HB2232: State plan for medical assistance services; violence prevention services.

Legislative Summary

State plan for medical assistance services; violence prevention services. Directs the Board of Medical Assistance Services to amend the state plan for medical assistance services to include a provision for the payment of medical assistance for violence prevention services. The bill requires the Department of Health to recognize violence prevention professionals and approve an accrediting body to certify such professionals. The bill requires the Department of Health to post on its website when such violence prevention services may be provided and billed and requires that a work group be established to design and implement such violence prevention services benefit.