1.1.................... moves to amend H.F. No. 1479 as follows:
1.2Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:
1.3 "Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2013 Supplement, section 256B.0625, subdivision
1.458, is amended to read:
1.5 Subd. 58.
Early and periodic screening, diagnosis, and treatment services. (a)
1.6Medical assistance covers early and periodic screening, diagnosis, and treatment services
1.7(EPSDT). The payment amount for a complete EPSDT screening shall not include charges
1.8for vaccines that are available at no cost to the provider and shall not exceed the rate
1.9established per Minnesota Rules, part 9505.0445, item M, effective October 1, 2010.
1.10(b) EPSDT services include asthma management interventions provided in
1.11nonclinical settings and asthma education provided by certified asthma educators.
1.12 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 256B.0625, is amended by adding a
1.13subdivision to read:
1.14 Subd. 64. Enhanced asthma care services. Medical assistance covers enhanced
1.15asthma care services and related products. Covered services and products include:
1.16(1) home assessments for asthma triggers, in-home asthma interventions, and asthma
1.17education, provided by certified asthma educators and healthy homes specialists;
1.18(2) allergen-reducing products for asthma triggers identified during a home
1.19assessment or in-home asthma intervention;
1.20(3) modification services needed to reduce asthma triggers, including but not limited
1.21to mold and pest control;
1.22(4) in-clinic services provided by certified asthma educators; and
1.23(5) other services and products identified by the commissioner through reviews of
1.24best-practice asthma care.
1.25The commissioner shall coordinate these enhanced asthma care services with early and
1.26periodic screening, diagnosis, and treatment services under subdivision 58 and services
2.1provided through health care homes under sections 256B.0751 and 256B.0753 and health
2.2homes under section 256B.0757."
2.3Delete the title and insert:
2.5relating to human services; providing medical assistance coverage for enhanced
2.6asthma care services;amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 256B.0625, by
2.7adding a subdivision; Minnesota Statutes 2013 Supplement, section 256B.0625,
2.8subdivision 58."