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JBC advances one‑year extension of child‑welfare residential treatment carve‑out; committee sets development and implementation dates
Summary
The Joint Budget Committee introduced a bill delaying the move of child‑welfare residential treatment into managed behavioral‑health capitation for one year, approved reporting via an RFI and set firm development and implementation deadlines for transition policies.
The Joint Budget Committee voted to introduce a bill delaying the capitation transition for child‑welfare residential treatment for one year and required the Department to develop and implement transition policies on an accelerated timeline.
Emily Pope, JBC staff, said the draft would push back the historic plan to move child‑welfare residential treatment under behavioral‑health capitation for one year and recommended an RFI to collect detailed information on utilization, medical‑necessity determinations, discharge and aftercare planning, and financing under the change. “Section 1 is the section that's specifically exempting child welfare from managed care for 1 additional year,” Pope said.
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