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

LB 970 directs the Department of Health and Human Services to submit a state‑plan amendment that makes early‑literacy promotion and intervention a reimbursable part of the Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment (EPSDT) program for children. The change would let Medicaid‑eligible families receive literacy support during routine well‑child appointments, aiming to boost school readiness. The measure was indefinitely postponed and did not become law.

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