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Founder of Bridget's Path urges restoration of $1M infant-vitality line item to keep residential infant-care center open

3717175 · June 6, 2025
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Bridget's Path founder Jill Kingston told the Senate Finance Committee that removal of a $1 million line item in HB 96 would force the Dayton residential infant-care center to reduce operations and turn away newborns experiencing withdrawal.

Jill Kingston, founder and president of Bridget’s Path, testified to the Senate Finance Committee that the nonprofit residential infant-care center provides inpatient, home-like medical care and wraparound services for newborns experiencing withdrawal from prenatal substance exposure. Kingston said the General Assembly included temporary language in the last budget directing the Ohio Department of Medicaid (ODM) and the Department of…

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