SECTIONS 14138.5-14139 - California Statutes

WELFARE AND INSTITUTIONS CODE

SECTION 14138.5-14139

14138.5. The State Department of Health Services shall report to
the Legislature on a biennial basis on all of the following data with
respect to the child health and disability prevention program
provided for pursuant to Article 6 (commencing with Section 124025)
of Chapter 3 of Part 2 of Division 106 of the Health and Safety Code:
(a) The number of children, by age and by county, enrolled in each
plan contracting with the department or with the California Medical
Assistance Commission.
(b) The improved reporting capabilities of the new contract for
the Management Information System/Decision Support System (MIS/DSS),
with specific emphasis on how it can be used to gather data from the
PM 160 forms that are useful for analytical purposes.
(c) Information on what actions are being taken to ensure
compliance with Child Health and Disability Prevention Program
examination requirements.
(d) The statewide percentage of all children enrolled in managed
care plans, by age, who received a comprehensive Child Health and
Disability Prevention Program examination, and the percentage of all
children enrolled who received a comprehensive Child Health and
Disability Prevention Program examination, by county and by plan.
(e) The number of children in each plan, by age, who are current
on periodicity health assessments, with appropriate documentation. If
the capability to report this information does not exist, a timeline
of when the information will be available and the barriers that
exist to reporting the information.
(f) The number of children in each plan, by county and by age, who
were referred for followup diagnosis or treatment following a Child
Health and Disability Prevention Program comprehensive examination.
(g) The number of children in each plan, by county and by age, who
received needed diagnosis and treatment as a result of a Child
Health and Disability Prevention Program examination. If the
capability to report this information does not exist, a timeline of
when it will be available and the barriers that exist to reporting
this information.

14139. (a) The department shall expend, upon appropriation, any
savings accrued from the establishment and implementation of a bulk
purchase vaccine program to increase the participation of physicians
and surgeons, public and community-based health clinics, and health
care facilities as immunization providers under the Medi-Cal program
and under the child health and disability prevention programs
established pursuant to Article 6 (commencing with Section 124025) of
Chapter 3 of Part 2 of Division 106 of the Health and Safety Code
and to increase access to, and the quality of, immunization services
for publicly insured and uninsured children, and to provide funding
to counties to assist in the administration of local immunization
programs. These funds shall supplement, not supplant, existing state
and local funds.
(b) The department shall implement subdivision (a) at the earliest
possible time after a bulk purchase program for child vaccines is
implemented and savings from that program are realized.
(c) The department is encouraged to enlist the help of state and
local medical, nursing, and other appropriate associations and
societies to enhance private provider outreach programs, that shall
include, but not be limited to, components emphasizing the purposes
of the public vaccine program and discouraging the practice of
sending Medi-Cal and child health and disability prevention program
eligible children into county and other public clinics for
immunizations.