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This bill establishes the Family Home Visitation Act, which requires the Department of Health and Human Services to create and fund evidence-based nurse home visitation programs for families with children five years old or younger or pregnant persons. The bill defines a home visitation program as a voluntary service primarily conducted in family homes, with the goal of improving health, well-being, and self-sufficiency. Specifically, the program aims to achieve outcomes such as improving maternal and child health, promoting positive parenting, enhancing child development, reducing child maltreatment, and increasing school readiness. The bill mandates that funded programs must be evidence-based, with clear program models, comprehensive standards, well-trained staff, and strong community connections. Families can voluntarily participate and may decline services at any time. The department is required to submit biennial electronic reports detailing program specifics, including the types of programs, number of families served, demographic data, and program outcomes. The bill also amends existing statutes to include nurse home visiting services as an eligible use of the Medicaid Managed Care Excess Profit Fund, specifically targeting postpartum mothers and children six months of age or younger enrolled in Medicaid, with the intent of using this fund rather than the General Fund to support these services.

Health and Social Services

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