CHILDREN AND YOUTH WITH SPECIAL HEALTH NEEDS
Local Public Health Partner Resources

The CYSHN LPH Partner Resources webpage contains information for LPH contacts who provide follow-up for children with birth defects and conditions identified through newborn screening. Some documents are not yet available to download from our webpage, but are listed below. You can request these documents by emailing health.cyshn@state.mn.us.

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Condition Follow-Up 

(Birth Defects, EHDI, Heritable Conditions, cCMV)

• LPH follow-up manual (PDF)
• CYSHN condition follow-up onboarding for LPH (PDF)
• FAQs from LPH (PDF)
• MEDSS manual (PDF)
• LPH assessment wizard quick reference (PDF)
• CYSHN Omaha pathway (PDF)
• Omaha KBS rating supplement (PDF)
• Omaha system overview
• BDMA acuity assignments (PDF)
• BDMA flow chart (PDF)
• BDMA list of conditions tracked (PDF)
• EHDI hearing screening checklist (PDF)
• EHDI reporting form (available upon request)
• EHDI talking points for Early Intervention (PDF)
• Congenital CMV overview PowerPoint (available upon request)

HIPAA and Tennessen

• HIPAA and newborn screening (PDF)
• HIPAA and newborn hearing screening, diagnosis, and intervention (PDF)
• HIPAA and the Birth Defects Information System (BDIS) (PDF)
• Birth Defects Information System (BDIS) reporting fact sheet (PDF)
• Tennessen statement: sample phone script (PDF)

Contact

• Email health.cyshn@state.mn.us for any questions. We ask that you include “local public health” in the subject line so that we can direct your questions to the correct staff.  
• You can also call 651-201-3650.
• If you are a new LPH contact for CYSHN programs, please complete the Onboarding survey for new local public health staff.