Lawmakers seek public health support to address child trauma

A recently introduced bill aimed at expanding Medicaid coverage to provide support to children adversely affected by trauma faces an unclear path to passage under a Trump administration that seeks to slash domestic program spending. Last month, a group of Democratic lawmakers reintroduced the Trauma Informed Care for Children and Families Act. The bill was first introduce last December but stalled in committee. If it passes, the bill would create a task force to identify and recommend best practices in addressing pediatric trauma.“As we work to address the root causes of violence, we need to focus on the impact that community violence and other traumatic experiences have on Chicago’s children,” said Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin, one of the bill’s cosponsors in a written