Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics; Dept. of Mental Health and Medicaid apply to join Demonstration Program for certification of CMHCs as.

HB 676 requires Mississippi's Department of Mental Health and Medicaid to apply to join a federal Medicaid demonstration program for Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics (CCBHCs). It directs the state to implement this as a pilot in Community Mental Health Regions 6 and 9, with clinics in those regions eligible to apply for certification by July 1, 2026. The bill mandates that the Mental Health Department certifies clinics and monitors compliance, while Medicaid establishes a funding system to support the CCBHC model. This would expand access to comprehensive behavioral health services for Medicaid beneficiaries in those regions through a federally aligned program.