More Leeway for States to Expand Inpatient Mental Health | NAMI: National Alliance on Mental Illness

More Leeway for States to Expand Inpatient Mental Health

Posted on November 13, 2018

The administration on Tuesday allowed states to provide more inpatient treatment for people with serious mental illness by tapping Medicaid, a potentially far-reaching move to address issues from homelessness to violence.

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