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County officials hail several governor amendments for crisis and school mental-health funding, urge scrutiny of childcare changes
Summary
Fairfax human-services staff highlighted amendments that expand Medicaid coverage for certain behavioral-health settings, add flexibility for school mental-health funds, create outreach grant funding, and raise foster care payments — while flagging potential risks in childcare-subsidy rule changes.
Fairfax County human-services staff briefed the Legislative Committee on governor-proposed budget amendments that the county largely supports for behavioral health and child welfare, while cautioning that several early-childhood changes need closer review.
Ariel McAloon, the county human services legislative liaison, told the committee the governor’s amendments would authorize Medicaid coverage for services to beneficiaries during short-term acute psychiatric or residential stays under an 1115 serious mental illness waiver, a change county staff said aligns with the county’s legislative program and could improve crisis-service reimbursement. The amendments also add flexibility for school-based mental-health funds and include $1 million in FY2025 for outreach and education on youth mental health,…
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