The Children and Youth Behavioral Health Initiative (CYBHI) and numerous California departments are partnering with schools to expand access to school-based and school-linked mental and behavioral health services for students aged 25 years and younger.

The CYBHI allows Antioch Unified to receive reimbursements for eligible behavioral health services already being provided in school, including screening, assessments, and ongoing mental health support provided to our students. This reimbursement will come directly from the insurance companies that cover the students, at no higher cost to the parents or caregivers. This program will not affect families’ insurance coverage, and receiving services at school will not reduce or impact students or their family's ability to obtain care outside of school.
As this program is launched in our schools, parents/guardians may be asked for their student’s health insurance information. All health information will be securely stored and only shared in alignment with existing federal and state laws.

☑️ Eligibility for Services: This program will not change students’ eligibility to receive behavioral health services. Rather, the program will expand the availability of services by creating a new, sustainable method for providers to be reimbursed. Services delivered to students covered by Medi-Cal MCPs and Medi-Cal FFS, most commercial health plans, or disability insurers, with certain exceptions, are eligible to be reimbursed at the CYBHI fee schedule rate.

🔒Privacy and Consent: Our school/district may ask for your student’s health insurance information. All health information will be securely stored and only shared in alignment with existing federal and state laws.

💵Billing: There will be no cost to parents or caregivers for students who receive services eligible for reimbursement under the CYBHI fee schedule program (i.e., no co-pays). Receiving services at school will not reduce or impact students or their family's ability to obtain care outside of school.

As part of Governor Newsom’s Master Plan for Kids’ Mental Health and the Children and Youth Behavioral Health Initiative (CYBHI), the Department of Health Care Service (DHCS), the Department of Managed Health Care (DMHC) and the Department of Insurance (CDI) are partnering with schools to expand access to school-based and school-linked mental and behavioral health services for students aged 25 years and younger.

Through the CYBHI fee schedule, our school/district and affiliated providers may be eligible for the reimbursement of behavioral health services, including screening, assessments, and ongoing mental health supports given to our students.

This reimbursement will come directly from the insurance companies that cover the students at our school, at no higher cost to the parents or caregivers. This program will not affect your insurance coverage (i.e., no co-pays, no higher premiums or deductibles). Receiving services at school will not reduce or impact students or their family's ability to obtain care outside of school.