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Senator seeks Medicaid‑waiver payment and opioid‑settlement funding to stabilize Maddie’s Place
Spokane County Spotlight · January 23, 2026
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Summary
Raccelli said he has invested roughly $7 million over three years in Maddie’s Place, a dyad model serving substance‑exposed newborns, and introduced a bill to pursue a Medicaid waiver amendment so the program can be sustainably reimbursed; opioid settlement dollars would fund the program in the short term.
Sen. Marcus Raccelli described Maddie’s Place on Spokane County Spotlight as a dyad model that supports substance‑exposed newborns alongside their mothers during the earliest, formative days.
Raccelli said he has put about $7 million into Maddie’s…
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