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Behavioral Health Safety Net of Tennessee

In an effort to help Tennesseans with serious and persistent mental illness who are poor and uninsured, TDMHDD has worked with community mental health agencies across the state to provide key mental health services. This is a limited set of mental health services, but evidence shows that these services are the core, vital services that people with serious mental illness must retain to continue leading functional, productive lives.

TDMHDD encourages Tennesseans with severe and persistent mental illness who are poor and uninsured to register with a participating agency in order to immediately begin receiving key services including assessment, evaluation, diagnostic, therapeutic intervention, case management, psychiatric medication management, labs related to medication management, and pharmacy assistance and coordination.

What are the eligibility criteria for Behavioral Health Safety Net of TN assistance?

  • Been determined ineligible for TennCare or have a pending TennCare application; and
  • Not have access to private health insurance, or the private health insurance lacks mental health coverage or all mental health benefits under private health insurance has been exhausted; and
  • Not have Medicare coverage; and
  • Not be actively receiving benefits through the Veteran’s Administration; and
  • Be a U.S. citizen or a legal resident alien; and
  • Be a resident of Tennessee; and
  • Have been identified as SPMI (CRG = 1, 2, or 3); and
  • Have family income no greater than 100% of the Federal Poverty Level (FPL); and
  • Must not be an inmate; and
  • Must be aged 19 to 64.

For Applications and Manual for Behavioral Health Safety Net of TN click here.

Behavioral Health Safety Net of TN Frequently Asked Questions

Links:
For information on pharmacy assistance visit Cover Rx and Cover TN at: http://www.covertn.gov/web/cover_rx.html.

For clients in need of housing services visit: http://www.tnhousingsearch.org/

SOAR info: http://www.prainc.com/SOAR/soar101/what_is_soar.asp

For Employment assistance, visit: http://tennessee.gov/labor-wfd/cc/ccpartners.htm.

For consumer peer support, see listing of peer support centers at: http://state.tn.us/mental/recovery/PSCenters.html.

For general inquiries of a consumer advocacy nature, please contact the TDMHDD Office of Consumer Affairs at: http://tennessee.gov/mental/recovery/oca1.html.

If you need to confirm a client's TennCare status please call TPAL at: 1-800-758-1638.

For general inquiries about all other available resources, please contact the local county DHS office; a listing of local DHS offices can be found at: http://tennessee.gov/humanserv/st_map.htm.

To find out what services your client might qualify for, visit: http://www.earnbenefits.org/

Recovery Services & Planning Links