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JBC debates child‑welfare residential carve‑out timing and placement readiness; staff to revise dates and require reporting
Summary
Committee introduced a bill delaying the child‑welfare residential carve‑out from managed care for a year but debated whether development and implementation deadlines provide counties and providers time to create step‑down placements; staff will return with revised dates and reporting requirements.
The Joint Budget Committee reviewed a draft bill to delay moving child‑welfare residential treatment into behavioral‑health capitation and engaged in focused debate over whether the department and counties have the policies and placements necessary to make the transition safely.
Emily Pope (JBC staff) told the committee the draft delays the carve‑out for one year and that staff recommends using an RFI for reporting requirements rather than embedding mandatory statutory reports. She said there are "about…
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