EMPIRE REPORT
By Stephen Marshall | November 19, 2024
The Governor must preserve and protect the State’s more than 250 school-based health centers (SBHCs) which provide essential health, mental health, dental and reproductive healthcare services through a highly patient-centered model built around kids and adolescents, where they spend most of the day- in schools. The Governor must reject the plan to shift this critical safety net provider to Medicaid managed care on April 1, 2025, and instead sign S7840, Rivera/A8862, Paulin into law to permanently allow SBHCs to remain in fee-for-service Medicaid, directly administered by the State. Read full article
Stephen Marshall, DDS, MPH is Chair of the New York School-Based Health Alliance.
