Plain English Breakdown
The official text states the bill provides for implementation 'only if certain conditions are met,' but does not specify what those conditions are.
HB332: Reviewing Trauma Screening Tools for Children
This bill creates a temporary advisory group to study how children are screened for trauma in the Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment Program.
What This Bill Does
- Creates an advisory working group to review tools used to screen children for trauma within the Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment (EPSDT) Program.
- Requires the group to provide findings and recommendations based on their review.
- Sets a rule that the working group must be abolished after it finishes its work.
- Provides for subsequent periodic reviews of screening protocols and tools.
Who It Names or Affects
- Children screened under the Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment (EPSDT) Program.
- The advisory working group members appointed to review trauma screening methods.
Terms To Know
- Advisory Working Group
- A temporary team formed to study a specific issue and offer recommendations, which will be dissolved after the work is done.
- EPSDT Program
- The Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment Program mentioned in the bill regarding trauma screening protocols.
Limits and Unknowns
- The law only takes effect if certain conditions are met, but the summary does not list what those specific conditions are.
- The exact timeline for when future periodic reviews must happen is not defined in this text.
- The official effective date of the law has not been set yet.