E.__"Intervention" or "follow-up care" means the early intervention services described in Part H of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act as amended by PL 105-17.

F.__"Medicaid"__means the state-administered Medicaid program administered under this Title.

G.__"Parent" means a natural parent, stepparent, adoptive parent, legal guardian or other legal custodian of a child.

H.__"Test" or "testing" means a hearing screening and includes for the purposes of this chapter evaluation, treatment and intervention services.

2.__Hearing screening.__The program shall provide hearing screening tests for newborn children prior to discharge from the birth admission to the hospital or within 3 months of discharge and for children born outside of hospitals within 3 months of their birth.__Testing must be performed by a trained person who is periodically monitored by a licensed audiologist.

3.__Parental choice.__The department shall adopt rules permitting parents to decline to have a child tested under this chapter. The department shall provide information on hearing and the procedures and merits of testing to all parents who choose not to undergo testing and shall offer testing at a later date, up to 3 months of age to parents who then decide to participate in the program.

§8822.__Program requirements

Hospitals licensed under this Title, other locations providing birthing services and the department shall meet the requirements of this section.

1.__Information to parents of children born in hospitals.__ Beginning November 1, 1999, a hospital shall provide information to the parents of newborns born in the hospital of the importance of screening the hearing of newborns, and of receiving follow-up care.__The information must explain the process of hearing screening, the likelihood of a child having a hearing loss, follow-up procedures and community resources and must include a