Medical Assistance Services, Department of; coordinated specialty care, work group established.

Department of Medical Assistance Services; coordinated specialty care; work group established. Directs the Departmentof Medical Assistance Services to establish a work group, in coordinationwith the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services,to evaluate and make recommendations to improve approaches to earlypsychosis and mood disorder detection approaches, make program fundingrecommendations, recommend a core set of standardized clinical andoutcome measures, and evaluate coordinated specialty care programsin the Commonwealth. The work group is required by the bill to submita five-year strategic plan annually to the General Assembly beginningNovember 1, 2022.