Washington Update, May 8, 2020

by | May 8, 2020 | NCFPP, Washington Update

Once again, Congress is developing legislation to address the health and economic consequences of the coronavirus. States and their Medicaid programs are in financial binds, but it could be weeks before something is passed. CMS released an updated set of Medicaid & CHIP COVID-19 FAQs for State Medicaid and CHIP Agencies. And HHS provided a grant of $1 million to Family Voices to facilitate the use of telehealth for children and youth with special health care needs and their families. Read about these topics and more in this week’s Update.

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With families at the center of health care, all children and youth reach their full potential and health disparities are eliminated.

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Family Voices is a national organization and grassroots network of families and friends of children and youth with special health care needs and disabilities that promotes partnership with families—including those of cultural, linguistic and geographic diversity—in order to improve health care services and policies for children.

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