additional 10% ($220 million) to stabilize and

strengthen the behavioral health workforce.

Thank you for your support!