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Senate committee advances bill letting DHHS assess need for extra pediatric beds at Cedar Crest
Summary
The Senate Health and Human Services Committee voted by consent to advance Senate Bill 18, which would allow the Department of Health and Human Services commissioner to evaluate and request additional pediatric intermediate care beds at Cedar Crest without lifting the long‑term care bed moratorium.
Senate Health and Human Services members voted by consent to advance Senate Bill 18, a measure that would let the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) commissioner evaluate whether New Hampshire’s only pediatric intermediate care facility needs more beds and, if so, seek fiscal‑committee approval to add them.
The bill’s prime sponsor, Sen. Cindy Rosenwald, told the committee the proposal creates a process for the commissioner to "assess the need for serving New Hampshire's children with complex developmental and medical needs" without dismantling the long‑term care bed moratorium that has been in place since 1995. Rosenwald said the fiscal committee would vet any recommendation…
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