Require the Department of Health and Human Services to submit a state plan amendment to include a program of early literacy promotion and intervention in well-child visits under the early and periodic screening, diagnosis, and treatment services program

Summary

The bill amends the state Medicaid statute to require the Department of Health and Human Services to submit a federal plan amendment that adds an early‑literacy promotion and intervention program to well‑child visits for children birth through age five. It also revises and expands a wide range of other Medicaid benefits, sets deadlines for submissions, and caps certain funding. The measure failed after being indefinitely postponed.

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