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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 7122
January Session, 2019
AN ACT CONCERNING MO BILE DENTAL CLINICS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) For purposes of this 1
section, (1) "mobile dental clinic" means preventative or restorative 2
dental services offered by a licensed dentist or dental hygienist from a 3
van or through the use of portable equipment at various locations, and 4
(2) "fixed location" means the permanent office of an associated dentist 5
licensed pursuant to chapter 379 of the general statutes, who contracts 6
with a mobile dental clinic and (A) is enrolled as a Medicaid provider; 7
(B) maintains the diagnostic imaging, tests and charts of patients 8
treated by the mobile dental clinic; (C) accepts and treats patients from 9
the mobile dental clinic; and (D) provides a continuum of dental care. 10
(b) A mobile dental clinic may submit claims for Medicaid 11
reimbursement to the Department of Social Services for dental 12
treatment of Medicaid beneficiaries that occurred not more than thirty 13
miles from the associated dentist's fixed location, except that a mobile 14
dental clinic located in the counties of New London, Litchfield and 15
Windham may submit claims for Medicaid reimbursement to the 16
Department of Social Services for dental treatment of Medicaid 17
beneficiaries that occurred not more than fifty miles from the dentist's 18
fixed location. 19 Substitute Bill No. 7122
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(c) The Commissioner of Social Services shall adopt regulations in 20
accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 of the general statutes to 21
implement the provisions of this section. The commissioner may adopt 22
policies and procedures to implement the provisions of this section 23
while in the process of adopting regulations, provided such policies 24
and procedures are published on the eRegulations System before such 25
policies and procedures are implemented. 26
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 from passage New section
Statement of Legislative Commissioners:
In Section 1(b), "provided" was changed to "except" and in Section 1(c)
"in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 of the general
statutes" was inserted after "regulations" for accuracy and consistency
with statutory drafting conventions.
HS Joint Favorable Subst.