Coordination of Medicaid-certified community behavioral health services with community behavioral health clinics operating grant program; community behavioral health clinics accreditation option

Section 1905(jj) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396d(jj)) is amended— (1) in paragraph (2)(C), by inserting before the period at the end and including any such data as the State, by agreement with the Secretary, shall access via the system described in section 340J–3 of the Public Health Service Act.; and (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (3) Accreditation In the case of services furnished on or after January 1, 2026, at the option of the State, a State may determine that an organization does not meet such criteria as the Secretary may establish for certified community behavioral health clinics pursuant to section 223 of the Protecting Access to Medicare Act unless the organization has received accreditation by an accreditation body approved under section 340J–4 of the Public Health Service Act. An election by a State under the preceding sentence shall not relieve a State of the requirement to certify an organization under paragraph (2)(A)..