GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — The first hearing on a state plan to revamp Michigan’s mental health system happened in Lansing Monday.
The plan would open up bidding to manage federal Medicaid dollars that flow into community mental health.
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Supporters say it could help close gaps in the system. Critics call it a plan to privatize and argue it could widen those gaps and remove local control.
Currently, the Medicaid money flows through 10 regions, known as prepaid inpatient health plans, that were created by the same community mental health agencies that get that money…