HB 1879-S - DIGEST |
(DIGEST AS ENACTED) |
Requires the state health care authority to: (1) Issue a request for proposals to provide integrated managed health and behavioral health care for foster children receiving care through the medical assistance program; and |
(2) Require a second opinion review from an expert in psychiatry for all prescriptions of one or more antipsychotic medications of all children under eighteen years of age in the foster care system. |
Requires certain behavioral health services to be integrated into the managed health care plan for foster children beginning October 1, 2018. |