Montana lawmakers review issues facing public education

Despite widespread confusion and concern expressed by local school officials last month, Montana’s Department of Public Health and Human Services reported to lawmakers Monday that recent changes to Medicaid reimbursements for student mental health services are “going relatively smoothly.”

That assessment came from DPHHS Children’s Mental Health Bureau Chief Meghan Peel, who gave members of the Legislature’s Education Interim Committee their first look at how the state’s Comprehensive School and Community Treatment (CSCT) program is faring...