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Sponsors tell House Health Committee PPEC centers would expand childcare options for children with complex medical needs
Summary
House Bill 141 would authorize prescribed pediatric extended care (PPEC) centers—community-based, licensed childcare for children with complex medical needs—and establish a Medicaid waiver to pay a daily rate; sponsors say the centers expand options and could cut costs compared with 1:1 home nursing, but waiver rate details are pending.
Representatives Baker and Abrams told the Ohio House Health Committee that House Bill 141 would create prescribed pediatric extended care (PPEC) centers—nonresidential, community-based early childhood and before/after-school programs that care for children with complex medical needs under medical oversight and licensed by the Department of Health. Sponsor Representative Baker said centers would include medical directors, nurses for routine and emergency care, and classroom teachers to deliver…
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