This amendment adds $200,000 from the general fund and $600,000 from federal matching Medicaid funds in the second year for the Department of Medical Assistance Services to implement a contract for preadmission screening for children in need of long-term care services to ensure screenings are completed within statutory required timeframes. Language also requires the agency to track and monitor all requests for screenings and report on those not completed within statutory timeframes. The department is required to report on the timeliness of such screenings as well as the implementation of the contract for children's preadmission screenings prior to the 2016 Session. Finally, language is added to provide the agency with emergency regulatory authority to implement the contract in fiscal year 2016 prior to the completion of the regulatory process.