No provision for women screened by the CDC program. Authority for presumptive eligibility is limited to pregnant women and children. Presumptive eligibility allows States to permit qualified entities to authorize up to 60 days of Medicaid eligibility immediately, based on preliminary information. Qualified entities are providers of Medicaid or certain other services which have been designated by the State to perform such determinations and which comply with procedural rules. States have the option to use presumptive eligibility for women covered under the new eligibility option.
States receive an enhanced match for services provided in the presumptive period.
Two new parts are added to Title V of the Public Health Service Act. Restraints and seclusion may only be imposed to ensure the physical safety of the resident or staff member and only under the written order of a physician or other licensed practitioner who is permitted to do so by the State. Federal or State laws which impose greater protections are not preempted. In order to continue to receive Federal funding, facilities covered by the Protection and Advocacy for Mentally Ill Individuals Act of 1986 are subject to additional reporting and training requirements. These facilities are required to report deaths that occur while a patient is in restraints or seclusion, or, within 24 hours, of a patient being in restraints or seclusion, or when it can be assumed that the death is a result of restraints or seclusion.