AN ACT CONCERNING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE TRANSFORMING CHILDREN'S BEHAVIORAL HEALTH POLICY AND PLANNING COMMITTEE.

HB 6397 adopts specific recommendations from the Transforming Children's Behavioral Health Policy and Planning Committee regarding children's Medicaid behavioral health services. The bill directly affects children receiving Medicaid-funded behavioral health care by implementing changes to reimbursement rates for providers, stabilizing the behavioral health workforce, expanding insurance coverage, establishing a crisis services study, and conducting studies on school-based health centers and school health services. Key provisions include updating Medicaid reimbursement rates, addressing workforce shortages, and creating structured studies to improve service access. The bill does not create new policies but codifies the committee's proposed actions. It applies to Connecticut's Medicaid program and school health systems serving children.