CWLA’s comments filed March 15 on the interim final rule on the use of restraint and seclusion in psychiatric residential treatment facilities for individuals under the age of 21.
March 15, 2001 Ms. Michael McMullan Acting Deputy Administrator Health Care Financing Administration Department of Health and Human Services HCFA-2065-IFC P.O. Box 8010 Baltimore, MD 21244 Attn: File Code HCFA-2065-IFC Dear Ms. McMullan: The Child Welfare League of America is the nation's oldest and largest membership-based child welfare organization. We are committed to