1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to human services; permitting faculty members and resident dentists 
1.3 	to enroll as medical assistance providers;amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, 
1.4 	sections 150A.06, subdivision 1b; 256B.0625, by adding a subdivision.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 150A.06, subdivision 1b, is amended to 
1.7 	read:
1.8 		Subd. 1b.Resident dentists. A person who is a graduate of a dental school and 
1.9 	is an enrolled graduate student or student of an accredited advanced dental education 
1.10 	program and who is not licensed to practice dentistry in the state shall obtain from the 
1.11 	board a license to practice dentistry as a resident dentist. The license must be designated 
1.12 	"resident dentist license" and authorizes the licensee to practice dentistry only under the 
1.13 	supervision of a licensed dentist. A University of Minnesota School of Dentistry dental 
1.14 	resident holding a resident dentist license is eligible for enrollment in medical assistance, 
1.15 	as provided under section 256B.0625, subdivision 9b. A resident dentist license must be 
1.16 	renewed annually pursuant to the board's rules. An applicant for a resident dentist license 
1.17 	shall pay a nonrefundable fee set by the board for issuing and renewing the license. The 
1.18 	requirements of sections 150A.01 to 150A.21 apply to resident dentists except as specified 
1.19 	in rules adopted by the board. A resident dentist license does not qualify a person for 
1.20 	licensure under subdivision 1.

1.21 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 256B.0625, is amended by adding a 
1.22 	subdivision to read:
2.1 		Subd. 9b.Dental services provided by faculty members and resident dentists 
2.2 	at a dental school. (a) A dentist who is not enrolled as a medical assistance provider, 
2.3 	is a faculty or adjunct member at the University of Minnesota or a resident dentist 
2.4 	licensed under section 150A.06, subdivision 1b, and is providing dental services at a 
2.5 	dental clinic owned or operated by the University of Minnesota, may be enrolled as a 
2.6 	medical assistance provider if the provider completes and submits to the commissioner an 
2.7 	agreement form developed by the commissioner. The agreement must specify that the 
2.8 	faculty or adjunct member or resident dentist:
2.9 	(1) will not receive payment for the services provided to medical assistance or 
2.10 	MinnesotaCare enrollees performed at the dental clinics owned or operated by the 
2.11 	University of Minnesota;
2.12 	(2) will not be listed in the medical assistance or MinnesotaCare provider directory; 
2.13 	and
2.14 	(3) is not required to serve medical assistance and MinnesotaCare enrollees when 
2.15 	providing nonvolunteer services in a private practice.
2.16 	(b) A dentist or resident dentist enrolled under this subdivision as a fee-for-service 
2.17 	provider shall not otherwise be enrolled in or receive payments from medical assistance or 
2.18 	MinnesotaCare as a fee-for-service provider.