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Appropriations panel advances bills to curb pediatric hospital overstays and restrict unlicensed placements
Summary
The Appropriations Committee unanimously advanced two Delegate Shetty bills to limit pediatric hospital overstays and prohibit out‑of‑home placements in unlicensed settings, adopting technical and clarifying amendments before passing both measures.
The Appropriations Committee voted unanimously to advance two bills sponsored by Delegate Shetty meant to reduce pediatric hospital overstays and to restrict out‑of‑home placements in unlicensed settings.
The bills respond to what Shetty described as "a crisis in the state" of pediatric hospital overstays. "What this bill does is it alters the provisions relating to children placed in out‑of‑home placements under a voluntary pre placement agreement with the local department of social services," Shetty said…
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