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UNOFFICIAL 1737-72 (5) Upon request by recipient or family, assistance with scheduling appointments for EPSDT services; and (6) Upon request by recipient or family, assistance with transportation in accordance

with subsection 17-1737-82(h) to receive EPSDT services.

(d) Newly eligible pregnant women shall be informed about the availability of EPSDT services. A positive response to an offer of EPSDT services during pregnancy constitutes a request for EPSDT services for the child at birth. [Eff 08/01/94 ] (Auth: HRS §346-14) (Imp: 42 C.F.R. §§441.56, 441.62; 42 U.S.C. §1396d)

§17-1737-56 Periodicity schedule. (a) The scheduled frequency of medical screening services shall be based on age: (1) Infancy: by one month, at two, four, six, nine, and twelve months; (2) Early childhood: at fifteen, eighteen, and twenty-four months and at three and four years; (3) Late childhood: at five, six, eight, ten, and twelve years; and (4) Adolescence: at fourteen, sixteen, eighteen, and twenty years.

(b) The scheduled frequency of the dental screening services shall be a maximum of one screening/examination visit once every six months for children six months to twenty years of age.

(c) Interperiodic screens which are medically necessary to determine the existence of suspected physical or mental illness or conditions, shall be provided without regard to the schedules in subsections (a) and (b). [Eff 08/01/94 ] (Auth: HRS §346-14) (Imp: 42 C.F.R. §§441.58, 441.59; 42 U.S.C. §1396d)

§17-1737-57 Screening. (a) Upon request from the recipient or family, the department shall assess the recipient's health status and needs through initial and periodic health examinations and evaluations of the general physical and mental health, growth, development, and nutritional status of infants, children, and youth. Screening shall include, but not be limited to: