The Benefit Package

You get mental health services under your Oregon Health Plan Benefit Package. The Oregon State Legislature decides which services are in this Benefit Package. The Benefit Package includes services needed to find out what is challenging you and what care is needed to address that challenge. This is done through a mental health assessment or evaluation. We cover the cost of the assessment and evaluation. We also cover most care needed to address your challenges.

We do not cover care for illnesses that the Legislature did not approve for coverage. You may get such care, but you will have to pay for services received.

Other services we do cover include the following:

• Programs that teach you how to live on your own
• Services to make sure you are taking your medications right
• Services needed in an emergency
• Visits with a psychiatrist or other professional who can prescribe medication for mental illness
• Programs that teach you how to get along with other people
• Hospital care for a mental illness
• Programs that teach you how to get and keep a job
• Programs that teach you how to manage your mental condition
• Programs that help promote and maintain an optimal mental status