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Sen. Quick warns budget shortfall could reduce services, cites Medicaid cuts that left some autism providers unable to take patients
Summary
Visiting Sen. Quick told Hall County commissioners the upcoming short legislative session will hinge on a state budget shortfall and warned recent Medicaid rate reductions have already caused some ABA providers to stop taking Medicaid patients, affecting roughly 15 children locally.
Sen. Quick, addressing the Hall County Board of Commissioners, said the short legislative session will be dominated by a state budget shortfall and warned that cuts can have immediate local consequences. "The budget shortfall is probably gonna be the biggest concern for us," he said, adding that Medicaid rate changes had already reduced available services for children with autism.
He described an interim study and provider visits on applied behavior analysis (ABA) services and said that, when Medicaid rates were negotiated down, "they cut the rates…
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