Massachusetts
Behavioral Health DASHBOARD
(PUBLISHED JUNE 2026)
Measuring and tracking indicators of behavioral health care provides an essential fact base that enables data-driven policymaking and delivery system reforms. CHIA’s Behavioral Health Dashboard provides a comprehensive overview of the current state of behavioral health care in Massachusetts, alongside metrics for ongoing comparison. This report measures the state of behavioral health care in the Commonwealth with the latest data available across 5 key areas: access, finance, utilization, quality, and equity.
Behavioral health encompasses services and treatment for both mental health and substance use disorders, an array of vital services that can meaningfully shape patient outcomes.
As illustrated in the June 2026 dashboard, while some behavioral health service metrics have improved, disparities persist in affordability. The interactive workbook includes additional data stratifications. The accompanying databook includes multi-year trends where available.
In 2022, Massachusetts enacted the Mental Health ABC Act: Addressing Barriers to Care. The law includes a number of policies and investments aimed at improving access to behavioral health services and charges CHIA with monitoring “costs, cost trends, price, quality, utilization, and patient outcomes related to behavioral health service subcategories…including mental health, substance use disorder, outpatient, inpatient, services for children, services for adults, and provider type.”
The dashboard measures the state of behavioral health care in the Commonwealth across 5 key areas:
Updated June 17, 2026
Primary Care and Behavioral Health Care (PCBH) Spending
