Published On: January 12, 2010
Categories Access to care, Access to care/EPSDT, Inmate Exclusion, Mental health needs
YLC has signed on with other state and national organizations to urge House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to include in final health care legislation a provision in the House-passed bill (H.R. 3962, §1729) requiring states to suspend—rather than terminate—Medicaid benefits for youth in juvenile facilities. This issue arises out of YLC work on Improving Access to Health Care Services for Youth in the Juvenile Justice System.
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