THE MERCURY NEWS: California Reforms To Cut Use Of Foster Care Psych Meds Will Cost Millions

THE MERCURY NEWS: California Reforms To Cut Use Of Foster Care Psych Meds Will Cost Millions

“This is an exciting development,” said Kathryn Dresslar, who was chief of staff to former Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg and is with the nonprofit advocacy group Children’s Partnership. “The fact that there are dollars in the budget right now that specifically mention training for psychotropic drugs, and the kind of tracking that we need, is good news — I think that means that the administration intends to address this problem in some way to a greater extent than they have in the past.”

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