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Pathways CEO asks Delta County to back rural-definition language and warns against state bill changes to mental-health governance
Summary
Matt Maskard, CEO of Pathways Community Mental Health, delivered an annual update and asked the board to send a letter supporting boilerplate 'rural' language for state budget consideration; he also raised concerns about a proposal from Senator McBroom that he said would shift community mental health toward institutional structures and change county liability.
Matt Maskard, chief executive officer of Pathways Community Mental Health, presented the authority’s annual update at the Delta County Board of Commissioners meeting on May 5 and asked the board to support a standard definition of "rural" being proposed for state budget language.
Maskard described Pathways’ mission and services for people with severe mental illness, severe emotional disturbance and developmental disabilities across several Upper Peninsula counties and noted that Medicaid comprises more than 90% of Pathways’…
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