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Child and Family Guidance Center urges Grayson County to back state bills to expand mental‑health workforce billing
Summary
Brenda Hayward, executive director of the Child and Family Guidance Center of Texoma, told the commissioners the county should support HB 1716 and SB 469 to allow provisionally licensed clinicians to bill insurance, arguing that rural counties face workforce shortages and long wait lists for Medicaid children.
Brenda Hayward, executive director of the Child and Family Guidance Center of Texoma, asked the Grayson County Commissioners Court on Feb. 11 to support House Bill 1716 and Senate Bill 469 to expand the ability of provisionally licensed mental‑health clinicians to bill insurance while they complete supervised hours toward full licensure.
Hayward said the bills…
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