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Delegates press agencies to fix pediatric hospital overstays as bill seeks beds, coordination and reporting (HB 9 62)
Summary
Lawmakers heard testimony on HB 9 62 after widespread examples of children remaining in EDs and inpatient units beyond medical need; the bill would staff existing state residential beds, require real‑time registry participation, create a pediatric overstay coordinator and direct rate and placement reforms.
House Bill 9 62, presented by Committee Chair Jocelyn Pena Milnick, arose from numerous examples committee members and witnesses described of children remaining in hospital emergency departments and inpatient units when medically ready for discharge because appropriate community placements were unavailable. Supporters said the practice is traumatic for children and strains hospital capacity, including pediatric trauma, ICU and specialty services.
The bill would require the state to staff 17 currently unstaffed state residential treatment beds, require state hospitals to participate in a statewide bed registry, establish a pediatric hospital‑overstay coordinator in the…
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