RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
ACT 366 (HB 55) 2022 Regular Session Butler
Existing law requires the La. Department of Health (LDH) to ensure that comprehensive
Medicaid coverage for dental care is provided to each person age 21 or older who is enrolled
in any Medicaid waiver program for persons with developmental or intellectual disabilities.
New law retains existing law and extends its Medicaid dental coverage provisions to each
Medicaid enrollee age 21 or older who resides in a state-licensed intermediate care facility
for people with developmental disabilities (ICF).
Existing law stipulates that LDH shall not furnish Medicaid dental coverage for waiver
program enrollees as provided for in existing law until all of the following have occurred:
(1)The federal Medicaid agency (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) has
approved the provision of such coverage.
(2)The legislature has appropriated the funding necessary for the provision of such
coverage.
New law applies the conditions requiring federal approval and a state appropriation to the
provision of Medicaid dental coverage for ICF residents as provided for in new law.
Effective upon the effective date of an Act of the legislature containing a specific
appropriation of monies for the implementation of new law (July 1, 2022).
(Amends R.S. 40:1250.31(A)(1))