New state policy aims to make it easier for adopted children to get mental health treatment - North Carolina

Chris Engel 11/4/137:12 PM

"Until now, parents who adopted children on Medicaid, the government insurance for the poor, elderly and disabled, have had trouble finding mental health therapists for them once the children started lives with their new families and moved away from the counties where they were born.

"On Friday, the state Medicaid office tried to straighten out that problem, declaring that the children’s new home was to be used for Medicaid treatment and provider-payment purposes.

“This policy change insures beneficiaries receive services without delay and providers receive payment for services rendered,” the administrative letter said...."

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