Idaho lawmakers might have funding to restore cut Medicaid mental health program

By: Kyle Pfannenstiel

Outlets: Idaho Capital Sun

Published: March 17, 2026

Words: 751

Last Updated: 4 months, 2 weeks ago

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A committee of the Idaho Legislature recommended using legal settlement funds to attempt to restore Medicaid programs that the state has cut.

That would include a mobile treatment program that cared for people with severe mental illness who have struggled in routine treatment settings. In less than four months after an Idaho Medicaid contractor cut the program, called Assertive Community Treatment, four patients have died, the Idaho Capital Sun reported. That’s a sharp uptick …

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