Amended
IN
Assembly
September 03, 2021 |
Amended
IN
Assembly
July 08, 2021 |
Introduced by Senator Hurtado (Coauthor: Senator Rubio) (Coauthors: Assembly Members Gray and Megan Dahle) |
February 12, 2021 |
(a)A health care service plan contract issued, amended, or renewed on or after January 1, 2022, shall provide coverage for adverse childhood experiences screenings.
(b)For purposes of this section, “adverse childhood experiences” means an event, series of events, or set of circumstances that is experienced by an individual as physically or emotionally harmful or threatening and that has lasting adverse effects on the individual’s functioning and physical, social, emotional, or spiritual well-being.
(c)The department may adopt guidance to health care service plans to implement this section. The guidance
shall not be subject to the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code). Guidance will align with the rules and regulations for screening for trauma within the Medi-Cal program.