191.710. MO HealthNet program and SCHIPS to focus on premature infant health care. - Missouri Statutes

MO HealthNet program and SCHIPS to focus on premature infant healthcare.

191.710. The MO HealthNet program and the health care for uninsuredchildren program under sections 208.631 to 208.659, RSMo, in consultationwith statewide organizations focused on premature infant health care,shall:

(1) Examine and improve hospital discharge and follow-up careprocedures for premature infants born earlier than thirty-seven weeksgestational age to ensure standardized and coordinated processes arefollowed as premature infants leave the hospital from either a well-babynursery, step-down or transitional nursery, or neonatal intensive care unitand transition to follow-up care by a health care provider in thecommunity;

(2) Urge hospitals serving infants eligible for medical assistanceunder the MO HealthNet and health care for uninsured children programs toreport to the state the causes and incidence of all re-hospitalizations ofinfants born premature at earlier than thirty-seven weeks gestational agewithin their first six months of life; and

(3) Use guidance from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services'Neonatal Outcomes Improvement Project to implement programs to improvenewborn outcomes, reduce newborn health costs, and establish ongoingquality improvement for newborns.

(L. 2009 H.B. 716 § 191.1127)