Medicaid Behavioral Health Services

Medicaid plays a key role in covering and financing care for people with behavioral health needs. To better understand the variation in access to behavioral health services for adults in Medicaid, KFF contracted with Health Management Associates (HMA) to survey Medicaid directors in all 50 states and the District of Columbia to identify those behavioral health services covered for adult beneficiaries in their fee-for-service (FFS) programs.

The survey captured information about services covered, cost-sharing requirements, and notable limits on those services as of July 1, 2022. While we have posted data for both 2018 and 2022 where applicable, the data should not be compared across years as a trend due to changes in question phrasing over time. For more information on the 2022 survey, including notes/methods and a summary table with counts of states covering each behavioral health service, see this brief. (For 2018, this information is available here.) Additionally, the 2022 survey asked about other Medicaid behavioral health policy trends. Results from this survey are published in a series of briefs available on this page.

Indicators in this Collection

Outpatient Facility Services and/or Provider Services

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Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Services

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Naloxone (Without Prior Authorization)

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Integrated Care

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