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Conference committee accepts House amendments adding DHHS study and affirms emergency use of Life Skills Transition Center
Summary
A legislative conference committee on Senate Bill 21-12 voted to accept House amendments that add a Department of Health and Human Services study on placements for children in crisis and confirmed the Life Skills Transition Center (LSTC) is being used as an emergency placement reimbursed primarily through Medicaid.
A conference committee on Senate Bill 21-12 voted to accept House amendments that add a Department of Health and Human Services study on placement options for children in crisis and clarified how emergency placements at the Life Skills Transition Center are being reimbursed.
Representative Anderson, speaking for the House members, said, “Our amendment is to provide for a Department of Health and Human Service study.” The committee passed the motion to accept the House amendments after a voice and roll-call vote.
The study language added in the House would direct the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) to examine where children who are not otherwise eligible for certain residential placements receive care and whether regional resources are adequate. Committee members said the study is intended to fill information gaps…
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