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Board approves telehealth mental‑health service agreement to expand access for students
Summary
The board approved an agreement to extend telehealth mental‑health services to students at no cost to the district; funding for the service was secured through the district's insurance network (OSBA) and implementing vendor arrangements.
The Warren County R‑3 board voted to approve a telehealth services agreement that expands mental‑health telehealth access to students at no cost to the district.
Dr. Ross described the program as similar to employee insurance benefits and said it extends a number of telehealth sessions to students and families. "This actually expands it to our entire student body," Dr. Ross said, noting the district had completed an application and a funding partner secured the program so the district would not pay for the service.
Board members asked who secured the funding. The presenter said the district’s insurance administrator, OSBA, secured funding to make the service available. A speaker on the board also noted Dr. Russell (identified in the meeting as serving on the OSBA board) could provide additional details if needed.
A motion and voice vote approved the agreement; the board recorded the motion as passed by voice vote with no recorded roll‑call tally in the minutes.
