About Santa Clara County Behavioral Health Services

Services:
Mental Health Urgent Care
Emergency Psychiatric Services
Suicide Prevention & Crisis
Mobile Crisis Response Team (MCRT)
Peer Support Services
Mission Street Sobering Center
Criminal Justice Services
Inpatient Hospital Information
Residential Continuum of Care
Central Wellness and Benefits Center
Office of Supportive Housing
Substance Use Treatment Services - Adult
Substance Use Treatment Services - Youth & Young Adult
Medication Assisted Treatment
Perinatal Substance Abuse Program (PSAP)

Assisted Outpatient Treatment (AOT)
Assisted Outpatient Treatment (AOT) delivers community-based behavioral health services under court order to individuals with severe mental illness who have demonstrated difficulty adhering to treatment on a voluntary basis and have difficulty living safely in the community without close monitoring.
Eligibility

18 years of age or older and has a severe mental illness
Clinically determined that, in view of the persons treatment history and current behavior, at least one of the following is true:

1. person is unlikely to survive safely in the community without supervision and the persons condition is substantially deteriorating.
2. person is in need of AOT in order to prevent relapse or deterioration that would be likely to result in grave disability or serious harm to the person or to others, as defined in Section 5150.

    Has historical lack of compliance with voluntary treatment and at least one of the following is true:

1. Within the last 36 months, the person has been hospitalized at least 2 times due to mental illness, including the mental health unit of a state or local correctional facility.
2. Within the last 48 months, had one or more acts of serious and violent behaviors or threats or attempts to cause serious physical harm to self or others.

    Offered an opportunity to participate in a treatment plan but continued to fail to engage
    Participation in AOT is the least restrictive placement necessary to ensure recovery and stability
    Its likely that the individual would benefit from AOT

Adult Services:
Mobile Crisis Response Teams (MCRT)
Phone: 1-800-704-0900, select option #2
Monday - Friday 8:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.

MCRT services in the community include the following:

    crisis screening
    intervention
    de-escalation
    connect or refer people to community resources

Mental Health Urgent Care (MHUC)

Walk-in and scheduled appointments outpatient clinic for Santa Clara County residents who are experiencing behavioral health crisis and need help.

Children And/Or Young Adults
Uplift Family Services' Mobile Crisis Team
24-hour/7 days a week crisis line
Toll-free: 1-877-41-CRISIS (412-7474)
Phone:  1 (408) 379-9085
Website: https://upliftfs.org/service/continuum-of-crisis-care/

Medicare

Santa Clara County Behavioral Health Services accepts Medicare, a federal health insurance program for people age 65 and older and people with disabilities.

Medicare covers a wide range of mental health services.

Medicare Part A (Hospital Insurance) covers inpatient mental health care services you get in a hospital. Part A covers your room, meals, nursing care, and other related services and supplies.

Medicare Part B (Medical Insurance) helps cover mental health services that you would generally get outside of a hospital, including visits with a psychiatrist or other doctor, visits with a clinical psychologist or clinical social worker, and lab tests ordered by your doctor.

Medicare Part D (Prescription Drug ) helps cover drugs you may need to treat a mental health condition. Each Part D plan has its own list of covered drugs, known as formulary. Learn more about which plans cover various drugs.

If you get your Medicare benefits through a Medicare Advantage Plan (like an HMO or PPO) or other Medicare health plan, check your plan’s membership materials or call the plan for details about how to get your mental health benefits.

Medicaid

All state Medicaid programs provide some mental health services. Santa Clara County Behavioral Health Services accepts Medicaid, a joint federal and state program that helps with medical costs for some people with low incomes and limited resources. Medicaid programs vary from state to state.

Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) Insurance Coverage For Mental Health

Obamacare purchased from the Health Care Marketplaces covers Mental Health Care and Substance Use Disorder Treatment. Under the Health Care Law there are 10 categories of benefits. Mental Health Care and Substance Abuse Treatment are two of the 10.

If you have Affordable Care Act Coverage you will have mental health care coverage.