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Public Forum for input on Medicaid’s SMI 1115 Demonstration Waiver

11/14/2023

Public Forum for input on Medicaid’s SMI 1115 Demonstration Waiver

Providers, recipients, and other interested individuals will have the opportunity to provide input on the

Alabama Medicaid Agency Section 1115 Institutions for Mental Disease Waiver for Serious Mental Illness (SMI) 1115(a) Demonstration program during November public forums in Daphne, Alabama and in Montgomery, Alabama.

 

Written comments concerning the 1115 Institutions for Mental Disease Waiver for Serious Mental Illness (SMI) will be accepted starting November 7, 2023, and are due December 7, 2023. Send comments to the following email address: PublicComments@Medicaid.Alabama.gov or mail hard copy to: Administrative Secretary, Alabama Medicaid Agency, 501 Dexter Avenue, P.O. Box 5624, Montgomery, Alabama 36103-5624.

All written comments will be available for review by the public during normal business hours at the above address.


The scheduled public forum(s) will be held:

 

Friday, November 17, 2023, at 9:30 a.m.

In-person Meeting:  7400 Roper Lane, Daphne, AL  36526

Online meeting link: 
https://medicaid.webex.com/medicaid/j.php?MTID=mcf9116f07526aa3afad27d3323411613

Meeting number (access code): 2663 356 0710

Meeting password: eMma8nYqC35

 

Join by phone:  1-650-479-3208 (U.S. Toll)

 

Monday, November 20, 2023, at 9:00 a.m.

In-person Meeting:  501 Dexter Avenue, Montgomery, AL  36104

Online meeting link: 
https://medicaid.webex.com/medicaid/j.php?MTID=m3b821807f87d4a240e8dd2d34b7833c2

Meeting number (access code): 2664 195 2918

Meeting password: 8sqC3cbMau6

 

Join by phone:  1-650-479-3208 (U.S. Toll)

 

The annual forum is a requirement by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for the 1115 Demonstration Waiver under which the SMI program operates. The waiver was originally approved on May 20, 2022.

For more information about this waiver, please visit https://medicaid.alabama.gov/documents/4.0_Programs/4.2_Medical_Services/4.2.6_Mental_Health/4.2.6.2_SMI_Waiver/4.2.6.2_SMI_Approved_Review_10-3-23_New_Public_Notice_Abbreviated.pdf.