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150A.22 DONATED DENTAL SERVICES.
(a) The commissioner of health shall contract with the Minnesota Dental Association, or
another appropriate and qualified organization to develop and operate a donated dental services
program to provide dental care to public program recipients and the uninsured through dentists
who volunteer their services without compensation. As part of the contract, the commissioner
shall include specific performance and outcome measures that the contracting organization must
meet. The donated dental services program shall:
(1) establish a network of volunteer dentists, including dental specialties, to donate dental
services to eligible individuals;
(2) establish a system to refer eligible individuals to the appropriate volunteer dentists; and
(3) develop and implement a public awareness campaign to educate eligible individuals
about the availability of the program.
(b) Funding for the program may be used for administrative or technical support. The
organization contracting with the commissioner shall provide an annual report that accounts for
funding appropriated to the program by the state, documents the number of individuals served by
the program and the number of dentists participating as program providers, and provides data on
meeting the specific performance and outcome measures identified by the commissioner.
History: 2002 c 399 s 2; 1Sp2005 c 4 art 6 s 41

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