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Committee advances bill updating hospital screening duties, Medicaid information for pregnant women
Summary
During the work session the committee amended and moved SB 138, which revises hospital procedures related to presumptive eligibility screenings and the provision of information about Supplemental Security Income and Medicaid; motion passed with one nay and will be reported to the floor.
In a brief work session presentation, committee staff summarized changes in Senate Bill 138, a measure revising rules governing health care for pregnant women and newborns. The attached amendment would permit a vendor contracted by a hospital to perform presumptive eligibility screenings in the same manner as qualified hospital staff and allow hospitals to provide Medicaid or Supplemental Security Income information verbally when written materials are unavailable in a parent's native language. The amendment also clarifies that application information need not be provided to pregnant women already enrolled in Medicaid and lists several additional assembly cosponsors.
The committee voted on a motion to amend and do pass. The motion was made by Vice Chair Wynne and seconded by Assembly Member Gonzales. The committee recorded one nay from Assembly Member Hafen; otherwise the motion carried. The committee assigned the floor statement to Assembly Member Gonzales.
