An Act for supportive care for serious mental illness

This bill expands health insurance coverage in Massachusetts to include specialized mental health treatments for individuals with serious mental illness or serious emotional disturbances. It requires student health plans and state employee insurance to cover Coordinated Specialty Care for first-time psychosis cases and Assertive Community Treatment for ongoing support, defining these services as team-based, evidence-based programs. The legislation also mandates that payment for these services use a bundled model rather than paying separately for each visit and removes functional impairment as a requirement for receiving care. Additionally, the bill establishes a credentialing process to ensure that all members of the multidisciplinary treatment teams are properly qualified to provide these services.