IDPH-Funded Substance Abuse Services
Intent due: July 29, 2009
This competitive Request for Proposals (RFP) for IDPH-Funded Substance Abuse Services is
issued by Magellan Behavioral Care of Iowa, Inc. (Magellan) in cooperation with the Iowa
Department of Public Health Division of Behavioral Health (IDPH).
Magellan will select multiple Providers to assure a continuum of quality IDPH-Funded substance
abuse services under the Iowa Plan for Behavioral Health (Iowa Plan). The IDPH-Funded
continuum of care, ranging from assessment through outpatient and residential treatment and
associated ancillary services (specifically excluding detoxification and inpatient hospitalization),
must be available throughout Iowa for both adults and juveniles, with attention to special
population considerations. Provider contracts that result from this RFP will be in force from
January 2010 through June 2014.
