The Alabama Medicaid Agency will hold public forums about the Section 1115 Institutions for Mental Disease (IMD) Waiver for Serious Mental Illness (SMI). The forums are set for November 24, 2025, in Montgomery and November 25, 2025, in Daphne. People can attend in person or online.
The agency will accept written comments on the SMI 1115(a) Demonstration program from November 7 to December 7, 2025. Comments can be sent by email or mail to the agency’s Montgomery office. All comments will be available for public review at the Dexter Avenue office during business hours.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) require these annual forums as part of the 1115 Demonstration Waiver. The waiver, approved on May 20, 2022, lets Alabama offer more mental health services to Medicaid recipients with SMI. It focuses on short-term residential and inpatient care in Baldwin and Mobile counties…