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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5410
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5410, on page 1, | ||||||
| 3 | line 15, after "public", by inserting "or private"; and
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| 4 | on page 22, line 5, after "poisoning.", by inserting "This | ||||||
| 5 | prohibition on disclosure does not prevent the Department or | ||||||
| 6 | its delegates from using any information it obtains civilly, | ||||||
| 7 | criminally, or administratively to prosecute any person who | ||||||
| 8 | violates this Act, nor does it prevent the Department or its | ||||||
| 9 | delegates from disclosing any certificate of compliance, | ||||||
| 10 | notice, or mitigation order issued pursuant to this Act."; and | ||||||
| 11 | on page 23, line 18, by replacing "Laboratory fees for blood | ||||||
| 12 | lead testing screening" with "Fees; reimbursement Laboratory | ||||||
| 13 | fees for blood lead screening"; and | ||||||
| 14 | on page 24, by replacing lines 8 through 14 with the following: | ||||||
| 15 | "(b) The Department shall certify, as required by the | ||||||
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| 1 | Department of Healthcare and Family Services, any | ||||||
| 2 | non-reimbursed public expenditures for all approved lead | ||||||
| 3 | testing and evaluation activities for Medicaid-eligible | ||||||
| 4 | children expended by the Department from the non-federal | ||||||
| 5 | portion of funds, including, but not limited to, assessment of | ||||||
| 6 | home, physical, and family environments; comprehensive | ||||||
| 7 | environmental lead investigation; and laboratory services for | ||||||
| 8 | Medicaid-eligible children. The Department of Healthcare and | ||||||
| 9 | Family Services shall provide appropriate Current Procedural | ||||||
| 10 | Terminology (CPT) Codes for all billable services and claim | ||||||
| 11 | federal financial participation for the properly certified | ||||||
| 12 | public expenditures submitted to it by the Department. Any | ||||||
| 13 | federal financial participation revenue received pursuant to | ||||||
| 14 | this Act shall be deposited in the Lead Poisoning Screening, | ||||||
| 15 | Prevention, and Abatement Fund."; and | ||||||
| 16 | on page 34, lines 17 and 18, by replacing "located, who has | ||||||
| 17 | then shall the authority to" with "located. The State's | ||||||
| 18 | Attorney , who has then the authority to".
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