California Welfare and Institutions Code

§ 14197.08

WIC § 14197.08 Effective Jan 1, 2021Div. 9 · Part 3 · Ch. 7 · Art. 6.3

Statute text

(a)A contract between the department and a Medi-Cal managed care plan shall require the Medi-Cal managed care plan to do both of the following:

(1)Identify, on a quarterly basis, every enrollee who is a child without a record of completing the blood lead screening tests required pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 37100) of Division 1 of Title 17 of the California Code of Regulations.

(2)On a quarterly basis, remind the contracting network provider who is a health care provider responsible for performing the periodic health assessment of the child enrollee pursuant to Section 37100 of Title 17 of the California Code of Regulations of the requirement to perform required blood lead screening tests for that child, and the requirement to provide oral or written anticipatory guidance to a parent or guardian of the child, including at a minimum, the information that children may be harmed by exposure to lead.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2020, Ch. 216, Sec. 3. (AB 2276) Effective January 1, 2021.