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.