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Delegates back work group to align early childhood behavioral-health services with CMS EPSDT guidance
Summary
House Bill 1083 would create an MDH work group to study and implement changes so young children can access behavioral health services without requiring an early formal diagnosis, aligning Maryland with recent CMS guidance; clinicians and advocates said the diagnostic requirement can delay or mislabel care for children under five.
Delegate Jamila Woods asked the committee to create a Maryland Department of Health work group under House Bill 1083 to review and implement changes that would align Maryland Medicaid policy with federal Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic and Treatment (EPSDT) guidance for behavioral health services to young children.
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