After four patient deaths, Idaho governor approves reinstatement of cut Medicaid mental health program – East Idaho News

Gov. Brad Little gives the State of the State address at the Idaho Capitol on Jan. 12. (Credit: Sarah A. Miller, Idaho Statesman)

BOISE, Idaho (Capital Sun) – Idaho Gov. Brad Little signed a bill Thursday that restores the Medicaid mental health treatment program that the state cut to comply with the governor’s budget-cutting orders. Less than three months after an Idaho Medicaid contractor shut down a mobile treatment program for people with severe mental illness, four patients … Read more