1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to health care; requiring the commissioner of human services to report on 
1.3 	the number of dentists serving medical assistance and MinnesotaCare enrollees;
1.4 	amending Minnesota Statutes 2021 Supplement, section 256B.0371, subdivision 
1.5 	4.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2021 Supplement, section 256B.0371, subdivision 4, is 
1.8 	amended to read:
1.9 		Subd. 4.Dental utilization report. (a) The commissioner shall submit an annual report 
1.10 	beginning March 15, 2022, and ending March 15, 2026, to the chairs and ranking minority 
1.11 	members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over health and human services 
1.12 	policy and finance that includes the percentage for adults and children one through 20 years 
1.13 	of age for the most recent complete calendar year receiving at least one dental visit for both 
1.14 	fee-for-service and the prepaid medical assistance program. The report must include:
1.15 	(1) statewide utilization for both fee-for-service and for the prepaid medical assistance 
1.16 	program;
1.17 	(2) utilization by county;
1.18 	(3) utilization by children receiving dental services through fee-for-service and through 
1.19 	a managed care plan or county-based purchasing plan;
1.20 	(4) utilization by adults receiving dental services through fee-for-service and through a 
1.21 	managed care plan or county-based purchasing plan.
2.1 	(b) The report must also include a description of any corrective action plans required to 
2.2 	be submitted under subdivision 2.
2.3 	(c) The initial report due on March 15, 2022, must include the utilization metrics described 
2.4 	in paragraph (a) for each of the following calendar years: 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020.
2.5 	(d) In the annual report due on March 15, 2023, and in each report due thereafter, the 
2.6 	commissioner shall include the following:
2.7 	(1) the number of dentists enrolled with the commissioner as a medical assistance dental 
2.8 	provider and the county or counties in which the dentist provides services;
2.9 	(2) the number of enrolled dentists who provided fee-for-service dental services to 
2.10 	medical assistance or MinnesotaCare patients within the previous coverage year in the 
2.11 	following increments: one to nine patients, ten to 100 patients, and over 100 patients;
2.12 	(3) the number of enrolled dentists who provided dental services to medical assistance 
2.13 	or MinnesotaCare patients through a managed care plan or county-based purchasing plan 
2.14 	within the previous coverage year in the following increments: one to nine patients, ten to 
2.15 	100 patients, and over 100 patients; and
2.16 	(4) the number of dentists who provided dental services to a new patient who was enrolled 
2.17 	in medical assistance or MinnesotaCare within the previous coverage year.
2.18 	(e) The report due on March 15, 2023, must include the metrics described in paragraph 
2.19 	(d) for each of the following years: 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021.