MedPage Today (9/19, Firth) reports, “One in three children in foster care who were treated with psychotropic medications did not receive proper state-required oversight for treatment planning or medication monitoring…a federal Office of the Inspector General (OIG) report” concluded. In particular, “34% of children in a five-state study did not receive either treatment planning or medication monitoring, and 8% received neither, the report noted.” What’s more, “the OIG called on the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), a division of the Department of Health and Human Services, to ‘develop a comprehensive strategy to improve States’ compliance with requirements related to treatment planning and medication monitoring for psychotropic medications.’”
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