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GBMT-11 workstream source register (§1–§8)

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This is a working research document from the mental health filing, published as written — including the parts later corrected. It is the underlying record for Whitepaper No. 11, not a summary of it.

As of: 2026-08-11. Appends Phase 0 register (phase0-source-register.md S1–S17). New IDs continue from S18. §4–§6 append S36+; §7–§8 append S54+.

ID Source Type / vintage What it establishes Limits
S18 SAMHSA, Behavioral Health Spending and Use Accounts, 1986–2014 (SMA-16-4975 lineage) Federal spending accounts, 2014 data MH spend 186B * *(6.4220B; Medicaid 25% / private 28% / Medicare 15% of MH Last full official payer split located; dated
S19 Commonwealth Fund, Medicaid’s Role in Mental Health and Substance Use Care (May 2025) Policy explainer citing IHME disease accounts + NSDUH 2023 Medicaid MH >58B * */SUD * *17B (2019); inpatient MH+SUD half-Medicaid; Medicaid covers 26% of adults with AMI or SUD Secondary compilation of IHME; not CMS NHEA
S20 MACPAC, Spending topic page Congressional commission fact Medicaid ≈24% of US MH+SUD services Standing fact; methods in underlying MACPAC work
S21 CMS / Health Affairs NHEA 2023 highlights Federal expenditure accounts Total Medicaid $871.7B (18% of NHE 2023); no clean MH disease line located NHEA ≠ BHSUA construct
S22 BEA Health Care Satellite Account (MEPS Account) — mental illness per-capita series Federal satellite account Mental-illness medical services $639 per capita (2021, MEPS basis) Per-capita; not filing-ready national MH total with payer shares
S23 Brahmbhatt & Schpero, “Access to Psychiatric Appointments for Medicaid Enrollees in 4 Large US Cities” JAMA 2024 Peer-reviewed secret shopper 17.8% of listed Medicaid psych prescribing clinicians offered appointment; city waits 11–64 days median 4 cities; no commercial arm; depression script
S24 Zhu, Charlesworth, Polsky & McConnell, “Phantom Networks…” Health Affairs 2022 Peer-reviewed claims vs directories 67.4% of listed MH prescribers phantom in Oregon Medicaid 2018 Single state
S25 Ludomirsky et al., “In Medicaid Managed Care Networks…” Health Affairs 2022 Peer-reviewed claims Care concentrated among small share of listed physicians Concentration ≠ acceptance rate
S26 Wen, Wilk, Druss et al., Medicaid acceptance NAMCS update JAMA Psychiatry 2019 Peer-reviewed NAMCS extension Same instrument family as Bishop through expansion years Not independent of Method 1
S27 HRSA, State of the Behavioral Health Workforce 2024 / 2025 brief Federal workforce MH HPSA population ~122M (Aug 2024) → ~137M / 40% (Dec 2025) Designation ≠ realized access
S28 HRSA, Designated HPSA Quarterly Summary (as of Jun 30, 2026) Federal administrative 7,109 MH HPSAs; designated pop 157.1M; 26.53% need met; 7,825 practitioners needed Facility/pop double-count risks per footnotes
S29 McBain et al., “Inpatient psychiatric bed capacity within CMS-certified U.S hospitals, 2011–2023” PLOS Medicine 2025 Peer-reviewed HCRIS Total IPBs 28.4/100k (2023); STACH 8.9, psych hospitals 19.5; stable total, composition shift; waiver states no sig. higher beds Excludes VA/IHS/military; not payer-resolvable
S30 JAMA Network Open 2025 (STACH IPU availability 2011–2023) Peer-reviewed HCRIS STACHs with IPU 24.9%→20.6% Companion to S29
S31 TAC, Prevention Over Punishment (2024) Advocacy survey 2023 State-hospital staffed 36,150 / 10.8/100k; 52% forensic Advocacy; Construct A only
S32 NRI, Use of State Psychiatric Hospitals, 2025 SMHA Profiles survey 90% of responding states report bed shortage; forensic most cited Shortage reports ≠ bed census
S33 CMS, SMDL #18-011 (Nov 2018) + SMI/SED §1115 opportunity page Agency guidance Waiver path for short-term adult MH IMD stays Perishable state list
S34 Pearlmutter et al., “Analysis of ED Length of Stay for Mental Health Patients at Ten Massachusetts EDs” Ann Emerg Med 2017 Peer-reviewed multi-site Boarding drives LOS; Medicaid/uninsured longer; >2× odds ≥24h stay One state
S35 BJS, Indicators of Mental Health Problems Reported by Prisoners and Jail Inmates, 2011–12 Federal inmate survey Jail: 44% history of mental disorder; 26% SPD Vintage; self-report ≠ SMI diagnosis; not a bed census

Search record (workstream negatives / locks)

Question Result Status
Current CMS NHEA MH disease-line total Not located as clean BHSUA-comparable table Gap — use BHSUA 2014 + secondary 2019
MEPS national MH expenditure total with payer shares (recent) Per-capita BEA/MEPS only without microdata re-tab Gap
Second independent AMI survey series >1.5× vs NSDUH NHIS lacks AMI/SMI H1 support via within-instrument band
National by-payer wait series Still absent KC1 stands
Payer-resolvable national bed inventory Not located H3 indeterminate path disclosed; statutory path used
≥2 waiver vs non-waiver bed/boarding evaluations showing capacity gain McBain null on beds; boarding pair not located Softens architecture claim for waivers

§4–§6 sources (S36+)

ID Source Type / vintage What it establishes Limits
S36 GAO-26-108114, Suicide Prevention: Capacity and Federal Assessment of the 988 Lifeline Federal audit, Jul 2022–Sep 2025 data ~19.1M routed contacts; volume ~+90%; call answer rates improved; capacity = volume/answer/wait Not diversion outcomes
S37 KFF, 988 Two Years After Launch (Jul 2024) Policy analysis of Lifeline metrics May 2024 >0.5M monthly contacts; answer 70%→89%; outcome metrics missing Secondary extract of Lifeline
S38 GAO-25-107586, Behavioral Health crisis-response federal activities Federal descriptive SAMHSA crisis programs / evaluation status No multi-state 988 diversion causal
S39 Swanson et al. mobile-crisis arrest outcomes (Michigan; Psychiatr Res Clin Pract lineage) Peer-reviewed IPTW Mobile crisis ~45% lower 11-mo arrest incidence vs LE-only Single state; not 988
S40 Kalb et al., BHCC availability & ED use (Health Serv Res / PMC11911218) Peer-reviewed zip panel Walk-in crisis stabilization ↔︎ lower MBD ED utilization Facility availability ≠ 988
S41 Zhu et al., Medicaid Reimbursement For Psychiatric Services Health Affairs 2022 Peer-reviewed fee schedules Medicaid 81% of Medicare avg; indices uncorrelated with Medicaid psychiatrist supply Cross-section
S42 Allegheny County / MCO Medicaid rate-setting MH paper (2025) Local quasi-experiment Supply elasticity ≈0.16; response stronger near Medicare parity One market
S43 ASPE/Mathematica/RAND, CCBHC Implementation and Impacts Official demo evaluation Wait 9.0→5.4 days; clients +~9%; DID heterogeneous Clinic-reported waits; 8-state demo
S44 ASPE/Mathematica, CCBHC Report to Congress 2023 Congressionally mandated DY1–DY4 access stability; 94% open-access; 988 coordination Self-report survey items
S45 GAO-21-104466, CCBHC payment rates vs costs Federal audit Mixed state spending; CMS guidance gaps on PPS alignment Early demo window
S46 NACHC behavioral health / BHI materials (2025–26) Association FQHC BH expansion; same-day billing barriers; dual CHC–CCBHC count Advocacy org
S47 Decker SL, Medicaid primary-care fee bump & reported participation Health Aff 2018 Peer-reviewed No association fee bump ↔︎ physician-reported Medicaid participation Primary care, not psychiatry
S48 DOL/HHS/Treasury, Requirements Related to MHPAEA Final Rules (Sep 2024) + fact sheet Final rule Codifies NQTL analysis content; data evaluation; meaningful benefits 2025 nonenforcement of new pieces
S49 Departments, Statement regarding enforcement of 2024 MHPAEA final rule (May 2025) Enforcement policy Nonenforcement of new 2024 provisions pending revisit; CAA 2021 remains Perishable
S50 DOL, 2024 MHPAEA Report to Congress (+ 2022/2023 RTCs) Statutory enforcement report Initial comparative analyses insufficient; corrections for millions of participants; EBSA covers ~2.6M plans / ~136M lives Investigative, not census
S51 GAO-20-150; GAO-22-104597; GAO-23-105642 Federal oversight State exams miss self-funded ERISA; no ERISA numeric network-adequacy statute Older GAO vintages for structure
S52 DOL OIG 09-25-001-12-001 (2025), EBSA MHPAEA enforcement challenges OIG Investigator scarcity vs plan count; NQTL resource risk Capacity snapshot
S53 Wit v. United Behavioral Health, 9th Cir. (Jan 26 & Aug 22, 2023) Holdings GASC-coextensive requirement reversed; denial-of-benefits class reversed; state-mandate portion unappealed Holdings only — no press

Search record (§4–§6 negatives / locks)

Question Result Status
Multi-state causal 988→ED or arrest diversion estimate Not located H4 Supported
Single official SAMHSA “2× in two years” annual multiplier Not located; use Jan KPI or GAO growth Anchor 7 sharpened
Cross-state Medicaid psych fees → participation correlation Null (Zhu 2022) Rates need change designs
2024 MHPAEA rule currently enforced as written New provisions under nonenforcement (May 2025) Anchor 10 + perishable
State exams covering self-funded majority No — ERISA preemption KC3 fires

§7–§8 sources (S54+)

ID Source Type / vintage What it establishes Limits
S54 Swartz et al., “Assessing Outcomes for Consumers in New York's Assisted Outpatient Treatment Program” Psychiatr Serv 2010 Peer-reviewed admin + Medicaid AOT admission OR 0.77 (initial) / 0.59 (renewal) vs pre-order Selected eligibles; pre/post
S55 NYS OMH / Duke AOT evaluation (2009 lineage) State-sponsored evaluation Pre/post hospitalization, homelessness, arrest drops under Kendra’s Law Selection + service intensification
S56 CA DHCS Laura’s Law / AOT legislative reports State statutory reports County-reported drops in homelessness/hospitalization/LE among enrollees Opt-out geography; pre/post
S57 Mass. M.G.L. c.26 §8K + CY2023 MH parity summary Statute + DOI exam notice Mandatory parity market-conduct exams (21 carriers in 2023 wave) Open-exam finding limits
S58 NY DFS 11 NYCRR 38 + 11 NYCRR 230.3 State regulation Behavioral network adequacy / wait standards; parity compliance programs Fully insured / DFS-regulated only
S59 VHA MH access standards (Uniform MH Services successors; Directive 1161 staffing) + GAO-16-24 Federal directive + audit Same-day/next-day screen; published wait metrics; preferred-date metric caveats VA eligibility; not civilian Medicaid
S60 OECD bed-rate dispersion via PLOS Medicine global bed commentary (2022 OECD extracts: Japan 2.58 / Italy 0.08 / US 0.35 per 1,000; median ~0.64) International statistics Bed ratios ≠ disease burden; community substitution explains spread Construct differs from US Construct A/B
S61 MJA / OECD Australia low-bed + high readmission comparisons Peer clinical / OECD Counter-steelman: low beds without offset → acute pressure Not US Medicaid
S62 Swenson & Urban, “Effects of expanding access to mental health services on SS(D)I applications and awards” Labour Econ 2023 (RDRC WI21-05) Peer-reviewed / RDRC +MH establishments → +SSI/SSDI apps; awards↑ in poor counties Pathway ≠ scarcity overflow
S63 SSA SSI ASR 2023 Table 37 representative payees by diagnosis Federal statistical report High payee shares for autism/intellectual/psychotic bands (18–64) SSI construct ≠ DI worker stock
S64 OpenSecrets LDA extracts (SAMHSA agency profile; APA bills lobbied, 2026 cycle samples) Lobby disclosure MH orgs lobby SAMHSA + Medicaid reimbursement bills Not causal proof of blocked rate floors
S65 SAMHSA / appropriations crosswalks — agency ~7.4BFY2026class; MHBG 1.0B Budget docs / secondary Discretionary MH scale ≪ Medicaid BH spend Enacted totals perishable

Search record (§7–§8 negatives / locks)

Question Result Status
Fitted multi-country bed × outpatient → boarding model Not located H7 (a) directional
Multi-state causal 988 diversion (re-check) Still absent H4 unchanged
Awards plurality for mental disorders Fails at 12.7% H8 not supported as written
Scarcity → higher award rates Opposite direction in Swenson Overflow valve rewritten
DI worker stock mental share 28.6% (GBMT-12) Hand stock; no re-own
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