Bill is sponsored to expand Medicare

By: ANNA PULEO LSU Manship School News Service BATON ROUGE--A proposal to expand Louisiana’s Medicaid coverage for mental health to include partial hospitalization services is moving forward in the Legislature, but only after lawmakers removed a key component to cut costs. Senate Bill 96, authored by Sen. Patrick McMath, R-Covington, would require the Louisiana Department of Health to reimb...

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