Revision: Dec. 10, 2009, midnight
HB 1537 – AS INTRODUCED
2010 SESSION
05/10
HOUSE BILL 1537
AN ACT allowing primary care providers to provide preventive oral health services to children under the state Medicaid program.
SPONSORS: Rep. DiPentima, Rock 16; Rep. Pilliod, Belk 5; Rep. Millham, Belk 5
COMMITTEE: Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
This bill directs the department of health and human services to amend the Medicaid state plan to permit primary care providers to deliver preventive oral health services to children. The bill requires the providers to be certified before offering such services and makes the program contingent upon future funding.
This bill is a request of the study committee established in 2009, 130 (HB 414).
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Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
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10-2718
05/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Ten
AN ACT allowing primary care providers to provide preventive oral health services to children under the state Medicaid program.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Section; Department of Health and Human Services; Children’s Oral Health Initiative. Amend RSA 126-A by inserting after section 4-f the following new section:
126-A:4-g Children’s Oral Health Initiative.
I. On or before January 1, 2011, the department of health and human services shall submit a Title XIX Medicaid state plan amendment to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for the purpose of establishing the children’s oral health initiative. The amendment shall authorize primary care providers to deliver preventative oral health services, such as dental screenings and fluoride varnish treatments, to children under the state Medicaid program. Primary care providers who choose to participate in the program shall complete training approved by the department and submit evidence of program completion to the New Hampshire Medical Society, which shall maintain, and make available to the department, a list of certified providers.
II. The commissioner of the department of health and human services shall adopt rules under RSA 541-A relative to administration of the children’s oral health initiative, including eligibility criteria, the type and frequency of services covered, reimbursement rates, and provider certification requirements. The department also shall develop a list of approved training programs, which shall include, but may not be limited to, those offered by the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Southern New Hampshire Area Health Education Center.
III. The department shall seek funding for the program as part of the department’s budget for the biennium ending June 30, 2013, and each biennium thereafter. Program implementation shall be contingent upon sufficient funding and approval of the state plan amendment required under this section.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.