SECTIONS 14138.5-14139

14138.5.  The State Department of Health Services shall report tothe Legislature on a biennial basis on all of the following data withrespect to the child health and disability prevention programprovided for pursuant to Article 6 (commencing with Section 124025)of Chapter 3 of Part 2 of Division 106 of the Health and Safety Code: (a) The number of children, by age and by county, enrolled in eachplan contracting with the department or with the California MedicalAssistance Commission. (b) The improved reporting capabilities of the new contract forthe Management Information System/Decision Support System (MIS/DSS),with specific emphasis on how it can be used to gather data from thePM 160 forms that are useful for analytical purposes. (c) Information on what actions are being taken to ensurecompliance with Child Health and Disability Prevention Programexamination requirements. (d) The statewide percentage of all children enrolled in managedcare plans, by age, who received a comprehensive Child Health andDisability Prevention Program examination, and the percentage of allchildren enrolled who received a comprehensive Child Health andDisability Prevention Program examination, by county and by plan. (e) The number of children in each plan, by age, who are currenton periodicity health assessments, with appropriate documentation. Ifthe capability to report this information does not exist, a timelineof when the information will be available and the barriers thatexist to reporting the information. (f) The number of children in each plan, by county and by age, whowere referred for followup diagnosis or treatment following a ChildHealth and Disability Prevention Program comprehensive examination. (g) The number of children in each plan, by county and by age, whoreceived needed diagnosis and treatment as a result of a ChildHealth and Disability Prevention Program examination. If thecapability to report this information does not exist, a timeline ofwhen it will be available and the barriers that exist to reportingthis information.14139.  (a) The department shall expend, upon appropriation, anysavings accrued from the establishment and implementation of a bulkpurchase vaccine program to increase the participation of physiciansand surgeons, public and community-based health clinics, and healthcare facilities as immunization providers under the Medi-Cal programand under the child health and disability prevention programsestablished pursuant to Article 6 (commencing with Section 124025) ofChapter 3 of Part 2 of Division 106 of the Health and Safety Codeand to increase access to, and the quality of, immunization servicesfor publicly insured and uninsured children, and to provide fundingto counties to assist in the administration of local immunizationprograms. These funds shall supplement, not supplant, existing stateand local funds. (b) The department shall implement subdivision (a) at the earliestpossible time after a bulk purchase program for child vaccines isimplemented and savings from that program are realized. (c) The department is encouraged to enlist the help of state andlocal medical, nursing, and other appropriate associations andsocieties to enhance private provider outreach programs, that shallinclude, but not be limited to, components emphasizing the purposesof the public vaccine program and discouraging the practice ofsending Medi-Cal and child health and disability prevention programeligible children into county and other public clinics forimmunizations.