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Ronald McDonald Houses ask senators to keep Medicaid lodging reimbursement in budget
Summary
Representatives of Ronald McDonald House Charities told the Senate Medicaid subcommittee that a Medicaid lodging benefit included in HB 96 helps families stay near pediatric hospitals; they provided usage estimates and asked lawmakers to preserve a $5 million appropriation for lodging assistance.
Rita Cyr, executive director of Ronald McDonald House Charities (testifying on behalf of Ohio's six houses), told the Senate Medicaid subcommittee that Medicaid reimbursement for lodging at Ronald McDonald Houses helps families remain near hospitalized children and requested that a $5 million appropriation to support the lodging benefit remain in the budget.
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