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HB677 • 2025

Health; certain placement procedures for children upon discharge from a hospital or psychiatric residential treatment facility; provide

Health; certain placement procedures for children upon discharge from a hospital or psychiatric residential treatment facility; provide

Children Healthcare
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Sponsor
Dempsey, Katie
Last action
2025-03-10
Official status
Senate Read and Referred
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The phrase 'in certain circumstances' appears multiple times but the specific conditions are not defined in the provided summary or title excerpts.

HB677: Rules for Placing Children After Hospital Discharge

This bill sets rules for placing children after they leave a hospital or psychiatric residential treatment facility and allows daily payments to these facilities in certain situations.

What This Bill Does

  • Provides procedures for placing children upon discharge from a hospital or psychiatric residential treatment facility in certain circumstances.
  • Allows per diem (daily) payments to hospitals or psychiatric residential treatment facilities in certain circumstances.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Children being discharged from hospitals or psychiatric residential treatment facilities.
  • Hospitals and psychiatric residential treatment facilities that may receive placement procedures or daily payments.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill text does not specify the exact dollar amount of the per diem payments.
  • The specific circumstances triggering these new placement procedures and payments are not detailed in the summary provided.
  • An effective date for when this law begins is not listed in the source material.

Bill History

  1. 2025-03-10 Georgia General Assembly

    Senate Read and Referred

Official Summary Text

Health; certain placement procedures for children upon discharge from a hospital or psychiatric residential treatment facility; provide