PUERTO RICO

STATE MHSIP CONTACT

Edna Quiniones, Ph.D
Mental Health and Anti-Addiction Services Administration
Box 21414
San Juan, Puerto Rico 00928
Phone: (787) 764-3670

State Reform Grants for Assistance in State Mental Health Planning and Managed Care Reform Efforts

GRANT NUMBER: 1 HR1 SM51995-01

FUNDING PERIOD: September 30, l996 - August 31, l998

TOTAL ALLOCATION FOR FY 96: $100,000

PROJECT SUMMARY

Puerto Rico recently completed a MHSIP Stage I Grant which supported capacity development activities in the mental health data system. In the initiative toward health reform in Puerto Rico, the newly awarded State Reform Grant will support the combining of the public and private managed care systems integrating cost, human resources, report card outcome, and consumer satisfaction elements. The goals of the Puerto Rico Expansion Program for MHSIP are: (1) to develop the mental health component of the Agency Information System from which various data elements can be obtained to assess the effectiveness and efficiency of services, (2) to integrate, test, adapt instruments to measure mental health outcomes (including the MHSIP Consumer-Oriented Mental Health Report Card Consumer Survey), collect, analyze, and utilize data for planning and evaluation, and (3) to integrate, analyze, and synthesize data bases of the health and mental health systems with initial implementation in the Aguadilla region.