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March 13, 2026
An Advocate’s Guide to Medi-Cal Services
Fabiola De Liban, Amy Chen, Abigail Coursolle, Alicia Emanuel, Héctor Hernández-Delgado, T. Nancy Lam, Kimberly Lewis, Carly Myers, Alexis Robles-Fradet, Skyler Rosellini, Jasmine Young, and Elizabeth Zirker Guide
NHeLP’s Medi-Cal Services Guide provides an in-depth description of some of the most important services covered in the Medi-Cal program, including prescription drug services, mental health and substance use disorder services, reproductive and sexual health services, gender-affirming services, among others. The guide seeks to help legal aid attorneys, health…
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March 5, 2026
NHeLP Comments on Florida 1115 Waiver Request – IMD Exclusion
Jennifer Lav Comments
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August 14, 2024
Medi-Cal Intensive Care Coordination (ICC) & Intensive Home Based Services (IHBS): Access Standards and Beneficiary Rights
Carly Myers and Kim Lewis Fact Sheet
Some county mental health plans (MHPs) have policies and practices on ICC and IHBS that do not comply with state law and policy, such as imposing additional eligibility criteria or requiring prior authorization for ICC. This factsheet reviews the correct legal standards for ICC and IHBS access and outlines…
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July 15, 2024
Coalition Letter on California’s Essential Health Benefits Benchmarking
Héctor Hernández-Delgado Comments, Letter
California is currently in the process of evaluating the State's Essential Health Benefits benchmark plan. In response to a request for comment from the Department of Managed Health Care, NHeLP and a coalition of statewide health advocacy organizations submitted a letter explaining why the benchmarking process presents an opportunity…
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July 9, 2024
NHeLP Statement for the Record on the Need to Expand Intensive Home and Community-Based Behavioral Health Services
Geron Gadd and Jennifer Lav Testimony
NHeLP submitted the following Statement for the Record in response to the Senate Committee on Finance's Hearing on "Youth Residential Treatment Facilities: Examining Failures and Evaluating Solutions." The statement highlights the need for focused expansion of quality intensive home and community-based Medicaid services, in order to meaningfully address the…
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May 22, 2024
Crosswalk Between Coverage of Behavioral Health Services in Medi-Cal and Private Plans in California
Héctor Hernández-Delgado and Kimberly Lewis Issue Brief
California is currently undergoing efforts to align coverage of behavioral health services in Medi-Cal (the State's Medicaid program) with coverage in private plans. To inform those efforts, this resource compares mental health and substance use disorder coverage requirements imposed, in state and federal law, on Medi-Cal with coverage requirements…
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An Advocate’s Guide to Medi-Cal Services

NHeLP Comments on Florida 1115 Waiver Request – IMD Exclusion

Medi-Cal Intensive Care Coordination (ICC) & Intensive Home Based Services (IHBS): Access Standards and Beneficiary Rights

Coalition Letter on California’s Essential Health Benefits Benchmarking

NHeLP Statement for the Record on the Need to Expand Intensive Home and Community-Based Behavioral Health Services

Crosswalk Between Coverage of Behavioral Health Services in Medi-Cal and Private Plans in California