Section 27-50-303 - Essential behavioral health safety net providers - approval to serve limited priority populations

(1) Essential behavioral health safety net providers must serve all priority populations unless the universal contracting provisions with the behavioral health administrative services organization limit the provider's scope and responsibility to a specific underserved population pursuant to subsection (2) of this section.(2) Behavioral health administrative services organizations may contract with an essential behavioral health safety net provider to provide a safety net service or services, including those determined necessary pursuant to section 27-50-301 (3)(a)(XV), to only one or more specific underserved populations within the priority populations.Added by 2022 Ch. 222, § 1, eff. 7/1/2022.