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Which States Are Alike

Which States Are Most Alike (2007)?


Organization and Structure:

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State Government select all below

Organizational location of the State Mental Health Agency (SMHA)

Number of organizational layers between the SMHA Director and the Governor

Organizational location of:

  • State Medicaid Agency
  • Alcohol Abuse Agency
  • Substance Abuse Agency
  • Mental Retardation/Developmental Disability Agency

Responsiblity for:
  • Children and Youth Mental Health Services
  • Elderly Mental Health Services
  • Adult Forensic Mental Health Services
  • State Mental Hospitals
  • Community Mental Health Services
Community-Based Services
Extent to which county or city authorities administer mental health services

Managed Behavioral Health Care
Is the State using managed care practice to provide behavioral health services?
Electronic Medical Records
Has the SMHA implemented electronic medical records in state hospitals?


Has the SMHA implemented electronic medical records in community mental health providers?
Consumer/Survivors
Does the SMHA survey consumer/survivors to assess the extent to which services did or did not achieve the self-defined goals of recipients?
Per Capita Expenditures select all below
Services select all below
Per Capita Expenditures: State Psychiatric Hospitals

Per Capita Expenditures: Community-Based Mental Health Services

Per Capita Expenditures: Total
The SMHA requires that State-funded mental health service providers offer a mandated set of services.

As a policy and in practice, community-based programs (including general hospitals) perform a gatekeeping function over entry to state psychiatric hospitals via a single-portal of entry, screening, or other procedure or mechanism

The SMHA is using standardized clinical guidelines and treatment recommendations.
Percent below 100% of Poverty (2007) Percent without Insurance (2007)

Finance:

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Financing Mental Health Services select all
Does the SMHA have portable benefits that follow a client from a State mental hospital to the community?

Does the SMHA retain Medicaid revenue of SMHA-operated programs or do those revenues revert to the State treasury (general funds)?

Is the SMHA designated the single State agency responsible for setting Medicaid rates for mental health and for Medicaid options?

Does the SMHA receive dedicated taxes for mental health?

Do local counties/cities have dedicated taxes for mental health?


Which States Were Most Alike (2006)?


Which States Were Most Alike (2004)?