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General Assembly Committee Bill No. 6765
January Session, 2025
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Referred to Committee on VETERANS' AND MILITARY
AFFAIRS
Introduced by:
(VA)
AN ACT CONCERNING ASSISTANCE WITH DENTAL SERVICES FOR
CERTAIN VETERANS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2025) (a) As used in this section, 1
"veteran" has the same meaning as provided in section 27-103 of the 2
general statutes, and "federally-qualified health center" has the same 3
meaning as provided in Section 1905(l)(2)(B) of the Social Security Act, 4
42 USC 1396d(l)(2)(B), as amended from time to time. 5
(b) On and after January 1, 2026, the Commissioner of Veterans 6
Affairs shall, within available appropriations, implement and 7
administer a program to provide assistance vouchers to eligible veterans 8
for purposes of covering certain costs associated with receiving dental 9
services at The University of Connecticut School of Dental Medicine and 10
any federally-qualified health center in this state. 11
(c) The commissioner shall adopt regulations in accordance with the 12
provisions of chapter 54 of the general statutes to carry out the 13
provisions of subsection (b) of this section, including, but not limited to, 14
(1) the development of criteria for the determination of a veteran's 15
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eligibility for the program described in said subsection, (2) the 16
establishment of procedures, and prescription of any necessary forms, 17
by which a veteran may apply for such program, (3) the types of dental 18
services for which costs may be covered under such program, and (4) 19
the nature and amounts of the costs incurred for such dental services 20
that may be covered under such program. 21
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2025 New section
Statement of Purpose:
To establish a program to assist eligible veterans with certain costs
associated with dental services received at The University of
Connecticut School of Dental Medicine and federally-qualified health
centers.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
underlined.]
Co-Sponsors: REP. FOSTER, 57th Dist.
H.B. 6765