NYS Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare

After a decade, it's clear: insurance middlemen have failed New York's behavioral health care system. @GovKathyHochul's #nybudget is our chance to save $400M/year, eliminate the middlemen, and invest directly in care New Yorkers need now. timesunion.com/opinion/articl…

🚨 NY's behavioral health crisis is real: Suicide rates up 40% in 20 years. Overdose rates nearly 4x higher than 2010. We’re calling for the state to make a necessary change to improve care, cut waitlists, & save NYS at least $400M a year. See how: empirereportnewyork.com/new-york-state…

New Step Two Policy Project spot on. Medicaid managed care carve-in of behavioral health services is not working. We must be pragmatic, and these services must be carved out. steptwopolicyproject.substack.com/p/behavioral-h…

More on New Step Two Policy Project analysis stating, "The State should be pragmatic...about whether certain services should be carved out from managed care." steptwopolicyproject.substack.com/p/behavioral-h…

New Step Two Policy Project analysis states, "If the evidence suggests that a policy is not working... the State should be pragmatic and not dogmatic." steptwopolicyproject.substack.com/p/behavioral-h…

Simple math: carve behavioral health out of managed care = $400M for care, cut red tape, improve resources to providers. @GovKathyHochul @nysenate @nysa_majority: support S.8309A/A.8055A. End the Cuomo-era failed experiment.

Mental Health Committee Chairs @SamraBrouk & @JoAnneSimonBK52 raised the alarm about a 10+ yr experiment gone wrong. It’s time to include the behavioral health carveout in the final budget and return $400M back to New Yorkers who need help now. Read more: empirereportnewyork.com/its-time-to-pu…

The data is damning: 50%+ of OMH clinics have extensive waitlists. Providers owed $25K-$1M+ in delayed claims. 30% workforce gaps. Managed care failed. Carve it out. Read our FULL testimony here: nyscouncil.org/full-testimony… @GovKathyHochul can stop this failed experiment this year.

(Just a friendly reminder) @GovKathyHochul, @nysenate & @nysa_majority that you’ve got the FACTS behind you. It’s time to include the behavioral health carveout in the final budget and return millions of dollars back to New Yorkers who need help now. #fundcarenotredtape #carveout

CARVE OUT NOW. @govKathyHochul, @nysenate & @nysa_majority should start budget negotiations by adding the carve out of MH and SUD services to their priority lists in the #nysbudget. Call your reps! Senate Switchboard 518-455-2800, Assembly Switchboard 518-455-4100.

Carve Out Campaign members are deeply disappointed in the New York Senate and Assembly one-house budget proposals failure to include the behavioral health carve-out from Medicaid managed care. Read our full statement here: nyscouncil.org/carve-out-camp… #nysbudget #carveout

Thanks, @JoAnneSimonBK52, for speaking truth & holding state officials accountable, asking why we still use for-profit managed care plans to reimburse behavioral health care is just the start. Let’s carve out behavioral health from Medicaid Managed Care. facebook.com/share/v/1F2odZ…

Thanks to @CapPressRoom for having us talk about how NY can save $400M/year & improve access to care by including the carve out of OMH & OASAS behavioral health services from Medicaid managed care in one house budgets & supporting S.8309-A/A.8055-A.

It’s Time to Put Mental Health Care over Insurance Industry Profits. Our proposal improves access to behavioral health care for New Yorkers, allows providers to focus on delivering that care, and saves the state $400M/year. My OpEd w/@SenatorBrouk: empirereportnewyork.com/its-time-to-pu…

.@SamraBrouk & @JoAnneSimonBK52 just made the case: 10 years of managed care = system failure. Their solution: S.8309-A/A.8055A—carve out behavioral health, save $400M, invest in care not profit. Thank you for leading. Now others must follow. empirereportnewyork.com/its-time-to-pu…

GM @nysenate & @nysa_majority! Why is NYS paying $400m/year to insurers motivated by profit instead of improving care? The numbers don’t lie. It’s time to carve out Medicaid managed care behavioral health services from OMH & OASAS in one house budgets & support S.8309A/A.8055A.

It's time to take ACTION and call your reps to urge them to include the behavioral health carve out in one house budgets AND become a co-sponsor of S.8309A and A.8055A. Find your Assemblymember: nyassembly.gov/mem/search/ Find your State Senator: nysenate.gov/find-my-senator

The @nysenate & @nysa_majority can end 10 yrs of a system in crisis this year. Improve access to care by including the carve-out of OMH & OASAS behavioral health services from Medicaid managed care in one-house budgets & support S.8309A/A.8055A. #fundcarenotredtape

State leaders have stepped up to cosponsor critical legislation that carves out most OMH mental health services & OASAS substance use disorder services. Your rep should be on this list: Find your Assemblymember nyassembly.gov/mem/search/ Find your Senator nysenate.gov/find-my-senator

Listen here 👉 capitolpressroom.org/2026/02/23/beh…

Thanks to @CapPressRoom for having us talk about how the @nysenate & @nysa_majority can save NY $400M/year & improve access to care by including the carve out of OMH & OASAS behavioral health services from Medicaid managed care in one house budgets & supporting S.8309-A/A.8055-A.