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_ 353 Item Details($) Appropriations($) ITEM 268. First Year Second Year First Year Second Year FY2025 FY2026 FY2025 FY2026 eligible children and youth through the Children's Services Act, thereby increasing Medicaid reimbursement for treatment services and decreasing the number of denials for Medicaid services related to medical necessity and utilization review activities. H. Pursuant to subdivision 21 of § 2.2-2648, Code of Virginia, no later than December 20 in the odd-numbered years, the State Executive Council shall biennially publish and disseminate to members of the General Assembly and Community Policy and Management Teams a progress report on services for children, youth, and families and a plan for such services for the succeeding biennium. I. Out of this appropriation, $275,000 the first year and $275,000 the second year from the general fund shall be used to purchase and maintain an information system to provide quality and timely child demographic, service, expenditure, and outcome data. J. The State Executive Council shall work with the Department of Education to ensure that funding in this Item is sufficient to pay for the educational services of students that have been placed in or admitted to state or privately operated psychiatric or residential treatment facilities to meet the educational needs of the students as prescribed in the student's Individual Educational Plan (IEP). K.1. The Office of Children's Services (OCS) shall report on funding for therapeutic foster care services including but not limited to the number of children served annually, average cost of care, type of service provided, length of stay, referral source, and ultimate disposition. In addition, the OCS shall provide guidance and training to assist localities in negotiating contracts with therapeutic foster care providers. 2. The Office of Children's Services shall report on funding for special education day treatment and residential services, including but not limited to the number of children served annually, average cost of care, type of service provided, length of stay, referral source, and ultimate disposition. 3. The Office of Children's Services shall report by December 1 of each year the information included in this paragraph to the Chairmen of the House Appropriations and Senate Finance and Appropriations Committees. L. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for services provided on or after July 1, 2025, the rate of reimbursement to localities for private day educational services shall not increase more than 5.0 percent over the rates for such services provided the previous year. 269. Administrative and Support Services (49900) $2,939,446 $2,939,446 $2,997,986 General Management and Direction (49901) $2,939,446 $2,939,446 $2,997,986 Fund Sources: General $2,939,446 $2,939,446 $2,997,986 Authority: Title 2.2, Chapter 26, Code of Virginia. A. The Office of Children's Services may enter into a memorandum of understanding with the Department of Social Services for the provision of routine administrative support services. B.1. Out of this appropriation, $100,000 the first year and $100,000 the second year from the general fund shall be provided to the Office of Children's Services (OCS) to contract with the Virginia Department of Education's Office of Special Education to conduct a review of private day placement decisions in those localities with a higher than average number of placements and make recommendations to the local education agency. OCS shall, on its website by October 1 of each year, (i) show the number of students in private day placements by locality; (ii) calculate the ratio of children in private day placements to the number of students in the local education agency (LEA); and (iii) identify the LEAs that exceed the statewide average of private day placements compared to the LEA's enrollment. 2. The Office of Comprehensive Services, in coordination with the Virginia Department of