1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to human services; eliminating medical assistance coverage for certain 
1.3 	ineffective preventive services;amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 
1.4 	256B.0625, subdivision 14.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 256B.0625, subdivision 14, is amended to 
1.7 	read:
1.8 		Subd. 14.Diagnostic, screening, and preventive services. (a) Medical assistance 
1.9 	covers diagnostic, screening, and preventive services.
1.10 	(b) "Preventive services" include services related to pregnancy, including:
1.11 	(1) services for those conditions which may complicate a pregnancy and which may 
1.12 	be available to a pregnant woman determined to be at risk of poor pregnancy outcome;
1.13 	(2) prenatal HIV risk assessment, education, counseling, and testing; and
1.14 	(3) alcohol abuse assessment, education, and counseling on the effects of alcohol 
1.15 	usage while pregnant. Preventive services available to a woman at risk of poor pregnancy 
1.16 	outcome may differ in an amount, duration, or scope from those available to other 
1.17 	individuals eligible for medical assistance.
1.18 	(c) "Screening services" include, but are not limited to, blood lead tests.
1.19 	(d) Coverage under this section does not include the preventive services that the 
1.20 	United States Preventive Services Task Force has graded as a "D Recommendation" with 
1.21 	the exception of blood lead level testing for children and pregnant women.