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Committee advances bills to license pediatric prescribed extended care and authorize Medicaid payment
Summary
The committee advanced a three‑bill package to license pediatric prescribed extended care (PPEC) facilities and set commercial and Medicaid payment frameworks. Witnesses — PPEC operators, hospital clinicians, and a parent — said PPECs provide medically supervised day services that can reduce hospital stays and caregiver burdens.
The House Health Policy Committee reported a package of bills (HB 5974, HB 6152, HB 6153) to license prescribed pediatric extended care (PPEC) facilities and to establish payment frameworks so eligible families can access day‑health services for medically complex children. Chair Rogers described PPECs as a nonresidential, medical day‑care model with multidisciplinary staff, typically a nursing director and medical director, and a typical staffing ratio described in testimony as about 3 children to 1 health professional.
Chair Rogers and witnesses said PPECs are active in other states and that the bills would create licensure…
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