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Individuals can be referred to the HBCS-AMH program when they meet one of the following three initial eligibility criteria:
Eligibility Requirements
1. Emergency Department Diversion:
● Must be 18 years of age or older with a diagnosis of serious mental illness
● Be Medicaid eligible (150% FPL or below)
● Reside three or more (cumulative or consecutive) years in an inpatient psychiatric hospital in the last five years
2. Jail Diversion:
● Must be 18 years of age or older with a
diagnosis of serious mental illness
● Be Medicaid eligible (150% FPL or below)
● Two or more psychiatric crises (inpatient psychiatric hospitalizations and/or crisis episodes requiring outpatient mental health treatment), and three or more arrests in the last three years
3. Emergency Department Diversion:
● Must be 18 years of age or older with a diagnosis of serious mental illness
● Be Medicaid eligible (150% FPL or below)
● A history of psychiatric crisis (inpatient psychiatric hospitalizations or outpatient mental health crisis episodes), and fifteen or more emergency department visits in the last three years.


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