Bill > H95

This bill mandates that the Department of Developmental Services, in collaboration with the Department of Children and Families and the Department of Mental Health, must ensure that children with intellectual disabilities are placed in residential services within 30 days of being deemed eligible for treatment by a mental health care facility. Additionally, the bill establishes a special commission to investigate and propose solutions for timely payment and placement of disabled children in residential care facilities, aiming to reform the current healthcare system's payment processes and improve the MassHealth reimbursement system for these facilities, with the commission required to submit its final recommendations within one year of the bill's passage.