State Policy
SHVS Tracker Compiles State RHTP Awards and Medicaid Behavioral Health Actions
State Health and Value Strategies published its ongoing compilation of state Medicaid and health policy developments for August 2026. Notable items include Alaska's $4.5 million in Rural Health Transformation Program awards, California withholding funds from 10 county behavioral health plans for network adequacy failures, Florida's $188 million in rural healthcare funding, and Maryland's $80 million in RHTP grants for primary care, behavioral health, and dental access. The tracker also notes Kansas RHTP awards for community health worker and food-as-medicine programs. This is a recurring reference page, not a single policy action.
Why it mattersThe behavioral health plan funding withholds in California signal increased state enforcement on network adequacy standards that managed care organizations must meet to avoid financial penalties.