Bill Text: MI HB4051 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Human services; medical services; annual lead screening test for certain children enrolled in Medicaid and MIChild; require. Amends sec. 111k of 1939 PA 280 (MCL 400.111k).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-01-18 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 01/18/2017 [HB4051 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2017-HB4051-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL No. 4051
January 18, 2017, Introduced by Reps. Schor, Sabo, Hammoud, Lasinski, Green and Liberati and referred to the Committee on Health Policy.
A bill to amend 1939 PA 280, entitled
"The social welfare act,"
by amending section 111k (MCL 400.111k), as added by 2004 PA 55.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec.
111k. (1) Beginning October 1, 2007, the The department
of
community health shall ensure that,
as a condition of
participation and funding, all health professionals, facilities, or
health
maintenance organizations receiving medicaid Medicaid
payments under this act are in substantial compliance with federal
standards
for lead screening for children enrolled in medicaid.
Medicaid.
(2)
The department of community health shall determine the
statewide average of lead screening being performed on children who
are
enrolled in medicaid Medicaid
on October 1, 2007 and shall
determine
whether the rate of children who are enrolled in medicaid
Medicaid receiving a lead screening is substantially in compliance
with the federal standards for lead screening for children enrolled
in
medicaid. Medicaid. If the rate of children who are enrolled in
medicaid
Medicaid receiving a lead screening is below 80%, the
director
of the department of community health shall present to the
senate and house health policy committees a written report
detailing why the rate is not in substantial compliance with the
federally
required standards for lead screening and the department
of
community health's department's
recommendations for improving
the rate. If the statewide lead screening testing rate does not
equal
or exceed 80% for medicaid-enrolled Medicaid-enrolled
children
by October 1, 2007, the department of community health
may,
with funds appropriated for medicaid Medicaid managed care or
medicaid
Medicaid fee for services, contract with community
agencies to provide the percentage of lead screening tests needed
to reach an 80% lead screening testing rate. A contracting
organization that meets or surpasses contract performance
requirements is entitled to share in financial bonuses awarded
under the performance bonus program and receive not less than 10%
of the beneficiaries who do not voluntarily select a specific
health plan at the time of managed care enrollment in addition to
any other auto assignments to which the contracting organization is
entitled.
(3) Beginning on the effective date of the amendatory act that
added this subsection, the department shall require that all
medical assistance recipients under 6 years of age and all MIChild
enrollees under 6 years of age receive an annual lead screening
test.
(4) (3)
As used in this section: ,
"medicaid"
(a) "Medicaid" means the program of medical assistance
administered by the state under section 105.
(b) "MIChild" means the federal state children's health
insurance program (SCHIP) administered by the department under
title XXI of the social security act, 42 USC 1397aa to 1397mm.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days
after the date it is enacted into law.
