State Rep. Hal Slager, R-Schererville, is halfway toward his goal of ensuring Northwest Indiana children covered by Medicaid never are turned away from nearby Chicago children s hospitals.
The Indiana House voted 93-0 on Thursday to advance Slager s House Bill 1305 to the Senate for a decision on sending it to Republican Gov. Eric Holcomb to be signed into law.
It increases the rates Indiana Medicaid pays to out-of-state children s hospitals for treating Hoosier children to more closely match the significantly higher rates Medicaid pays Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis for the same services.
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