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June 7, 2022
Medicaid, Child Welfare & Institutional Care: Qualified Residential Treatment Programs
Jennifer Lav Issue Brief
A landmark foster care reform law, the Family First Prevention Services Act, was intended to ensure that children are able to live in family-like settings and reduce reliance on unnecessary institutional care. In doing so, the new law put a spotlight on a longstanding Medicaid law and policy that…
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April 14, 2022
Statement for the Record to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Health Hearing on “Communities in Need: Legislation to Support Mental Health and Well-Being.”
Jennifer Lav Comments
*Institutional Authors: National Health Law Program, Autistic Self-Advocacy Network, Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, Center for Public Representation, and National Disability Rights Network NHeLP and partners submitted a statement supporting efforts to improve oversight of children's EPSDT services, increase access to care for justice-involved individuals, and strengthen and…
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April 11, 2022
Medi-Cal Family Therapy
Kimberly Lewis and Rachel Velcoff Hults Fact Sheet
This fact sheet provides health care advocates with an overview of the Medi-Cal family therapy services benefit available in Medi-Cal, and provided through Medi-Cal Managed Care Plans and fee for service providers. *This fact sheet was co-authored by Rachel Velcoff Hults, Senior Equity and Access Attorney, Health at the…
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April 6, 2022
Q&A: Recent EPSDT Cases
Jane Perkins and Amanda Avery Court Document, Health Advocate, NHeLP Matters, Q&A
The Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic and Treatment provisions are among the most specific in the Medicaid Act. This Fact Sheet summarizes three recent court cases that analyze what states must do to comply with EPSDT and discusses an opinion certifying an EPSDT case as class action.
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April 6, 2022
New Criteria for Access to Medi-Cal Specialty Mental Health Services for Beneficiaries Under Age 21
Kimberly Lewis and Rachel Velcoff Hults Fact Sheet
This fact sheet provides health care advocates and stakeholders with the new criteria for Medi-Cal eligible children and youth under age 21 to obtain specialty mental health services under Medi-Cal, as part of California's new Initiative, California Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal (CalAIM). *This fact sheet was co-authored by Rachel…
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February 11, 2022
NHeLP letter to HHS Sec. Becerra – Re: Advancing Health Equity Through Essential Health Benefits
Wayne Turner, Héctor Hernández-Delgado, and Fabiola Carrión Letter
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) established a comprehensive set of ten Essential Health Benefits (EHB) that most health plans must cover. However, regulations allowing states to define EHB through a benchmarking process have lead to inconsistent and inadequate coverage. In this letter to HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra, NHeLP urges…
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Medicaid, Child Welfare & Institutional Care: Qualified Residential Treatment Programs

Statement for the Record to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Health Hearing on “Communities in Need: Legislation to Support Mental Health and Well-Being.”

Medi-Cal Family Therapy

Q&A: Recent EPSDT Cases

New Criteria for Access to Medi-Cal Specialty Mental Health Services for Beneficiaries Under Age 21

NHeLP letter to HHS Sec. Becerra – Re: Advancing Health Equity Through Essential Health Benefits