NYS Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare
Advocating for, protecting, and enhancing access to effective, recovery-focused mental health and addiction services for individuals and families in need
The New York State Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare (“The Council”) is an outcome-oriented statewide, non-profit, 501(c)(3) membership organization composed of 165 community-based organizations that provide recovery-focused mental health and/or substance abuse/chemical dependence and addiction treatment programs and services for New Yorkers in need.
Latest News
Capitol Confidential: Behavioral health advocates pitch plan to save ‘hundreds of millions’ in Medicaid spending
Letter to remove OMH and OASAS Community-based services from the State’s MMC
The NYS Council has led an effort with several other associations to request that OMH and OASAS community-based behavioral health (mental health and substance use) services, including outpatient, residential and rehabilitation services, be removed from the state’s Medicaid managed care program.
NYS Council OpEd published in Albany Times Union 12/5/25
The NYS Council is leading a statewide advocacy campaign designed to secure a carve out of MH and SUD outpatient, residential and rehabilitative services from the state’s Medicaid managed care program.