Page 4 THE EVERETT ADVOCATE – FRiDAy, AugusT 26, 2022 DIDOMENICO | FROM PAGE 2 • Increasing access to statewide Emergency Services Program (ESP): requires health insurance companies to cover ESPs – community-based and recovery-oriented programs that provide behavioral health crisis assessment, intervention and stabilization services for people with behavioral health needs. • Expanding access to the evidence-based collaborative care model: expands access to psychiatric care by requiring the state-contracted and commercial health plans to cover mental health and substance use disorder benefi ts off ered through the psychiatric collaborative care model. • Reviewing the role of behavioral health managers: directs HPC, in consultation with the Division of Insurance, to study and provide updated data on the use of contracted behavioral health benefi t managers by insurance carriers – often referred to as “carve-outs.” • Tracking and analyzing behavioral health expenditures: Lawrence A. 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The Dean’s List is an annual honor roll of students demonstrating exemplary academic performance. The list is compiled at the end of the academic year once all grades have been recorded. About Lawrence University: This private liberal arts colioral health treatment by limiting the use of suspension and expulsion in all licensed early education and care prog rams and public schools and creates a statewide technical assistance program to help schools implement school-based behavioral health services. • Increasing access points for youngsters for effective behavioral health treatment: requires behavioral health assessments and referrals for children entering the foster care system and establishes an interagency review team to ensure young people with complex behavioral health needs are assisted quickly and with cross-agency support and coordination. • Expanding insurance coverage for vulnerable populations: ensures individuals over 26 years old who live with disabilities can remain on their parents’ health insurance. • Creating a roadmap on access to culturally competent care. Under this provision, an interagency health equity team under the Offi ce of Health Equity, working with an advisory council, will make annual recommendations for the next three years to improve access to, and the quality of, culturally competent menlege that is situated along the Fox River in the heart of Appleton, Wisconsin, is celebrating the 175th anniversary of its founding in 1847. With about 1,500 students drawn from nearly every state and more than 40 countries, Lawrence features a college of arts and sciences and a conservatory of music, both annually ranked among the best in the nation. tal health services. Paired with the legislature’s American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) investment of $122 million in the behavioral health workforce through loan repayment assistance programs, this roadmap will make great strides toward building a robust workforce refl ective of communities’ needs. • Allows for an interim licensure for Licensed Mental Health Counselors (LMHCs): creates an interim licensure level for LMHCs so that they can be reimbursed by insurance for their services while obtaining supervised practice hours towards full licensure and be eligible for state and federal grant and loan forgiveness programs. • Expanding mental health billing: allows clinicians practicing under the supervision of a licensed professional and working towards independent licensure to practice in a clinic setting. • Updating the Board of Registration of Social Workers: updates the membership of the Board of Registration of Social Workers to clarify that designees from the Department of Children and Families (DCF) and Department of Public Health (DPH) be licensed social workers. 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