Stating findings of the Legislature and requesting a report on the strategic plan for improving behavioral health treatment from the Department of Health and Welfare.

In January of 2016, the Office of Performance Evaluation released a report on the Medicaid Managed Behavioral Health program through Optum Idaho. One of the recommendations was to communicate better about the overall behavioral health plan and communicate progress in improving mental health in Idaho. This resolution requires the Department of Health & Welfare to report to the House and Senate germane committees on the status of the mental health and behavioral health transformational plan activities, including measures of the effectiveness of behavioral health system here in Idaho.