Section 217.021 - Community behavioral health program, purpose - department duties1. The department shall establish and implement a community behavioral health program to provide comprehensive community-based services for individuals under the supervision of the department who have serious behavioral health conditions.2. The department shall, in collaboration with the department of mental health: (1) Establish a referral and evaluation process for access to the program;(2) Establish eligibility criteria that include consideration of recidivism risk and behavioral health condition severity;(3) Establish discharge criteria and processes, with a goal of establishing a seamless transition to post-program services to decrease recidivism; and(4) Develop multidisciplinary program oversight, auditing, and evaluation processes that shall include: (a) Oversight authority of program case management services through the department of mental health;(b) Provider performance and outcome metrics; and(c) Reports to the legislature and the governor on the status of the program as requested.3. The department of mental health shall, in collaboration with the department of corrections: (1) Contract for and pay behavioral health service providers under the program;(2) Supervise, support, and monitor referral caseloads and the provision of services by contract behavioral health service providers;(3) Require that contract behavioral health service providers: (a) Accept all eligible referrals, provide individualized care delivered through integrated multidisciplinary care teams, and continue services on an ongoing basis until established discharge criteria are met;(b) Accept reimbursement on a per-month, per-referral basis, and ensure that the payment schedule is based on a pay-for-performance model that includes consideration of identified outcomes and the level of services required; and(c) Bill third parties for services.Added by 2018 Mo. Laws, HB 1355,s A, eff. 8/28/2018.