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Multivariable logistic regressions estimated associations between facility-level and county-level characteristics and each outcome.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Results<\/jats:title>\n Among 5559 respondent facilities (response rate, 73.0%), 4314 (77.6%) offered treatment to children. Among children-treating facilities, 3345 (77.5%) offered telehealth services, and 2419 (56.1%) offered telehealth-based medication management. Hawaii (1 of 1 facility [100.0%]), Montana (32 of 33 facilities [97.0%]), and Colorado (79 of 85 facilities [92.9%]) had the highest rates of offering telehealth services to children, whereas Georgia (52 of 81 facilities [64.2%]), Vermont (9 of 15 facilities [60.0%]), and Alabama (25 of 46 facilities [54.3%]) had the lowest. Noncommunity mental health centers had lower odds (adjusted odds ratio [aOR], 0.36; 95% CI, 0.25-0.52) of offering telehealth for children compared with community mental health centers. Facilities that did not accept Medicaid or private insurance as a form of payment were less likely to provide medication management via telehealth (aOR, 0.46; 95% CI, 0.25-0.86) compared with facilities that accepted Medicaid as a form of payment. Public facilities had greater odds of providing telehealth-based medication management (aOR, 1.86; 95% CI, 1.20-2.88) than private for-profit facilities. Facilities in counties in the second (aOR, 0.67; 95% CI, 0.48-0.93), third (aOR, 0.66; 95% CI, 0.45-0.97), and highest (aOR, 0.67; 95% CI, 0.45-0.99) household income quartiles were less likely to offer telehealth medication management.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Conclusions and Relevance<\/jats:title>\n In this cross-sectional study of a sample of US MHTFs, most facilities offered telehealth services for children, but the offering varied across facility types and states. 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