Service Eligibility
Eligibility criteria may differ depending on the type of service.
Basic eligibility criteria for access to the Public Mental Health System are:
- The individual has a mental health disorder as defined in DSM IV TR
- Individual is a Medicaid recipient
- Individual is ‘dually eligible’ for Medicare but remains in the
- Medicaid fee-for-service system
- Individual is Medicaid ineligible and because of psychiatric and financial need may be eligible to have the cost of mental health services (in whole or in part) subsidized by the State and/or local funds.
