RHT Behavioral Health Stabilization Unit FY27

Summary

Funded through Rhode Island's Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP Initiative 6, Behavioral Health Services). EOHHS and BHDDH sought proposals from qualified behavioral health organizations to develop and operate a Behavioral Health Stabilization Unit (BHSU) in Washington County (South County): a short-term residential crisis stabilization program for adults in a psychiatric or substance use crisis, licensed by BHDDH under 212-RICR-10-05 section 1.6.12. The solicitation also sought proposals to establish and operate a Behavioral Health Crisis Center (BHCC), an open-access, center-based alternative to the emergency department, in South County. Grant funds cover allowable startup costs, operating costs not reimbursable through the Medicaid BHSU rate, and a per diem ($548.13 per bed-day) for uninsured or underinsured individuals; once licensed and enrolled in Medicaid, clinical services are reimbursed at the Medicaid rate.

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