Behavioral Health

As Bernalillo County works to expand its behavioral health services, it’s looking into how to better tap Medicaid as a funding source. The county manager said her team isn’t there yet, but is committed to making it happen.

A little over three months ago, a working group began meeting weekly to hash out where New Mexico’s largest county is faltering in its support of residents’ behavioral health and how it could improve. The Bernalillo County Behavioral Health Initiative Working Group recommended Wednesday that the county start by building an actual system of care.

This month marks the last push for a team charged with helping to improve Bernalillo County’s behavioral health services. Its final report is due to the County Commission next month and the Behavioral Health Initiative Working Group is meeting weekly to figure out how the state’s most populous county can better meet residents’ needs.

You may have heard that New Mexico did away with out-of-pocket costs for behavioral health care. But, despite the way it's been widely billed, the state law only applies to a fraction of the people on health insurance plans in New Mexico.

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