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Providers and advocates request targeted funding: speech therapy, OT assistants, ABA, Duchenne screening and other items
Summary
Multiple stakeholders used the subcommittee public-comment period to request line items in FY26: occupational therapy assistant reimbursement in Medicaid Children's Intervention Services, a Duchenne newborn-screening pilot, a speech therapy CPT-rate increase to Medicare Atlanta rates, seven psychiatry residency slots at Saint Francis, Alzheimer's
A series of providers and advocacy groups presented brief public testimony asking for targeted investments in the FY26 budget.
Major requests and presenters (summarized): - Occupational therapy assistants in Medicaid children's intervention services (Tom Bauer, Georgia Occupational Therapy Association): asked to permit Medicaid reimbursement for OTA/PTA services to ease clinic waitlists; DCH staff are reviewing cost estimates (presenter noted a range of figures under discussion). - Duchenne muscular dystrophy newborn-screening pilot (Chairman Matheak): requested a DPH pilot beginning as early as April using existing Georgia lab capacity; presenter cited low false-positive rates and estimated program cost of $843,772. - Speech-language pathology rate increase…
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