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Gov. Eric Holcomb led a pandemic-delayed celebration Tuesday as he reenacted signing his name to a new state law aimed at ensuring all Northwest Indiana children with serious medical conditions can continue being treated at Chicago children s hospitals.
The Republican chief executive was surrounded in his Statehouse office by Northwest Indiana children s health advocates, Chicago hospital leaders and Region lawmakers as he ceremonially signed House Enrolled Act 1305.
The new law, which Holcomb officially approved April 26, took effect July 1 after advancing through the Indiana House and Senate without a single Hoosier lawmaker voting no.
It guarantees continued access to Chicago medical care by increasing the rates Indiana Medicaid pays 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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