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Appropriate Access to Residential Treatment for Behavioral Health Needs for Children in Medicaid

Staff presented a draft chapter describing findings from the Commission’s analytic work on appropriate access to residential behavioral health treatment services for children with Medicaid coverage. The draft chapter provided an overview of Medicaid coverage for residential treatment services, how children are referred to residential treatment, what is known about the use of residential treatment, the use of out-of-state placement, access considerations related to the continuum of care, and barriers to appropriate residential treatment.