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Local mental-health provider urges lawmakers to reject provider-rate cuts, backs CCBHCs and telehealth
Summary
KeyPoint Health Services told the Eastern Shore delegation that proposed cuts to behavioral health provider rates and child-welfare funding would harm services, and urged lawmakers to support certified community behavioral health clinics, telehealth access and 988 funding.
KeyPoint Health Services, a behavioral health provider serving Cecil County and other Maryland jurisdictions, urged the Eastern Shore delegation to oppose proposed reductions to provider payments and to support policy changes that expand community behavioral health care.
Russ Weber, a KeyPoint representative, told delegates the organization opposes a proposed 5% cut to child-welfare funding tied to rate…
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