Expand Medicaid funding for inpatient mental health care

Liccardo supports removing the federal Medicaid rule that generally blocks funding for mental health facilities with more than 16 beds. He argues that allowing Medicaid to cover larger facilities would expand access to inpatient treatment, while supporting conditions that connect residential stays with preventive, treatment, recovery, and follow-up care provided under evidence-based standards.

Context: The source does not specify the text or scope of a proposed repeal. It describes bundled reimbursement and care conditions as possible approaches, not a definitive requirement.

In their own words

Let’s get Congress to eliminate this statutory relic of the 1960s

The source

Homelessness — samliccardo.com

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