Wednesday, July 27, 2011

EXCLUSIVE: In Congress, psychiatrist pushes for foster health care

EXCLUSIVE: In Congress, psychiatrist pushes for foster health care

In 2008, Congress passed legislation broadly hailed as the most sweeping reform of federal child welfare policy in a decade. The bill, sponsored by Rep. Jim McDermott, D-Wash., mandated among other elements that each state develop a plan for "the ongoing oversight and coordination of health care services for any child in a foster care placement."

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