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Funding and Characteristics
of Single State Agencies for
Substance Abuse Services
and State Mental Health
Agencies, 2015
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Contents
Chapter Page
Executive Summary ........................................................................................................................ 1
Chapter 1: Introduction ................................................................................................................ 4
Purpose ....................................................................................................................... 4
Background ................................................................................................................ 4
State Mental Health Agencies .................................................................................... 4
Single State Agencies for Substance Use Services .................................................... 5
Overview of the Remainder of the Report ................................................................. 5
Chapter 2: Information Sources and Limitations........................................................................ 8
2.1 State Mental Health Agency Profiling System .......................................................... 8
2.2 State Mental Health Agency Controlled Revenues and Expenditures Study ............ 9
2.3 The Uniform Reporting System ................................................................................. 9
2.4 Single State Agency Controlled Revenues and Expenditures ................................. 10
2.5 Substance Use Prevalence, Client, and Provider Data ............................................. 10
2.6 Limitations ............................................................................................................... 10
Chapter 3: Organization and Structure of State Mental Health Agencies ................................. 13
3.1 Key Highlights ......................................................................................................... 13
3.2 State Mental Health Agency Location in State Government ................................... 13
3.3 State Mental Health Agency Relationships With Other State Agencies ................. 15
Single State Agency for Substance Abuse Services ................................................ 15
State Intellectual Disability Agency ........................................................................ 15
State Medicaid Agency ............................................................................................ 16
State Housing Authority .......................................................................................... 16
State Public Health Agency ..................................................................................... 16
3.4 State Mental Health Agency Service Responsibilities ............................................. 17
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State Psychiatric Hospitals ....................................................................................... 18
Mental Health Services for Children and Adolescents ............................................ 18
Services for Alzheimer’s Disease ............................................................................ 18
Services for Organic Brain Syndrome ..................................................................... 18
Services for Traumatic Brain Injury ........................................................................ 18
Services for Autism.................................................................................................. 18
SMHA Services for Individuals With Criminal Justice System Involvement ......... 20
Forensic Service Responsibilities of the SMHA ..................................................... 20
Reorganization of SMHAs ....................................................................................... 20
3.5 Eligibility for State Operated or Funded Mental Health Services ........................... 21
Chapter 4: Organization, Types, and Numbers of Mental and Substance Use Disorder
Service Providers .............................................................................................................. 24
4.1 Key Highlights ......................................................................................................... 24
4.2 Organization of Mental Health Services and Provider System ............................... 24
4.3 Community Mental Health Services ........................................................................ 25
Mechanisms Used to Fund and Administer Community-Based Mental
Health Services ........................................................................................................ 25
Initiatives to Restructure Community-Based Mental Health Services .................... 26
Controlling Entry to State Hospitals ........................................................................ 27
Privatization of Community Mental Health Services .............................................. 27
4.4 State Psychiatric Hospitals ....................................................................................... 27
Reorganization of State Psychiatric Hospitals ......................................................... 27
Psychiatric Inpatient Bed Availability ..................................................................... 28
Privatization of State Psychiatric Hospitals ............................................................. 29
4.5 Forensic Mental Health Services ............................................................................. 29
4.6 Public Substance Use Disorder Prevention and Treatment Systems ....................... 29
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Chapter 5: Characteristics of Individuals the State Mental Health Agency and Single
State Agency Systems Serve ............................................................................................. 33
5.1 Key Highlights ......................................................................................................... 33
5.2 Individuals State Mental Health Agencies Served, FY 2014 .................................. 33
Demographic Characteristics of Individuals Served................................................ 33
Utilization Rates of Individuals Served, by Race and Ethnicity and by Sex ........... 35
Individuals Served, by Service Setting .................................................................... 36
Individuals Served Through Medicaid and Other Funding Sources ........................ 36
Employment Status of Individuals Served ............................................................... 37
Residential Settings of Individuals Served .............................................................. 37
5.3 Individuals for Whom Single State Agencies Provided Substance Use
Disorder Services, FY 2013–2014 ........................................................................... 38
Characteristics of Individuals Admitted to Publicly Supported Treatment for
Substance Use Disorders.......................................................................................... 42
Prevention: Population Served and Services Provided ............................................ 45
Chapter 6: State Mental Health Agency Efforts to Address Health-Mental Health
Integration ......................................................................................................................... 52
6.1 Key Highlights ......................................................................................................... 52
6.2 Integration, Colocation, and Other Initiatives to Integrate Physical and
Behavioral Health .................................................................................................... 52
Integration of Mental Health and Primary Care ...................................................... 52
Colocation of Mental Health and Primary Care ...................................................... 53
Physical Health Screening ....................................................................................... 54
Substance Use Treatment and Trauma Initiatives ................................................... 54
6.3 Implementation of Electronic Health Records and Sharing Electronic Health
Information .............................................................................................................. 55
Organization and Funding of Information Management Functions ........................ 55
Electronic Health Records ....................................................................................... 58
Personal Health Records .......................................................................................... 62
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Chapter 7: Major Policies of State Mental Health Agencies and Single State Agencies .......... 64
7.1 Key Highlights ......................................................................................................... 64
7.2 Evidence-Based Practices ........................................................................................ 65
Evidence-Based Practices for Mental Health .......................................................... 65
Implementation of Evidence-Based Practices ......................................................... 67
7.3 Involuntary Mental Health Treatment ..................................................................... 69
Involuntary Patient Treatment ................................................................................. 70
SMHA Access to Information About Involuntary Commitments ........................... 70
Delivery Settings for Forensic Clients and Sex Offenders ...................................... 71
Forensic Bed Availability ........................................................................................ 71
Sex Offenders........................................................................................................... 72
Legal Status of Patients in State Psychiatric Hospitals ............................................ 72
Outpatient Commitment........................................................................................... 73
7.4 Other Major SMHA Policy Initiatives ..................................................................... 73
Prevention Initiatives ............................................................................................... 73
Recovery Support..................................................................................................... 74
Crisis Intervention .................................................................................................... 74
7.5 State Initiatives to Address the Opioid Epidemic .................................................... 75
Overview .................................................................................................................. 75
State Prioritization of the Current Opioid Problem ................................................. 76
State Task Forces ..................................................................................................... 77
Trends in State Data on Prescription Drugs and Heroin Abuse ............................... 80
Preventing Prescription Drug and Heroin Abuse..................................................... 81
Medication Prescribing Guidelines .......................................................................... 86
Addressing the Discrimination Associated With Drug Abuse ................................ 87
Medication-Assisted Treatment and Naloxone ........................................................ 89
Treatment Outcomes and Data Reporting................................................................ 93
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Prescription Drug Monitoring Program ................................................................... 95
Other Information and Resources ............................................................................ 97
Conclusion ............................................................................................................... 98
Chapter 8: Financing Mental and Substance Use Disorder Services ........................................ 99
8.1 Key Highlights ......................................................................................................... 99
8.2 SSA and SMHA Expenditures ................................................................................. 99
SSA and SMHA Funding Sources ......................................................................... 102
SSA and SMHA Funding Over Time .................................................................... 108
8.3 Financing State Mental Health Agency Services ................................................... 109
State Mental Health Agency Revenues and Expenditures for Mental Health
Services, FY 2014 .................................................................................................. 112
SMHA Expenditures per Individuals Served ......................................................... 114
SMHA Expenditures by Type of Mental Health Program..................................... 118
SMHA-Controlled Expenditures by Age of Individuals Served ........................... 121
Expenditures by Type of Mental Health Service ................................................... 124
Funding Sources for SMHA Mental Health Services ............................................ 126
Financing Community Mental Health Services ..................................................... 130
State Mental Health Agency Funding Sources for Community Mental
Health Services, FY 2014 ...................................................................................... 132
Financing State Psychiatric Hospitals, FY 2014.................................................... 133
State Psychiatric Hospital Expenditures per Patient Day by Type of Patient ........ 135
Trends in State Mental Health Agency Revenues and Expenditures .................... 139
SMHA Expenditures for Forensic Expenditures Over Time ................................. 141
Trends in SMHA Funding Sources Over Time ..................................................... 142
8.4 Financing of Single State Agency Substance Use Disorder Services.................... 144
Single State Agency Expenditures for Substance Use Disorder Services ............. 144
Funding Sources for Substance Use Disorder Services ......................................... 147
Medicaid Spending for Substance Use Disorder Services ..................................... 149
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Trends in Single State Agency Expenditures and Funding Sources ...................... 150
Glossary ...................................................................................................................................... 154
Appendixes
A: Profiles of State Mental Health Agencies ........................................................................ A-1
B: Profiles of Single State Agencies for Substance Abuse Services .................................... B-1
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Tables
Table Page
Table 1. Organization of State Mental Health Agencies Within State Governments, FY
2015....................................................................................................................................14
Table 2. State Mental Health Agency Relationships With Other State Government
Agencies, FY 2015.............................................................................................................16
Table 3. State Mental Health Agency Service Responsibilities, FY 2015 ...................................19
Table 4. State Mental Health Agency Responsibilities for Providing Mental Health
Services to Individuals With Criminal Justice Involvement, FY 2015 .............................20
Table 5. Eligibility Criteria for State Mental Health Agency Operated or Funded Mental
Health Services, FY 2015 ..................................................................................................21
Table 6. Number of Facilities State Mental Health Agencies Operate and Fund, FY 2015 .........25
Table 7. Target Population of State Psychiatric Hospitals for Acute, Intermediate, and
Long-Term Inpatient Care, by Age, FY 2015....................................................................27
Table 8. Single State Agency Supported Providers of Primary Prevention and Treatment,
by State, FY 2013 ..............................................................................................................30
Table 9. Number of Individuals Receiving Single State Agency-Supported Substance
Use Disorder Treatment or Support Services, by Nation and State, FY 2013–2014 .........40
Table 10. Number of Individuals/Person Exposures Served by Single State Agency
Sponsored Substance Abuse Prevention Strategies in FY 2013–2014, by State ..............46
Table 11. Budget for Information Management for Each State, FY 2015 ...................................57
Table 12. Number of States Implementing Electronic Health Record Functions in State
Psychiatric Hospitals, by Function, FY 2015 ....................................................................60
Table 13. Number of State Mental Health Agencies Implementing or Planning to
Implement Evidence-Based Practices, FY 2015 ................................................................65
Table 14. Number of Evidence-Based Practice Programs in States and Number of
Individuals Receiving These Programs, FY 2015 .............................................................66
Table 15. Number of States Reporting Funding Sources of Evidence-Based Practices, FY
2015....................................................................................................................................68
Table 16. Number of States Assessing or Monitoring Fidelity of Evidence-Based
Practices, FY 2015 .............................................................................................................69
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Table 17. Number of State Mental Health Agencies Able to Access Information About
Involuntary Treatment (N=43 States), FY 2015 ................................................................70
Table 18. Total and per Capita SSA and SMHA Expenditures for M/SUD Services, FY
2014..................................................................................................................................100
Table 19. SSA and SMHA Funding by Major Payment Source, FY 2014 ................................104
Table 20. Percentage of SSA and SMHA Funds from Major Payment Sources, FY 2014 ........106
Table 21. SSA and SMHA Major Funding Sources, FY 2008 to FY 2014 ................................108
Table 22. Types of Medicaid Waivers Used to Pay for Mental Health Services, FY 2015 .......110
Table 23. SMHA-Controlled Expenditures, per Capita Expenditures, and Under 138% of
FPL per Capita Expenditures for Mental Health Services, FY 2014 ...............................113
Table 24. SMHA Expenditures per Individual Served, FY 2014 ...............................................116
Table 25. State Mental Health Agency Controlled Expenditures and Per Capita
Expenditures by Type of Mental Health Program and State, FY 2014 ...........................119
Table 26. State Mental Health Agency Controlled Total and per Capita Expenditures, by
Age Group, FY 2014 (in Millions) ..................................................................................122
Table 27. State Mental Health Agency Controlled Mental Health Revenues by Revenue
Source, FY 2014 ..............................................................................................................128
Table 28. Number of States Using Funding Sources to Finance Community Mental
Health Services, by Type of Service, 2015 (N=46 States) ..............................................130
Table 29. Number of SMHAs Using Funding Sources for Mental Health Services in
State Psychiatric Hospitals, by Hospital Patient Group and Type of Service, 2015
(N=45 States) ...................................................................................................................134
Table 30. State Psychiatric Hospital Inpatient Expenditures per Patient Day for Civil
Status Patients, by State, FY 2014 ...................................................................................136
Table 31. State Psychiatric Hospital Inpatient Expenditures Per Patient Day for Forensic
Status Patients and Sex Offenders by State, FY 2014 .....................................................138
Table 32. Annual Percentage Change in State Mental Health Agency Controlled
Expenditures for Mental Health in Current and Population and Inflation Adjusted
Dollars, FY 2001–2014 ....................................................................................................141
Table 33. Expenditures of Single State Agencies, by Service Provided, FY 2014
(Expenditures in Millions) ...............................................................................................145
Table 34. Single State Agency Funding Sources, FY 2014 ........................................................147
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