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The American Rescue Plan s State Option to Invest in Mobile Crisis Intervention Services

The American Rescue Plan’s State Option to Invest in Mobile Crisis Intervention Services COVID-19 Update May 11, 2021 Subscribe Editor’s Note: The American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act enacted on March 11, 2021, establishes a state option to provide community mobile crisis intervention services for a five-year period beginning in April 2022. As an incentive to state adoption, the law provides for an 85 percent enhanced federal matching rate for qualifying services for the first three years of state coverage. 1 To further encourage states, ARP also includes $15 million in state planning grants to support their efforts to develop a state plan amendment or waiver request (e.g., Section 1115, 1915(b) or 1915(c)) to take up the option. The new mobile crisis provision arrives just as many states and localities are exploring strategies to address the worsening behavioral health crisis, as well as preparing for implementation of

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