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Senators hear proposal to allow short 'rooming‑in' hospital stays for moms and newborns affected by prenatal opioid exposure
Summary
Senate Bill 137 would let postpartum parents remain co‑located with newborns for monitoring after in‑utero opioid exposure so families can participate in 'Eat‑Sleep‑Console' care; supporters argued this reduces NICU stays and improves outcomes while DHHS sought fiscal detail.
Senate Bill 137 would permit a short hospital stay — beyond the routine postpartum discharge — for a postpartum parent and newborn when the infant requires monitoring for withdrawal following prenatal opioid exposure and no appropriate placement outside the hospital is available. Proponents told the committee that co‑location supports the evidence‑based Eat‑Sleep‑Console model, reduces NICU admissions and improves both maternal and neonatal outcomes.
Senator Sue Prentiss introduced the bill and described regional data showing rises in neonatal opioid withdrawal over the last decade and said treatment practices have shifted from extended neonatal pharmacologic…
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