Requires the children and families services program of the department of social and health services or the department of children, youth, and families, as appropriate, to: (1) Facilitate a stakeholder work group in a collaborative effort to design a behavioral rehabilitation services rate payment methodology that is based on actual provider costs of care; and

(2) Consider the findings of a contracted rate analysis in designing the methodology.

Requires the caseload forecast council to forecast the number of youth expected to receive behavioral rehabilitation services while involved in the foster care system.

Requires expenditures for behavioral rehabilitation services placement to be forecasted and budgeted as maintenance level costs.