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Fallbrook board hears state behavioral‑health reimbursement plan, trustees press for parent-notification details
Summary
Student‑services director described the Children and Youth Behavioral Health Initiative (CYBHI), a state fee‑schedule program that lets districts request reimbursement for school‑based mental‑health services. Trustees pressed on parental consent, privacy, vendor fees and workload; the district said participation is voluntary and the county‑vetted vendor will handle billing.
Student‑services director Dr. Anna Bella Luna told the Fallbrook Union High School District Board of Trustees on Jan. 14 that the district has joined cohort 5 of the state’s Children and Youth Behavioral Health Initiative, a fee‑schedule program intended to allow school districts to request reimbursement for school‑based behavioral‑health services.
Dr. Luna said the program is meant to preserve and expand current services — for example, making temporary social‑worker positions more sustainable — by enabling the district to recover some costs from private insurers and Medi‑Cal. She said the county vetted TAD Health as a billing vendor; counselors would document brief, standardized notes and the vendor would submit claims and manage insurer communications. "It's all…
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