2012 LEGISLATIVE PUBLIC POLICY PLATFORM

The Legislative Public Policy Platform is developed annually by the ICCMHC Policy Committee and approved by the Council Board of Directors and Membership at our annual meeting.  The platform provides the framework on the issues that will be advocated in the coming year in order to promote the policy and financial related needs of the membership, with the ultimate goal being improvement in the lives of the patients we serve. 

For the 2012 Legislative Session, the following areas identify the primary areas of advocacy on behalf of the Indiana Council:

1. Flexibility in the use of non-match funds use by Community Mental Health Centers to support local programs and services.
2. Submission of a Medicaid State Plan Amendment that provides for community-based habilitation services for high level of need mental health consumers.
3. Funding saved by the State of Indiana from the reduction of mental health consumers served in State Institutions should be provided to the Community Mental Health Center system to ensure that those individuals moved out of State hospitals and into the CMHC system receive on-going services.
4. Support the residential needs of mental health consumers by aligning mult-state agency programs that target semi-independent and independent housing programs.
5. Support efforts to integrate primary and behavioral healthcare throug the utilization of Medical Homes and other community Safety Net services in a CMHC setting.

For complete details of the ICCMHC 2012 Legislative Public Policy Platform click on the following link:

2012 Legislative Public Policy Platform