The Deficit Reduction Act of 2005: an overview of key Medicaid provisions and their implications for early childhood development services
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Contributor(s):
- Rosenbaum, Sara. Markus, Anne. Commonwealth Fund.
- Publication:
- [New York, N.Y.] : Commonwealth Fund, [2006]
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Child Health Services -- economics Medicaid -- economics Adolescent Development Benchmarking Case Management Child Development Cost Sharing Disabled Children -- legislation & jurisprudence Documentation Eligibility Determination -- legislation & jurisprudence Insurance Benefits Medicaid -- legislation & jurisprudence Preventive Health Services -- economics State Government United States Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (U.S.)
- Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- This report analyzes the provisions of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (DRA) and assesses their implications for the provision of early childhood preventive and developmental services in Medicaid. The DRA may have significant effects, given the high proportion of young children enrolled in Medicaid--28 percent of all children under age 6 in 2001--and the broad range of services covered. The law imposes citizenship documentation requirements on applicants and recipients, including children. It gives states broad powers to restructure coverage through the use of a "benchmark" option but also retains Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment services as the coverage standard for children under age 19. The law gives states greater authority to impose cost-sharing for Medicaid-covered benefits and services. Finally, it redefines the federal role in financing targeted case management services, which have assumed a central role in child development programs for vulnerable children and families.
- Copyright:
- Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY license. (More information)
- Illustrations:
- Illustrations
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101291191 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101291191