The child mental health system is a precarious thing that has been pasted together over the last couple of decades, primarily with Medicaid reimbursement as its funding.  Any change to the way in which this is administered will destabilize the system.  Out of the 133 localities in VA, 100 of them already do not have enough mental health professionals to serve children and their families (Voices for VA's Children).We can't have knee-jerk decisions without understanding the full impact of them.  This proposed change to disallow residents in counseling to be able to bring in Medicaid reimbursement will reduce service availability to children and families significantly and will reduce the training arena for our burgeoning professionals.    Very badand foolish decision, if pursued.