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Panel approves bill allowing flexible expansion of Cedar Crest pediatric intermediate care beds; amendment and final passage recorded
Summary
The committee approved, with amendments, legislation authorizing additional pediatric intermediate care beds at Cedar Crest (Keene) with a requirement that bed additions be recommended by the commissioner and approved by the fiscal committee; the amendment correcting a typographical error was passed and the bill passed on a 15–0 roll call.
House HHS took up Senate Bill 18, which would permit the state’s pediatric intermediate care facility, Cedar Crest in Keene, to add beds as needed subject to oversight. Representative Weber, speaking for the bill, said it would allow the number of medically fragile children served to expand and contract without the legislature having to act each time, while preserving safeguards: bed additions would require a recommendation by the commissioner of Health and Human Services and approval by the General Court’s fiscal committee.
Representative Weber offered amendment 202516o5h to fix an editorial error (changing the word “immediate” to “intermediate” in one place). Representative Palmer seconded. The committee voted on the amendment by roll call; the clerk recorded a 15–0 vote in favor. Representative Weber then moved the bill “ought to pass as amended.” The motion carried on roll call, recorded as 15–0.
What this means: The amendment was procedural and corrected language; the committee’s roll-call approvals moved the bill forward.
