May 2010

1915 (b) and (c) managed care waivers should not be done to save money and any savings need to be re-invested in services and supports.

Savings from waivers need to be re-invested in services, supports and appropriate management, not taken out of the budget as called for by the Governor’s Budget of March 2010. The state clearly needs to invest in services and supports that allow people with mental illness, developmental disabilities, and addictive disease to live and remain in their home communities, live as independently as possible, and achieve life goals and recovery. North Carolina needs to invest in prevention and ongoing services and supports to prevent the use/misuse of crisis services, large institutions, and large residential settings. Waivers that remove funding are doomed to failure.

The Coalition believes the state should separate the behavioral health and developmental disability portions of the managed care waivers and deal with each population individually.  Read More