WASHINGTON – Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security, will hold a hearing titled, "The Financial and Societal Costs of Medicating America's Foster Children," on Thursday Dec. 1, 2011 at 10:30 a.m. in room 342 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C.

The hearing will examine the impacts and costs of improper prescribing of psychotropic drugs to American children enrolled in Medicaid through foster care.

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WHAT
U.S. Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security hearing, "The Financial and Societal Costs of Medicating America's Foster Children"

WHEN
Thursday December 1, 2011
10:30 a.m.

WHERE
342 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C.

WITNESSES
(subject to change)

Panel I:

Ke'onte Cook
Age 12
McKinney, Texas
Mr. Cook will be accompanied by Carol Cook, Mother of Ke'onte Cook

Panel II:

Bryan Samuels
Commissioner
Administration on Children, Youth and Families
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Gregory Kutz
Managing Director
Forensic Audits and Special Investigations
U.S. Government Accountability Office

Matt Salo
Executive Director
National Association of State Medicaid Directors

Jon McClellan, M.D.
Child Psychiatrist
Seattle Children's Hospital