1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to health care; modifying the EPSDT screening;amending Minnesota 
1.3 	Statutes 2016, section 256B.0625, subdivision 58.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 256B.0625, subdivision 58, is amended to 
1.6 	read:
1.7 		Subd. 58.Early and periodic screening, diagnosis, and treatment services. (a) Medical 
1.8 	assistance covers early and periodic screening, diagnosis, and treatment services (EPSDT). 
1.9 	The payment amount for a complete EPSDT screening shall not include charges for health 
1.10 	care services and products that are available at no cost to the provider and shall not exceed 
1.11 	the rate established per Minnesota Rules, part 9505.0445, item M, effective October 1, 2010.
1.12 	(b) A provider is not required to perform as part of an EPSDT screening any of the 
1.13 	recommendations that were added on or after January 1, 2017, to the child and teen checkup 
1.14 	program periodicity schedule, in order to receive the full payment amount for a complete 
1.15 	EPSDT screening. This paragraph expires January 1, 2021.

1.16 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.