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Senate advances bill to allow hospitals to grant Medicaid presumptive eligibility after a positive newborn screen
Summary
The Senate committee adopted an author's amendment and voted to recommend passage of Senate File 1175, which would let hospitals establish presumptive Medicaid eligibility for infants with positive newborn screening results so treatment can begin while disability determinations proceed.
Senators on the committee voted to adopt an author's amendment and recommended passage of Senate File 11‑75, a bipartisan bill sponsored by Senator Bolden that would allow hospitals to establish presumptive Medicaid eligibility for newborns who receive a positive newborn screen, the bill’s author said.
Senator Bolden introduced the measure as a way to speed access to urgent care for infants whose newborn screening indicates a congenital or heritable condition. “This is a bill that connects presumptive eligibility for Medicaid with positive newborn screening results, to ensure that infants with urgent medical needs can get immediate care,” Bolden told the committee.
Health and rare‑disease advocates and clinicians supported the change. Erica Barnes, executive director of the Minnesota Rare Disease Advisory Council,…
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