OACCA
Public Policy
Presentation
Theme: Fast &
changing world of
health care & social
services
OACCA’s New Mission
 “OACCA
applies the collective
strength of its members to
sustainably improve the
provision of services to
children, young adults, and
families through policy
advocacy, performance
improvement, and member
support”
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OACCA’s New 2014-2016
Strategic Plan
www.oacca.org/plan
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OACCA
Advisory Committees

Behavioral Health

Foster Care and Adoption

Developmental Disabilities

Residential Center and Group Home

Get Involved!
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OACCA Projects

Health Home Learning Community
(completed)

Crisis Management Learning
Community

Outcomes Data Project
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Recent Advocacy
Activities
 Health
Home
 Intensive
Home Based Treatment
(IHBT)
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OACCA
Recent Advocacy Activities

ODJFS
 Rule
Revision for Certified Agencies
 Master
Contract
 Standardized
Assessment and Level of
Care Tool
 Deemed
Status
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Recent Advocacy Activities

Ohio General Assembly
 Medicaid
Expansion
 SB
206 -Medicaid Reform
 HB
213/SB 152- Attorney General Child
Safety Initiative
 HB
452- Residential Facility
Requirements
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Recent Advocacy Activities

Ohio General Assembly

HB 483- Mid-term Budget Legislation
 $1.2
 $10
Million Funding for CANS Pilot
Million Add’l for PCSA’s
 Re-Allocation

of County MHAS Funding
HB 423 & Ohio Fostering Connections
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2014 Policy Agenda

Expand eligibility for Title IV-E funded
services to youth aging our of the child
welfare system through the age of 21.

Establish statewide mandated use of the
Child, Adolescent, Needs and Strengths
(CANS) as a functional assessment and
level of care tool for children involved in
the child welfare system.
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2014 Policy Agenda

Support implementation of Intensive
Home Based treatment (IHBT) Medicaid
service that includes a reasonable and
sustainable provider reimbursement rate

Ensure policy changes to behavioral
health Medicaid services support the
unique needs of children and their
families and the providers that serve
them
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Future Activities

OhioMHAS & Ohio Department of Medicaid

Implementation of IHBT

“Good and Modern System of Care Model”
Implementation
 Assessment
of the array of behavioral
health Medicaid services
 Streamlining
agency licensure and
certification

Health Homes and Medicaid Financing for
Integrated Care

Possible Privatization (Carve-In) of the
Behavioral Health Medicaid Program to
Managed Care Companies
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Future Activities

ODJFS
 Master
Contract
 Standardized
Assessment and Level of
Care Tool Pilot Program
 Deemed

Status
Ohio General Assembly
 Enactment
 Calls
of HB 423
to action
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Future Activities
 Guiding
major reforms through
Governor’s Council on Juvenile Justice
 Aggressive
programmatic changes: CBT,
trauma informed care, standardized
assessment tool, seclusion, restraint,
visitation
 Interest
to continue placing youth in
private facilities
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Future Activities
 Design
of the IV-E to 21 Program
 Community
 Practice
model design underway
 Research
 Get
forums planned around Ohio
underway
involved!
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Tracy Plouck
Director
Jennifer Justice
Deputy Director
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