SF 1444

1st Engrossment - 86th Legislature (2009 - 2010) Posted on 02/09/2010 02:20am

A bill for an act
relating to human services; eliminating medical assistance coverage for certain
ineffective preventive services; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section
256B.0625, subdivision 14.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 256B.0625, subdivision 14, is amended to
read:

Subd. 14.

Diagnostic, screening, and preventive services.

(a) Medical assistance
covers diagnostic, screening, and preventive services.

(b) "Preventive services" include services related to pregnancy, including:

(1) services for those conditions which may complicate a pregnancy and which may
be available to a pregnant woman determined to be at risk of poor pregnancy outcome;

(2) prenatal HIV risk assessment, education, counseling, and testing; and

(3) alcohol abuse assessment, education, and counseling on the effects of alcohol
usage while pregnant. Preventive services available to a woman at risk of poor pregnancy
outcome may differ in an amount, duration, or scope from those available to other
individuals eligible for medical assistance.

(c) "Screening services" include, but are not limited to, blood lead tests.

new text begin (d) Coverage under this section does not include the preventive services that the
United States Preventive Services Task Force has graded as a "D Recommendation" with
the exception of blood lead level testing for children and pregnant women.
new text end