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Missouri Settles Lawsuit on Foster Kids on Psychopatric Meds

KBIA | By Associated Press
Published December 9, 2019 at 4:04 PM CST
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Missouri will have to overhaul how it monitors foster children on psychotropic drugs as part of a new legal settlement. A federal judge this past week gave the settlement agreement final approval. Children's Rights and other advocacy groups last year filed a class-action lawsuit against the state. They alleged that Missouri overmedicated children in foster care with psychotropic drugs.

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