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2022 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 55
BY REPRESENTATIVE BUTLER
MEDICAID: Provides for Medicaid coverage of dental care for certain residents of
intermediate care facilities
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 40:1250.31(A)(1), relative to the medical assistance program of
3 this state known as Medicaid; to provide for Medicaid coverage of dental care for
4 certain persons with developmental or intellectual disabilities; to extend Medicaid
5 coverage for dental care to certain Medicaid enrollees who reside in intermediate
6 care facilities for people with developmental disabilities; to provide for an effective
7 date; and to provide for related matters.
8Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
9 Section 1. R.S. 40:1250.31(A)(1) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as
10follows:
11 ยง1250.31. Dental care for certain adults with developmental or intellectual
12 disabilities; Medicaid coverage required
13 A.(1) The Louisiana Department of Health shall ensure that comprehensive
14 Medicaid coverage for dental care is provided to all of the following persons:
15 (a) Each each person of age twenty-one or older who is enrolled in any
16 Medicaid waiver program for persons with developmental or intellectual disabilities.
17 (b) Each Medicaid enrollee of age twenty-one or older who resides in an
18 intermediate care facility for people with developmental disabilities licensed in
19 accordance with the provisions of R.S. 40:2180 et seq.
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1 Section 2. The provisions of Section 1 of this Act shall become effective when an
2Act of the Louisiana Legislature containing a specific appropriation of monies for the
3implementation of the provisions of this Act becomes effective.
4 Section 3. The provisions of Sections 2 and 3 of this Act shall become effective
5upon signature by the governor or, if not signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time
6for bills to become law without signature by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section
718 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved
8by the legislature, Sections 2 and 3 of this Act shall become effective on the day following
9such approval.
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 55 Reengrossed 2022 Regular Session Butler
Abstract: Extends Medicaid coverage for dental care to Medicaid enrollees age 21 and up
who reside in intermediate care facilities for people with developmental disabilities.
Present law requires the La. Department of Health (LDH) to ensure that comprehensive
Medicaid coverage for dental care is provided to each person of age 21 or older who is
enrolled in any Medicaid waiver program for persons with developmental or intellectual
disabilities.
Proposed law retains present law and extends the Medicaid dental coverage provided for
therein to each Medicaid enrollee of age 21 or older who resides in a state-licensed
intermediate care facility for people with developmental disabilities.
Proposed law retains present law stipulating that LDH shall not furnish any Medicaid dental
coverage required by present law or proposed law until all of the following have occurred:
(1)The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services have approved the provision of
such coverage.
(2)The legislature has appropriated the funding necessary for the provision of such
coverage.
Effective when an Act of the Louisiana Legislature containing a specific appropriation of
monies for the implementation of the provisions of proposed law becomes effective.
(Amends R.S. 40:1250.31(A)(1))
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Summary of Amendments Adopted by House
The Committee Amendments Proposed by House Committee on Appropriations to the
engrossed bill:
1. Make effectiveness of proposed law subject to appropriation.
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