Legislative Session number- 86

Bill Name: SF2012

Relating to health care; authorizing commissioner of human services to establish
a pilot project to reduce the total cost to the state for dental services
provided to enrollees of the state public health care programs by reducing
hospital emergency room costs for preventable and nonemergency dental services;
authorizing commissioner to establish a pilot project to improve the access to
dental services for residents of a nursing facility by authorizing and paying
for dental services to be provided for multiple residents in a single facility
at the same time through an arrangement with a dental provider; authorizing
commissioner to establish a pilot project under which dental providers shall be
paid a care coordination fee to coordinate dental care for patients with
existing dental disease; specifying certain limits to medical assistance
coverage for children's dental services; providing for certain dental services
for adults covered by medical assistance; clarifying certain demonstration
provider duties; repealing certain provisions relating to a dental care
demonstration project contracts
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