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Summit County behavioral-health leaders: HB 177 fails, Medicaid postpartum coverage extended, MCOT funding restored
Summary
Behavioral health director Aaron Newman told the Board of Health that HB 177 (a proposal affecting the state hospital) was held in rules and did not pass; the legislature expanded Medicaid postpartum coverage by 365 days and allocated over $3 million for mobile crisis outreach teams, while a conversion‑therapy bill drew board concern pending an anticipated gubernatorial veto.
The Summit County Board of Health heard a legislative briefing on behavioral-health outcomes from Aaron Newman, the county’s behavioral health director.
Aaron said HB 177 — a bill that at one stage sought to relocate the state hospital and later became a systemwide analysis bill — did not advance out of the rules committee. "It did not," he said, calling the rules hold a "huge win" for local behavioral-health leaders.
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