After the New Hampshire House sidelined an effort to require private insurers to cover wraparound mental health services, the Senate made a last ditch effort to keep it alive.
Senate Bill 498 would’ve required insurance companies to cover a state-run program called FAST Forward that offers wraparound services — a more holistic form of mental health treatment that seeks to connect disparate and complicated social services and care programs — for New Hampshire children. The bill also would’ve created a board with the power to assess fees on companies in order to fund the care.
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