SECTIONS 16970 - California Statutes

WELFARE AND INSTITUTIONS CODE

SECTION 16970

16970. (a) As a condition of receiving funds under this chapter, a
county shall provide, or arrange and pay for, medically necessary
followup treatment, including necessary followup dental treatment and
prescription drugs, for any condition detected as part of a child
health and disability prevention screen for any child eligible for
services under Section 104395 of the Health and Safety Code if the
child was screened by the county or upon referral by a child health
and disability prevention program provider, unless the child is
eligible to receive care with no share of cost under the Medi-Cal
program or is covered under another publicly funded program, or the
services are payable under private insurance coverage.
(b) A county may require that hospitals, physicians, dentists, and
other providers receiving funds appropriated pursuant to this part
participate in complying with this section, provided that:
(1) Hospitals that receive an allocation pursuant to paragraph (1)
of subdivision (b) of Section 16946 and physicians who receive
payment from the Physician Services Account of the emergency medical
services fund established pursuant to Article 3.5 (commencing with
Section 16951) shall not be required to participate in complying with
subdivision (a) as a condition of receiving those allocations or
payments.
(2) Only providers that contract with the county and receive funds
disbursed from the Unallocated Account pursuant to Article 4
(commencing with Section 16960) or from the discretionary portion of
the Physician Services Account pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section
16950, or from the discretionary portion of the Hospital Services
Account pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 16946
may be required to participate in complying with subdivision (a).
(c) Dental services provided pursuant to this section shall be at
least equal in scope and frequency to dental services available to
Medi-Cal eligible children of the same age.
(d) Counties shall implement this section in consultation and
coordination with their child health disability prevention programs.