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Colorado legislators set aside $7.2 million to fund longer psychiatric hospital stays

A decades-old Medicaid rule forced early discharge of low-income patients with mental illnesses

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)
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)
Denver Post reporter Seth Klamann in Commerce City, Colorado on Friday, Jan. 26, 2024. (Photo by Andy Cross/The Denver Post)
By | sklamann@denverpost.com | The Denver Post
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Low-income Coloradans with mental illnesses are poised to receive longer hospital stays after state legislators set aside money to expand a decades-old Medicaid rule.
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