Colorado officials weigh rule change to give longer hospital stays to mentally ill patients

Barbara Vassis at her home in Longmont on Friday, Dec. 7, 2023. Vassis would like Medicaid to change a rule that prematurely discharges people with severe mental health issues from hospitals. Her daughter has been caught up in the system for years. (Photo by Andy Cross/The Denver Post)

By Seth Klamann | sklamann@denverpost.com | The Denver Post

PUBLISHED: December 11, 2023 at 6:00 AM MST | UPDATED: December 11, 2023 at 6:03 AM MST

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As Colorado broadly re-assesses its mental health system, a group of legislators, mental health advocates and parents are working to change the Medicaid mental health rule and provide 30 days of inpatient treatment to patients who need it.

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Decades-old rule pushes mentally ill Coloradans out of hospitals too soon. Legislators may finally change it.

Low-income and homeless Coloradans are routinely released from hospitals before they’re ready because of a decades-old rule

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