Mental Health Awareness Month & Behavioral Health Resources
May is Mental Health Awareness Month and the DMHC is sharing information and resources to support the mental health and well-being for all Californians. It is important to reduce the stigma around mental health and ensure those who need help can access resources. To learn more, visit the Mental Health Resources for Youth Webpage, which provides important information and tools for youth, families, schools and teachers.
The DMHC has also made resources available to help educate Californians on their health care rights about behavioral health care. The Department’s Spring Newsletter highlights mental health awareness month and includes resources. This includes a May Mental Health Awareness Social Media Toolkit, an online resource that can be shared on social media to educate consumers about their behavioral health care rights. This resource includes the Department’s Know Your Health Care Rights on Behavioral Health Care fact sheet in both English and Spanish, and emphasizes that under California law, all commercial health plans are required to cover medically necessary treatment for mental health and substance use disorders.
Additionally, the DMHC’s Know Your Health Care Rights on Timely Access to Care fact sheet is available in English and Spanish, and includes important information about timely access to care standards. Under the timely access standards, health plans must provide non-urgent mental health appointments and follow-up appointments with non-physician mental health care or substance use disorder providers within 10 business days.
DMHC Seeks Two Members for Financial Solvency Standards Board
The Department of Managed Health Care (DMHC) is seeking two (2) dynamic and solution-oriented professionals to serve on the Financial Solvency Standards Board (FSSB).
For more information, please read the Board Member Solicitation and Job Description. Interested candidates must submit required documents by June 30, 2023.
RFP No. 23MC-SA007 – Strategic Plan and Organizational Development (Updated with Q&A)
The Department of Managed Health Care (DMHC) is soliciting proposals from qualified entities to provide consulting services including the design, development, implementation and management of a five-year Strategic Plan which will guide the DMHC’s activities, practices, goals and aspirations. The Proposal Submittal Deadline is June 12, 2023 at 4 p.m. PST. Questions & Answers and RFP 23MC-SA007 for Strategic Plan and Organizational Development may be viewed and downloaded from Cal eProcure.
RFP No. 23MC-SA005 – Behavioral Health Investigations (Updated with Notice of Intent to Award)
The Department of Managed Health Care (DMHC) solicited proposals from qualified entities to procure Non-IT Consulting Services to assist the DMHC in conducting focused investigations of 15 full service, commercial health plans’ compliance with existing state and federal laws governing health plans’ behavioral health coverage and service delivery system. A goal of the investigations is to identify and understand the challenges and barriers enrollees may face in obtaining behavioral health care services, and identify systemic changes that can be made to improve the delivery of care.
DMHC Notice of Intent to Award