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Amendment H-8029 to HF 2402

Relating to behavioral health services for children including psychiatric medical institutions for children

Adopted · February 21, 2024

Filed February 20, 2024 in the House by

What it changes

AI summary This amendment changes several requirements into optional actions and specifies that certain services must be billable. It shortens a time limit from ninety to sixty, adds a rule that hospitals must submit care plans within thirty days of admission, and requires the department to review whether applied behavior analysis services are covered under the Hawki program.1

Read the amendment’s wording
  1. Page 2, line 12, by striking “Require” and inserting “Allow”
  2. Page 2, line 13, by striking “required” and inserting “billable”
  3. Page 2, line 17, by striking “Require” and inserting “Allow”
  4. Page 2, line 18, by striking “required” and inserting “billable”
  5. Page 2, by striking lines 33 and 34 and inserting “organization to respond within five business days from receipt of a request for authorization for a PMIC placement, if the certificate of need and independent assessment have been received in a timely manner.”
  6. Page 3, line 5, by striking “Require” and inserting “Allow”
  7. Page 3, line 6, by striking “ninety” and inserting “sixty”
  8. Page 3, line 7, after “thereafter.” by inserting “A PMIC shall submit a care plan to the managed care organization within thirty days of the admission.”
  9. Page 3, after line 26 by inserting: “Sec. ___. HAWKI PROGRAM —— BENEFITS INCLUDED IN QUALIFIED CHILD HEALTH PLAN —— REVIEW. The department of health and human services shall review the benefits included in a qualified child health plan under the Hawki program and shall specifically address the inclusion of applied behavior analysis services as a covered benefit. The department shall report the findings of the review to the general assembly by December 1,
  10. ”
  11. Title page, line 1, after “to” by inserting “behavioral health services for children including”
  12. By renumbering as necessary.

Official amendment (PDF) · In the Bill Book