Kidd’s Stuttering Act expands screening and coverage for speech therapy services for stuttering under Medicaid and CHIP.
The Kidd’s Stuttering Act amends the Social Security Act to include screening for childhood-onset fluency disorders, including stuttering, in the core set of child health quality measures. It mandates that Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) cover specified speech therapy services for the treatment of stuttering, starting January 1, 2027. The act also ensures that treatment limitations for these services are no more restrictive than those for other speech therapy services.
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