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Providers and frontline workers urge full funding of foster care rate reform as hospitals report overstays
Summary
Provider groups, hospital representatives and child-welfare workers urged the subcommittee to fully fund rate reform, saying flat funding strains capacity and contributes to hospital overstays; hospitals reported about 33 pediatric overstays on Jan. 31, and providers said past rate increases helped staffing and placement capacity.
Provider groups and frontline child-welfare staff urged the Health and Social Services Subcommittee to fully fund foster care rate reform during the Department of Human Services Social Services Administration budget hearing on Feb. 25.
Sarah Hairgrove of the Community Behavioral Health Association of Maryland called full funding "a moral imperative," saying flat funding acts as a cut that reduces provider capacity. "We respectfully urge you to…
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