California Welfare and Institutions Code

§ 14132.195

WIC § 14132.195 Effective Jan 1, 2020Div. 9 · Part 3 · Ch. 7 · Art. 4

Statute text

(a)Consistent with federal law, screening services provided as an Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment (EPSDT) benefit pursuant to subdivision (v) of Section 14132 shall include developmental screening services for individuals zero to three years of age, inclusive.

(b)Medi-Cal managed care plans shall ensure, and monitor compliance with, both of the following:

(1)Developmental screening services provided by providers who contract with Medi-Cal managed care plans comply with the periodicity schedule and the standardized and validated developmental screening tools that are established by the Bright Futures Guidelines and Recommendations for Preventive Pediatric Health Care, as established by the American Academy of Pediatrics, and by any future updates to this material.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 387, Sec. 2. (AB 1004) Effective January 1, 2020.