August 19, 2025
A New York federal judge has given the green light to allow the state to revamp its Medicaid mental health services for children to expand greater in-home and crisis care to prevent the institutionalization of kids.
U.S. District Judge Nusrat J. Choudhury on Monday approved the settlement between the state and a class of Medicaid-eligible youth, which will still go through a January 2026 fairness hearing before taking effect. It includes a multiyear plan to better provide teenage Medicaid recipients with mental health services.