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<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="19-390" future_version_removed="true" title_number="19" title_name="Health Care Facilities" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Hospitals and Related Institutions">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Department and the Department of Human Services shall establish a pediatric hospital overstay coordinator within each department.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The coordinators shall act in the best interest of a pediatric overstay patient by coordinating between hospitals, relevant State agencies and programs, and providers of mental health and substance use disorder services.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The coordinators shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Advocate on behalf of pediatric hospital overstay patients while maintaining appropriate patient confidentiality;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Review policies and procedures of relevant State agencies and make recommendations for necessary changes to the policies and procedures to better serve pediatric hospital overstay patients;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Maintain data on each pediatric hospital overstay patient, including:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Patient’s length of stay;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The responsible State agency, if applicable;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Services needed;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>Placement options being sought by the patient;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>Information regarding previous hospital admissions for a behavioral health diagnosis;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>Information regarding whether the admission was based on an emergency petition and, if so, whether the emergency petition was executed in a school; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vii">
        <text>Any other relevant data; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Provide monthly reports on the data collected under this subsection to the Secretary, the Secretary of Human Services, and the Child and Youth Placement Review Panel in the Governor’s Office for Children.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>A hospital immediately shall notify the coordinators, through a system designated by the Department, about a pediatric hospital overstay patient.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
