The Biden administration on Thursday unveiled new steps to address the country’s mental-health crisis, including efforts to help schools meet the needs of a growing number of students struggling with mental-health issues. The administration aims to smooth the process for schools to provide health services to students with Medicaid coverage, Susan Rice, the White House’s domestic policy adviser, said on a call with reporters Wednesday. A new, streamlined Medicaid billing rule proposed by the Department of Education and updated school Medicaid-claiming guide from the Department of Health and Human Services, will “cut unnecessary red tape for schools so that it’s easier for them to deliver critical healthcare to students and to get paid for it,” Rice said.
More support for peer workers — people who have recovered from a mental-health condition and help others navigate similar conditions — is also on the agenda, the White House said. New standards for peer-worker certification, designed to promote quality in the growing field, will be released by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration in the coming weeks, the administration said. Those steps come on top of new federal funding announced in recent days for mental-h …
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