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San Bernardino County celebrates Phase II of Highland Creek campus
Inland Empire Community News reported that San Bernardino County held a ribbon cutting for Highland Creek Phase II on October 26.
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Behavioral health at health centers: payment rules, staffing, and programs opening or closing.
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Where it stands
On November 6 the Nevada Health Authority posted a draft request to extend its substance use disorder waiver from 2028 through 2032, with comments due December 16. Santa Clara County's $470 million Behavioral Health Pavilion, with 35 youth beds and 42 adult beds, was set to open for service November 3. On October 26 the Governor announced $115.2 million in Homekey+ awards for 329 homes, and Proposition 1 bonds are estimated to fund 6,800 residential treatment beds when fully awarded. Payment is a weak point. Insurers rejected $4.1 million in mobile crisis bills from 11 counties since 2024. On October 6 CMS told states how to cover Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic services in Medicaid state plans. States need not pay a PPS rate and get no enhanced federal match, and clinics must keep care coordination agreements with FQHCs.
As of
Based on: Nevada Health Authority, Division of Nevada Medicaid · San José Spotlight, October 26, 2026 · Office of the Governor of California · Bay Area News Group via The Press Democrat, November 1… · Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
What to watch
- Final payment policy, awarded funding, working partnerships, openings, closures, and named staffing effects.
- Whether announced programs actually start seeing patients.
What's next
- · in 35 days
Comments are due on Nevada's request to extend its substance use disorder waiver through 2032 Deadline · NV - · in 50 days
HealthRIGHT 360's collective bargaining agreement expires Deadline · CA - · in 51 days
Medi-Cal substance use treatment moves from Partnership HealthPlan back to Mendocino County Takes effect · CA · expected date
What changed
Capital projects and grants
OpenThe Pajaronian
Encompass fully opens $18 million Sí Se Puede behavioral health center
The Pajaronian reported that Encompass Community Services fully opened its $18 million Sí Se Puede Behavioral Health Center in South County on October 19. Residential beds grow from 10 to 30, and 8 are for detox.
Office of the Governor of California
California awards $115.2 million for 329 Homekey+ behavioral health homes
The Governor announced $115.2 million in Homekey+ awards for 329 homes in five communities, bringing awards to 2,905 permanent supportive homes since 2024.
Show 42 earlier updates
- Santa Clara County opens a 77-bed behavioral health pavilion November 3San José Spotlight, October 26, 2026
- Iowa PCA seeks providers for county jail behavioral health careAssociation · Iowa Primary Care Association
- Missoula mobile support team gets federal grant of about $726,650 a yearNews · Montana Free Press
- Iowa PCA awards $1.3 million to behavioral health organizationsAssociation · Iowa Primary Care Association
- New Mexico approves all 13 regional behavioral health plansSource NM
- New Jersey funds integrated care at St. James Health and Zufall HealthGovernment · New Jersey Department of Human Services
- HRSA awards $89.3 million for rural addiction treatment in 45 statesGovernment · Health Resources and Services Administration
- SAMHSA awards $247.9 million for addiction treatment and mental healthGovernment · Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
- FSM Congress accepts HHS grants for behavioral health and disease preventionGovernment · Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia
- South Dakota awards $13 million in behavioral health clinic grantsGovernment · Office of South Dakota Governor Larry Rhoden
- Vermont grants $3.6 million for a Brattleboro mental health urgent care centerNews · VTDigger
- New Mexico approves 11 of 13 regional behavioral health plansSource NM
- Travis County approves Central Health budget with 6% tax increaseKUT 90.5
- San Diego County adds 89 treatment and recovery beds in National CityGovernment · County of San Diego Communications Office
- NCDHHS wins almost $7M in federal SAMHSA grants for 988, northeast NC mobile crisis teams and perinatal substance use treatmentGovernment · NC Department of Health and Human Services
- American Samoa gets $505,102 to answer 988 crisis calls locallyGovernment · USAspending.gov
- Mathiesen clinic and Chicken Ranch Rancheria break ground in JamestownGovernment · California Governor's Office / DHCS
- Samuel Dixon says $655,000 in state funds will clear a clinic mortgageSamuel Dixon Family Health Center news release republished by The Santa Clarita Valley Signal
- CHI says walls are up at its future Children's Crisis Center; opening date and capacity remain unstatedOrganization · Community Health of South Florida
- Zane Networks reports 500+ REACH-USVI behavioral-health visits as services expand on St. JohnZane Networks
- HHS records $790,005 in FY2026 substance-use block-grant actions for FSMGovernment · HHS Tracking Accountability in Government Grants System
- NM committee approves Region 1 behavioral-health plan with a request exceeding $8MSource New Mexico
- State budget funds $5M Central Coast behavioral health pilot through CenCalNews · Santa Barbara Independent
- Behavioral-health RHT work includes one open systems evaluation and one upcoming infrastructure grantSouth Dakota Department of Health
- New Mexico awards about $24.5M across all 13 behavioral-health regionsGovernment · New Mexico Health Care Authority
- CHAS Health breaks ground on integrated primary care + behavioral health clinic with Frontier Behavioral Health — 4,000 patients a year under one roofNews · The Spokesman-Review
- Maryland awards $96.3M for school behavioral-health services in every jurisdictionGovernment · Office of Governor Wes Moore
- Oklahoma's $2.8M RHTP behavioral-health integration round closed July 10Government · Oklahoma State Department of Health
- HCAI's Behavioral-Health Recruitment & Retention Program Opens June 1 — FQHCs Eligible for Up to $20K Recruitment + $35K/Yr Supervision + $50K Student SupportGovernment · California HCAI
- The inaugural rural behavioral-health teleconsultation window closed June 15; outcomes are not yet publishedGovernment · Tennessee Department of Health
- Sacramento County budget sets aside $6.5M for behavioral health urgent careGovernment · Sacramento County Board of Supervisors
- Newsom says $5.8B in behavioral health projects will add 9,553 bedsGovernment · California Governor's Office
- HCAI closes 2026 behavioral health training program applications April 30Government · California HCAI
- Mosaic Community Health expands adolescent SUD treatment across Central Oregon with Rural Health Transformation fundingMosaic Community Health
- WellSpace Health and Sacramento County break ground on a 13-acre campusLand Park News
- WellSpace campus starts with a $23.6 million, 32-bed mental health centerGovernment · Sacramento County
- The Centers schedules the Glick Recovery Campus for 24/7 crisis access beginning September 14; services are not yet liveThe Centers
- CIFC completes Danbury behavioral-health expansion with seven additional treatment roomsCIFC Health / Connecticut Institute for Communities
- Executive Council approves $10M opioid-abatement grant administration contractGovernment · New Hampshire Secretary of State, Governor and Executive Council
- Community Health completes a 17,000-square-foot behavioral-health hub with 36 therapy and counseling roomsCommunity Health Centers of the Rutland Region
- Progressive Community Health Centers expands Lisbon Avenue SUD care with three dedicated providersProgressive Community Health Centers
- California broke ground on a Modesto youth behavioral health center in 2024Government · CA CYBHI / California Health & Human Services
Integration and payment
OpenNevada Health Authority
Nevada seeks five-year extension of its substance use disorder waiver
The Nevada Health Authority posted a draft request to extend its substance use disorder 1115 waiver from 2028 through 2032.
Bay Area News Group via The Press Democrat, November 1, 2026
Insurers rejected $4.1 million in mobile crisis bills from 11 counties
Bay Area News Group reported that insurers rejected $4.1 million in payments to 11 counties for mobile crisis responses since 2024. Contra Costa County billed $2.47 million and insurers paid about $210,000. No health center is named.
The Mendocino Voice
Ukiah’s 16-bed Anchor mental health rehabilitation center takes first residents
The Mendocino Voice reported that a 16-bed mental health rehabilitation center in Ukiah has taken in its first residents. Operator Anchor Health Management says about 8 beds are filled.
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- CommUnityCare brings on-site medical care to Austin supportive housingCommUnityCare Health Centers
- Alabama Medicaid sets November forums on its serious mental illness waiverGovernment · Alabama Medicaid Agency
- Texas Medicaid extends peer specialist services to ages 14 and upGovernment · Texas Medicaid & Healthcare Partnership
- CMS lets states cover behavioral health clinics without the demonstration's PPSGovernment · Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
- New Jersey funds integrated care at St. James Health and Zufall HealthGovernment · New Jersey Department of Human Services
- DC Medicaid plans cover mental health institution stays up to 60 daysGovernment · DC Department of Health Care Finance
- DHCS withholds funds from four county behavioral health plansGovernment · California Department of Health Care Services
- Missouri drops prior approval for Medicaid psychotherapy starting September 1Government · MO HealthNet Division, Missouri Department of Social Services
- South Carolina announces Medicaid coverage for Intercept intensive in-home servicesGovernment · South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
- SAMHSA renews $2 million for American Samoa's behavioral and primary care integrationGovernment · USAspending.gov
- Mississippi is approved to launch the CCBHC Medicaid Demonstration on July 1Government · Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
- Iowa PCA's first BH-ASO year: 49 navigators, 34 in-person locations, and 52,916 calls across seven districtsAssociation · Iowa Primary Care Association
- NACHC says integrated behavioral health works, but payment has to catch upAnalysis · FQHC Talent
- Virginia delays Medicaid behavioral health redesign completion to no later than July 1, 2027Government · Virginia General Assembly
- Hawaiʻi joins the CCBHC Medicaid Demonstration; two Maui clinics target January 2027 certificationGovernment · Hawaiʻi Department of Health
- CMS adds licensed behavioral-health practitioners to American Samoa MedicaidGovernment · Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
- West Virginia selected for four-year CCBHC Medicaid demonstrationGovernment · West Virginia Department of Human Services
- CMS adds optional APCM behavioral health codes for FQHCs and RHCsAnalysis · FQHC Talent
- Two Alabama behavioral-health systems receive approval to begin CCBHC transitions in four countiesAlabama Political Reporter
- Mobile crisis services could become an optional Medi-Cal benefit in April 2027News · CalMatters
- CMS lets CNMI opt out of Medicaid's mandatory medication-assisted-treatment benefitGovernment · Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
- Axis transitions Montrose withdrawal care to a five-bed, 23-hour observation pilotSouthwest Colorado Mental Health Center
- January 2026 FQHC policy added LMSWs and retained encounter-rate billing limitsGovernment · North Dakota Health and Human Services
- Iowa launches redesigned behavioral-health and disability systems with Iowa PCA as the statewide BH-ASOGovernment · Iowa Department of Health and Human Services
- Family HealthCare receives $1,667,500 to build jail-to-community Sublocade accessGovernment · North Dakota Health and Human Services
Program and bed closures
OpenMontana Free Press
Benefis will close a Great Falls clinic and end behavioral health services
Montana Free Press reported that Benefis Health System will close its northwest clinic in Great Falls in a process starting December 19.
Hillsboro Medical Center
Hillsboro Medical Center says its 21-bed geriatric psychiatry service will end September 4
Hillsboro Medical Center's current service page says its Center for Geriatric Psychiatry will end services September 4, 2026.
California Department of Public Health
California sets nurse staffing ratios for acute psychiatric hospitals
The California Department of Public Health filed emergency rules on June 1, 2026 that set nurse ratios for acute psychiatric hospitals under AB 116.
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- Community Healthlink finalizes behavioral-health program transitions with six new operatorsUMass Memorial Health
- Stanislaus County closes most promotora groups as Prop 1 moves prevention moneyThe Intersection
- Lake County closes three peer support centers, including its only tribal hubLake County News
- Sunrise Mountain Wellness Center in Redding closes June 30 over Prop 1KRCR TV
- Lodi Wellness Center (San Joaquin Behavioral Health Services + Peer Recovery Services partnership)Becker's Behavioral Health: 7 Behavioral Health Facility, Service Closures & Layoffs in 2026
- Lodi Wellness Center closes June 30 as Prop 1 moves fundingNews · Becker's Behavioral Health
- Alameda supervisors defer 183 Alameda Health System layoffsNews · East Bay Times
Other updates
California Legislative Information
Newsom signs AB 96 dropping diploma rule for peer support certification
Governor Newsom signed AB 96 by Assemblymember Corey Jackson on September 27, 2026, as Chapter 497. Applicants for Medi-Cal peer support specialist certification no longer need a high school diploma or equivalent, but must still be at least 18.
Louisiana Department of Health
Louisiana sets an October 14 public forum and October 15 comment deadline on the SUD 1115 demonstration waiver
Pursuant to 42 CFR 431.420(c), the Louisiana Department of Health will hold a public forum on the Healthy Louisiana Substance Use Disorder 1115 Demonstration Waiver…
National Association of Community Health Centers
NACHC advocacy lands a 45-0 House Energy & Commerce vote advancing $750M for health-center behavioral health and nutrition
NACHC reported July 27, 2026 that the House Energy and Commerce Committee voted 45-0 to advance legislation providing $750 million in new funding for behavioral health and nutrition services at Community Health Centers — reported as $500M for behavioral…
Show 22 earlier updates
- House committee votes 45-0 to advance a $750M health center packageLegislature · U.S. Congress
- Indiana launches a public 988 crisis dashboard and expands in-state chat and text coverageGovernment · Indiana Family and Social Services Administration
- HCAI posts California's final 2026-2030 behavioral health workforce planGovernment · HCAI
- Cornell Scott-Hill's Recovery & Wellness Center earns three-year ASAM Level I accreditation after its first auditCornell Scott-Hill Health Center
- 36 groups ask Texas to study and update YES Waiver ratesTexans Care for Children
- CNMI Medicaid adds disaster-period behavioral-health and support benefits after Super Typhoon SinlakuGovernment · Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
- Santa Clara County cuts 218 vacant behavioral health jobs amid $100M gapSanta Clara County
- Santa Clara County budget shows a $100M behavioral health deficitNews · Local News Matters / Santa Clara County
- Houston FQHC Deploys No-Cost AI Mental Health Platform — Sponsored-Subscription Model Worth Watching for CA AdoptionHealthcare IT News
- OCHIN-led NIH program awards $3M for AI projects with health centersIndustry · OCHIN / NIH AIM-AHEAD
- Community Medical Centers turns a Stockton church into a teen health centerNews · Local News Matters
- Kaiser mental health workers start a five-day hunger strikeAssociation · NUHW
- San Ysidro Health prescribes art to 250 young people for mental healthKTLA / Art Pharmacy
- Signature Health adds stimulant-use-disorder treatment across five MAT locationsSignature Health
- OCR begins enforcing updated Part 2 rules for addiction treatment recordsNews · HHS / OCR
- Part 2 violations now carry HIPAA-level penaltiesGovernment · HHS Office for Civil Rights
- Terry Reilly opens two weekly adult DBT groups to external referralsCommunity Health Clinics Inc. dba Terry Reilly Health Services
- San Francisco Health Commission approves $17 million in community program cutsKALW
- CMS lets American Samoa opt out of Medicaid's mandatory medication-assisted-treatment benefitGovernment · Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
- Northland expands clinic-based addiction telehealth to Ray, Minot and RoletteOrganization · Northland Health Centers
- Northland adds its first behavioral-health provider at the Rolette clinic since services began in 2003Organization · Northland Health Centers
- HealthRIGHT 360 — CBA Expiring 2026, ~700 Workers Across 3 SEIU LocalsAssociation · SEIU 1021
Who
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- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (4)
- California HCAI (2)
- Northland Health Centers (2)
- Source NM (2)
- Alabama Medicaid Agency (1)
- Alabama Political Reporter (1)
- Bay Area News Group via The Press Democrat, November 1, 2026 (1)
- Becker's Behavioral Health (1)
- Becker's Behavioral Health: 7 Behavioral Health Facility, Service Closures & Layoffs in 2026 (1)
- CA CYBHI / California Health & Human Services (1)
- California Department of Health Care Services (Stakeholder News, October 5, 2026) (1)
- California Department of Public Health (1)
- California Governor's Office (1)
- California Governor's Office / DHCS (1)
- California Legislative Information (AB 96, Chapter 497, Statutes of 2026) (1)
- CalMatters (1)
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services — State Medicaid Director Letter SMD #26-004 (1)
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) (1)
- CIFC Health / Connecticut Institute for Communities, Inc. (1)
- Community Health Centers of the Rutland Region (1)
- Community Health Clinics Inc. dba Terry Reilly Health Services (1)
- Community Health of South Florida, Inc. (CHI) (1)
- CommUnityCare Health Centers (October 27, 2026) (1)
- Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia (1)
- Cornell Scott-Hill Health Center (1)
- County of San Diego Communications Office (County News Center) (1)
- DC Department of Health Care Finance (Medicaid transmittal 26-26) (1)
- East Bay Times (1)
- Hawaiʻi Department of Health (1)
- HCAI (1)
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