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April 7, 2005
 Nevada Division of Child & Family Services White Paper: Transforming
Children's Mental Health Treatment Services in Nevada
The Governors 2006-2007 Executive Budget for the Division of Child and
Family Services (DCFS) included funding to increase Nevadans access to mental health
services. It provided funding for
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Additional mental health staff to reduce
waitlists for children in urgent need of treatment
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Psychiatric nurses to join
treatment services authorization teams (utilization management),
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Increased rates for contracted residential treatment care
providers.
However, changes in federal Medicaid law created a delay in implementation of targeted case management services
for youth with serious emotional disturbances in foster care. As of
December 2007, DCFS had a verbal agreement with the federal Centers for
Medicare and Medicaid Services for a six-month extension to bring the
state plans into compliance with Medicaid changes caused by the 2005
Deficit Reduction Act.
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