HB 1491-S - DIGEST |
(DIGEST OF PROPOSED 1ST SUBSTITUTE) |
Addresses an establishment that provides pediatric transitional care services to drug exposed infants and requires the establishment to demonstrate that it is capable of providing services for children who: (1) Are no more than one year of age; |
(2) Have been exposed to drugs before birth; |
(3) Require twenty-four hour continuous residential care and skilled nursing services as a result of prenatal substance exposure; and |
(4) Are referred to the establishment by the department of social and health services, regional hospitals, and private parties. |
Requires the secretary of the department of health, in consultation with the department of social and health services, to adopt rules on pediatric transitional care services. |