The Child Health Law and Policy Project of the National Health Law Program
Prepared by: Jane Perkins
Updated August 23, 2002
Previous Update: January 6, 2000
Original Memo: August 18, 1993
This memorandum updates an August 18, 1993 memo from the National Health Law Program that annotated EPSDT-related transmittals issued by the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA). The August 1993 memo listed federal documents issued during the 1989-1993 time period. This memo adds documents covering primarily the 1992-1994 time period. We will be updating this memorandum later this year to include EPSDT transmittals issued since 1994.
The National Health Law Program is obtaining EPSDT documents from HCFA through Freedom of Information Act requests. However, important policy statements of the agency may be missing. We are asking for your help in collecting HCFA transmittals. Please send copies of any EPSDT documents/transmittals that you receive to: Jane Perkins, National Health Law Program, 211 N. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC 27514.
Child health advocates should pay attention to these transmittals because they represent statements of federal agency policy. For example, some documents offer information about whether federal Medicaid dollars can be used to cover specific services. Also, given that HCFA has not promulgated final EPSDT regulations implementing the 1989 amendments to the Medicaid EPSDT statute, these transmittals are, in some cases, the only written indications of federal policy that we have.
Documents we have on the site are listed on the previous page by transmittal number. Please see attached memos for description of transmittals.
ORGANIZATION OF THIS MEMO:
Documents are listed by subject matter: Primary Guidance, Outreach Requirements, Screening Requirements, Treatment Requirements, and Reporting Requirements. Each document has been assigned a call number (e.g., T-1). Call numbers of newly added documents shown in bold.
ORDERING INFORMATION:
We cannot provide complete sets of these documents. To order copies of individual transmittals, please contact our Los Angeles office, (310) 204-6010, and place your request using the document call number. There will be a small charge for copying and shipping.