First Regular Session 112th General Assembly (2001)


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     HOUSE ENROLLED ACT No. 1487



     AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning health.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:

SOURCE: IC 12-15-5-1; (01)HE1487.1.1. -->     SECTION 1. IC 12-15-5-1 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2001]: Sec. 1. Except as provided in IC 12-15-2-12, IC 12-15-6, and IC 12-15-21, the following services and supplies are provided under Medicaid:
        (1) Inpatient hospital services.
        (2) Nursing facility services.
        (3) Physician's services, including services provided under IC 25-10-1 and IC 25-22.5-1.
        (4) Outpatient hospital or clinic services.
        (5) Home health care services.
        (6) Private duty nursing services.
        (7) Physical therapy and related services.
        (8) Dental services.
        (9) Prescribed laboratory and x-ray services.
        (10) Prescribed drugs and services.
        (11) Eyeglasses and prosthetic devices.
        (12) Optometric services.
        (13) Diagnostic, screening, preventive, and rehabilitative services.
        (14) Podiatric medicine services.
        (15) Hospice services.
        (16) Services or supplies recognized under Indiana law and specified under rules adopted by the office.
        (17) Family planning services except the performance of abortions.
        (18) Nonmedical nursing care given in accordance with the tenets and practices of a recognized church or religious denomination to an individual qualified for Medicaid who depends upon healing by prayer and spiritual means alone in accordance with the tenets and practices of the individual's church or religious denomination.
        (19) Services provided to individuals described in IC 12-15-2-8 and IC 12-15-2-9.
        (20) Services provided under IC 12-15-34 and IC 12-15-32.
        (21) Case management services provided to individuals described in IC 12-15-2-11 and IC 12-15-2-13.
        (22) Any other type of remedial care recognized under Indiana law and specified by the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services.
         (23) Examinations required under IC 16-41-17-2(a)(10).
SOURCE: IC 12-15-15-6; (01)HE1487.1.2. -->     SECTION 2. IC 12-15-15-6 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2001]: Sec. 6. (a) In addition to a payment due to a hospital for the delivery of a newborn infant, the office shall tender a payment to the hospital for the hospital's collection, handling, and delivery of a specimen for testing under IC 16-41-17-2(a)(10).
    (b) Payment to a hospital required under subsection (a) must be in an amount equal to the total of the following costs:
        (1) The cost incurred by the hospital to collect, handle, and deliver the specimen obtained for testing under IC 16-41-17-2(a)(10).
        (2) Any fee assessed against the hospital for a laboratory's testing of the specimen under IC 16-41-17-2(a)(10).
        (3) Any newborn screening fee or other fee assessed against the hospital by the state department of health in connection with the testing of the specimen under IC 16-41-17-2(a)(10).

SOURCE: IC 16-41-17-2; (01)HE1487.1.3. -->     SECTION 3. IC 16-41-17-2, AS AMENDED BY P.L.91-1999, SECTION 2, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2001]: Sec. 2. (a) Subject to subsection (c), every infant shall be given examinations at the earliest feasible time for the detection of the following disorders:
        (1) Phenylketonuria.
        (2) Hypothyroidism.
        (3) Hemoglobinopathies, including sickle cell anemia.
        (4) Galactosemia.
        (5) Maple Syrup urine disease.
        (6) Homocystinuria.
        (7) Inborn errors of metabolism that result in mental retardation and that are designated by the state department.
         (8) Congenital adrenal hyperplasia.
        (9) Biotinidase deficiency.
        (10) Disorders detected by tandem mass spectrometry or other technologies with the same or greater detection capabilities as tandem mass spectrometry, if the state department determines that the technology is available for use by a designated laboratory under section 7 of this chapter.

    (b) Subject to subsection (c), every infant shall be given a physiologic hearing screening examination at the earliest feasible time for the detection of hearing impairments.
    (c) If a parent of an infant objects in writing, for reasons pertaining to religious beliefs only, the infant is exempt from the examinations required by this chapter.


HEA 1487 _ Concur

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