HLS 21RS-284 ORIGINAL
2021 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 172
BY REPRESENTATIVE BUTLER
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
MEDICAID: Provides for Medicaid coverage of dental care for certain adults with
developmental and intellectual disabilities
1 AN ACT
2To enact Part II-B of Chapter 5-E of Title 40 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, to
3 be comprised of R.S. 40:1250.31 and 1250.32, relative to the medical assistance
4 program of this state known as Medicaid; to provide relative to administration of the
5 Medicaid program by the Louisiana Department of Health; to require Medicaid
6 coverage of dental services for certain persons with developmental or intellectual
7 disabilities; to provide for eligibility for such coverage; to require the provision of
8 such coverage by a certain date; to require administrative rulemaking; and to provide
9 for related matters.
10Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
11 Section 1. Part II-B of Chapter 5-E of Title 40 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of
121950, comprised of R.S. 40:1250.31 and 1250.32, is hereby enacted to read as follows:
13 PART II-B. DENTAL COVERAGE FOR PERSONS WITH
14 DEVELOPMENTAL OR INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES
15 §1250.31. Dental care for certain adults with developmental or intellectual
16 disabilities; Medicaid coverage required
17 The Louisiana Department of Health shall ensure that Medicaid coverage for
18 dental care is provided to all of the following persons:
19 (1) Each person of age twenty-one or older who is enrolled in any Medicaid
20 waiver program for persons with developmental or intellectual disabilities.
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1 (2) Each Medicaid enrollee of age twenty-one or older who resides in an
2 intermediate care facility for people with developmental disabilities licensed in
3 accordance with the provisions of R.S. 40:2180 et seq.
4 §1250.32. Administrative rulemaking
5 The Louisiana Department of Health shall promulgate all such rules in
6 accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act as are necessary to implement the
7 provisions of this Part.
8 Section 2. The Louisiana Department of Health shall take all such actions as are
9necessary to make the coverage required by the provisions of this Act available to all persons
10eligible for such coverage on or before July 1, 2022.
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 172 Original 2021 Regular Session Butler
Abstract: Requires the state Medicaid program to provide dental coverage for certain
adults with developmental and intellectual disabilities.
Proposed law requires the La. Department of Health (LDH) to ensure that Medicaid
coverage for dental care is provided to all of the following persons:
(1)Each person of age 21 or older who is enrolled in any Medicaid waiver program for
persons with developmental or intellectual disabilities.
(2)Each Medicaid enrollee of age 21 or older who resides in a licensed intermediate
care facility for people with developmental disabilities.
Proposed law requires LDH to take all such actions as are necessary to make the coverage
required by proposed law available to all persons eligible for such coverage on or before July
1, 2022.
(Adds R.S. 40:1250.31 and 1250.32)
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
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