1.1.................... moves to amend H. F. No. 984 as follows:
1.2Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:

1.3    "Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 256B.0625, subdivision 14, is amended to
1.4read:
1.5    Subd. 14. Diagnostic, screening, and preventive services. (a) Medical assistance
1.6covers diagnostic, screening, and preventive services.
1.7(b) "Preventive services" include services related to pregnancy, including:
1.8(1) services for those conditions which may complicate a pregnancy and which may
1.9be available to a pregnant woman determined to be at risk of poor pregnancy outcome;
1.10(2) prenatal HIV risk assessment, education, counseling, and testing; and
1.11(3) alcohol abuse assessment, education, and counseling on the effects of alcohol
1.12usage while pregnant. Preventive services available to a woman at risk of poor pregnancy
1.13outcome may differ in an amount, duration, or scope from those available to other
1.14individuals eligible for medical assistance.
1.15(c) "Screening services" include, but are not limited to, blood lead tests.
1.16(d) The commissioner shall encourage, at the time of the child and teen checkup or
1.17at an episodic care visit, the primary care health care provider to perform primary caries
1.18preventive services. Primary caries preventive services include, at a minimum:
1.19(1) a general visual examination of the child's mouth without using probes or other
1.20dental equipment or taking radiographs;
1.21(2) a risk assessment using the factors established by the American Academies
1.22of Pediatrics and Pediatric Dentistry; and
1.23(3) the application of a fluoride varnish beginning at age 1 to those children assessed
1.24by the provider as being high risk in accordance with best practices as defined by the
1.25Department of Human Services.
1.26At each checkup, if primary caries preventive services are provided, the provider must
1.27provide to the child's parent or legal guardian: information on caries etiology and
2.1prevention; and information on the importance of finding a dental home for their child by
2.2the age of 1. The provider must also advise the parent or legal guardian to contact the
2.3child's managed care plan or the Department of Human Services in order to secure a dental
2.4appointment with a dentist. The provider must indicate in the child's medical record that
2.5the parent or legal guardian was provided with this information and that primary caries
2.6prevention services were provided to the child."