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Senate panel votes to give DHS oversight of psychiatric residential treatment facilities after debate
Summary
Lawmakers voted to advance HB 14‑46 to add Department of Human Services oversight and quality standards for psychiatric residential treatment facilities; hospitals warned the bill risks duplicative regulation while sponsors said consistent quality standards are needed for vulnerable children.
The Senate Public Health, Welfare and Labor Committee voted to advance House Bill 14‑46 as amended after extended testimony about oversight and quality standards for psychiatric residential treatment facilities (PRTFs).
Representative Jeremy Wooldridge, a licensed clinical social worker, told senators the bill would align outpatient and inpatient quality standards and give the Department of Human Services authority to set rules so that…
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