                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

COORDINATED SPECIALTY CARE; WORK GROUP (§ 32.1-331.05)

A. The Department shall establish a work group in coordination with the
Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to evaluate and make
recommendations to improve approaches to early psychosis and mood disorder
detection approaches, make program funding recommendations, and recommend a core
set of standardized clinical and outcome measures. Early psychosis intervention
includes services to youth and young adults who are determined to either be at a
clinical high risk for psychosis or are experiencing a first episode of
psychosis.

B. The work group shall include (i) a representative from the Bureau of
Insurance; (ii) a representative from the Department of Health Professions;
(iii) a representative from the Department of Behavioral Health and
Developmental Services; (iv) a psychiatrist with working knowledge of
first-episode psychosis and coordinated specialty care; (v) a mental health
clinician with working knowledge of first-episode psychosis and coordinated
specialty care; (vi) a support services specialist with experience in supported
education and employment; (vii) a representative of a state, regional, or local
mental health advocacy group as recommended by such group; (viii) an individual
who has experienced psychosis or a family member of an individual who has
experienced psychosis; and (ix) up to three representatives of health insurance
issuers or managed care organizations operating in the Commonwealth as
recommended by such issuers or organizations.

C. The work group shall develop a five-year strategic plan to accomplish the
following objectives:

   1. Enhance services to existing coordinated specialty care programs;

   2. Expand early psychosis intervention in underserved areas of the
   Commonwealth;

   3. Develop a strategy to identify and apply for funds from individual
   foundations and federal and state sources and disburse those funds; and

   4. Develop a strategy to advance the goals and utilization of coordinated
   specialty care for Medicaid beneficiaries and individuals who are privately
   insured.
   				The strategic plan shall identify current coordinated specialty care
   programs in the Commonwealth and include information on how they are funded,
   how many individuals use the current programs, and the insurance status of the
   programs. As used in this section, &#8220;coordinated specialty care&#8221;
   means a team-based service provided to a person for treatment of first-episode
   psychosis that is composed of case management, family support and education,
   pharmacotherapy and medication management, individual and group psychotherapy,
   supported education and employment, coordination with primary care, and
   outreach and recruitment activities.

D. The work group shall meet to produce an initial five-year plan report to the
General Assembly no later than November 1, 2022, and then provide annual updates
to the five-year strategic plan beginning November 1, 2023.

HISTORY: 2022, c. 621.